Hot Rods 427

Something about a big block dressed in only what the factory put on them, says "We mean Business!"

 

Daytona 1964 backups

 

This one is for all the yayhoos who crow "Put a Chebbie in it". No.

 

Why on earth would Ford put those log manifolds on a 427? Maybe to keep out dirt until the cast headers shipped with the engines were bolted on?

Also neat to see they have alternators, in 1964. Alts were optional, becoming standard in '65.

 

Porcupine

 

Any guesses?

 

Tall deck truck block.

 

Very Rare



And the Best and First

 

I wonder if we should start a thread on the 428...????..... Pontiac and Ford????
What sez you's guys?????...

 

Go for it mate

 

Talk about 10 pounds of sh!t in a 5 pound bag

 

Some porn

 

One last comment....

NHRA split the Mopar Hemi super stock cars out into their own separate class a number of years ago because of the Hemi's performance advantage over the wedge-head motors. I've often wondered that if Ford had built the minimum number of Cammer-powered cars to go head-to-head with them how that would have played out.... They both have hemi heads....

 

The Fords would chew up the mopars....

 

What size where the inline Holley carburetors on those 427?

 

Too bad the Ford 427, really displaced 425 ci.....

Oh well. They sure are pretty.



Let's not forget about the other 426, or round up to 427 if you want. The GM 6-71.

 

A bit on the rare side, Fords' Tunnelport" headed 427.
Disregard the SOHC for the moment

 

There were different sizes, Ford set them up carefully for each combination. IIRC the early low riser "C" carbs were 540 cfm (?), and there were 652s, 715s for the High Risers, and 780s for the Tunnel Ports

 

Thanks, Sometimes I second guess myself on the choice I made for the stroked 428 I have been working on.

 

Maybe a little bigger than 427.

 

Now ya talking!!!

Joe

 

L-88.... 562 horsepower with a set of Hookers and a little tweeking of the "stock" carb....

 

They didn’t put those long tubes on, because they would break easily. Even just setting the engine on them. They shipped them beside and put the logs on to keep crap out. Thst is my opinion......lol






Bones

 

I'm hoping to get in that neighborhood with a "L-88 tribute" engine I put together. It's got L-88 service replacement heads, bowl ported w/2.30 intakes, GM dual plane intake, less compression (10.2 for pump gas), more cam .589/.601 roller and more displacement (468). Not a true L-88, but it's got the look and should be fun.

 

FoMoCo had alternators in '63 too. I recently bought a '63 Merc full-size instrument cluster with full gauges and the ammeter is marked 'Alt', not 'Gen'.

 

I imagine the same thing that happened in NASCAR..........

Joe

 

Maybe, maybe not. NASCAR demanded that Ford sell 500 Cammer-equipped cars to the 'general' public, a impossibility for multiple reasons. NHRA only required 50 cars to attain 'legality', a number that the racing community could have absorbed. Ford certainly had the available motors after NASCAR banned them, they just needed to turn Dearborn Steel Tubing loose...