I was at the World of Wheels car show yesterday, forgot to take some pictures but there were some real nice mustangs; few Mach I, Shelby's... One thing that interested me was they had a ford big block inclosed in a plexiglass box. It said it was a 427 Cammer and it had never been started. I assumed it had to be something pretty special so i was just woundering if anyone knows what the deal is with this

 

Its a BAD BAD BOY. I would love to have one. I'm guessing its around 650+ HP at 5 or 6 MPG.

 

It was a 427 they outfitted with special Hemi heads mainly for drag racing. It was not a factory option as far as I know.

 

IMHO, the holy grail of Ford motors. Actually, it was a 427 FE motor fitted with huge single overhead cam heads driven by a timing chain that was about sevenfeet long.It wasFord's answer to the Chrysler Hemi and was designed to rev high for Nascar super speedway use. The engine was outlawed byNascar and thenshowed up in drag racing for a while.Here is some good reading.http://ford400.100webcustomers.com/v8sohc427.html

 

Very very bad bad boy!! Bill France Sr. told Edsel Ford that Ford could not use them in NASCAR because they weren't "factory" engines. Edsel got mad and told him that they were & France was supposed to have asked to buy like a couple hundred of them! Only engine banned from NASCAR.

We were cruising through All-Ford Nationals in Carlisle a couple of years ago and in the for sale lot, we passed this early 60's sedan in ok shape with $25,000 painted on the windshield. WOW, this guy needs a reality check is what whe thought, Until we passed buy the open engine bay with the SOHC under the hood. That was a GREAT deal for the car, heck, that probably a great deal for one of those engines.

Check out this picture with the cast iron headers glowing!! BAD bad boy!!

http://ford400.100webcustomers.com/v8sohc427.html

 

Some thunderbirds had them but they where really rare it was mostly used in the A/FX Factory Experimental Mustangs http://www.blueovalranch.com/ did have one a 65 fastback with the 427 sohc theres a lot of pictures and info on the car.

 

wow that timing chain is amazing.

How many runs would they get before they had to change it?

 

aussie not long the chain would stretch out over time thats why you see some running the timing belt set up.

 

It was available as an over-the-counter option from Ford. Nasty, nasty engine

 

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