It's 4/27 Post your favorite 427 CID engine

"Sweet Trav" (thespunbearing) 04/27/2016 at 14:24 • Filed to: None

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Ford 427 SOHC, the best engine of the muscle car era.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Sweet Trav 04/27/2016 at 14:34

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Ahem. ZL1 427. 530 real world HP and Chevy actually had the guts to install it in production cars, unlike Ford’s crate-only SOHC. Still the baddest production car engine from the era.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Sweet Trav 04/27/2016 at 14:38

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Overhead cams? Still more advanced than a GM V8.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 04/27/2016 at 14:39

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Are they real world if it comes with a blower?

Sweet Trav > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 04/27/2016 at 14:44

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Perhaps you’re confusing the Gen IV small block based LSA motor in the new camaro ZL1 with the old all aluminum GEN IV big block from the 60's

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Sweet Trav 04/27/2016 at 14:50

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Duh.

http://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/gm-eng…

camaroboy68ss > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 04/27/2016 at 14:53

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Calling it a production motor is stretching it, since in the Camaro you had to know how to order one through COPO, and with only 3 being installed on Corvettes.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Sweet Trav 04/27/2016 at 14:54

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I am. Did not know it was a name before.

camaroboy68ss > Sweet Trav 04/27/2016 at 14:59

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Corvette 427/435hp, technically the most powerful 427 (on paper) you could buy. You had to be in the loop to know about the misdirection on the L88.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 04/27/2016 at 15:00

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Ya know the 427 SOHC ran a 6 ft timing chain that tended to eat itself alive because it relied on splash oiling. Idling for more than 20 mins would cause engine damage.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > camaroboy68ss 04/27/2016 at 15:01

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I think they made 72 of them in total. 3 vettes and 69 camaros.

Sweet Trav > camaroboy68ss 04/27/2016 at 15:06

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I mean the dual quad 427 SOHC was rated at 657HP. It is the highest rated engine of the muscle car era, but it wasn’t installed in cars. It was a parts counter only engine. Granted these are all “Gross” HP ratings so they are most likely BS.

Die-Trying > Sweet Trav 04/27/2016 at 15:08

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dodge 426 hemi with a VERY GENEROUS hone job.

Niko's Work Account > Sweet Trav 04/27/2016 at 15:15

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i like my buddies z06

Sweet Trav > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 04/27/2016 at 15:19

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Definitely not a “street” engine.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Sweet Trav 04/27/2016 at 15:20

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camaroboy68ss > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 04/27/2016 at 16:05

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yeah 69 Camaros were built, with the possibility of a few more and 2 or 3 vettes. I think then a handful of crate motors were assembled. I know Yenko cast his own version in the 70s, identical to the GM pieces but with Yenko cast into the block

camaroboy68ss > Sweet Trav 04/27/2016 at 16:09

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Not being in a production car is how they can slap a big hp number on it. If they had stuck it in a car it would have been rated in the 400s. All the brands were under rating the motors. The L88 Corvette was way more motor then the tri power motor I listed but they didn't want idiots to kill themselves so it was rated less. The Z/28s 302 is another great example of an hugely under rated motor

Sweet Trav > camaroboy68ss 04/27/2016 at 16:16

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All the Gross HP ratings were lies, mostly to the low side.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 04/28/2016 at 07:38

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