Most Impressive Stock Muscle Car

[Chevy454]

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I've driven Ls-6, l-72 and a l-88 vette and hate to say it but the r series 427 Ford would eat them if you could get it to hook up. How would the zl-1 hold up to the 67 427 R Ford. That would be in the league of a Zl-1 would it not.

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Actually, an FoMoCo 427 is spec for spec pretty close to an L72...other than the 2-4 setup and the better exhaust manifolds on the FoMoCo, the technical specs are *very* similar. Brian Stefina and I have compared our 427s (he has a '63 425hp Galaxy) and it's almost like they came off the same drawing board, also performed *very* simliarly on the dyno...

[3macs1]

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I've driven Ls-6, l-72 and a l-88 vette and hate to say it but the r series 427 Ford would eat them if you could get it to hook up. How would the zl-1 hold up to the 67 427 R Ford. That would be in the league of a Zl-1 would it not.

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Actually, an FoMoCo 427 is spec for spec pretty close to an L72...other than the 2-4 setup and the better exhaust manifolds on the FoMoCo, the technical specs are *very* similar. Brian Stefina and I have compared our 427s (he has a '63 425hp Galaxy) and it's almost like they came off the same drawing board, also performed *very* simliarly on the dyno...

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I was only 16 at the time but have something wrong. This thing was not even close to a l-72 in performance.
It had cross bolt mains, what looked like factory cast headers, at least 12:1 or better compression since it would not run on anything but av gas and huge AL heads with the plugs on top like the hemi 426.Huge oil pan that would take like 8 quarts of oil.
The hood was fiberglass with a black scoop, no hood hinges, no heater, no radio, a rubber floor mat and the windows no winders except the drives door.
I have to make a few calls now to find out.

[nova67]

66 L79 Nova with 373's boy would that little car pull. I remember my cousin getting it newc and riding i9n it. He still has the car to this day.

[Chevy454]

macs: I misspoke above, seems the '67 R code in a Fairlane woulda been a medium riser, which would be a step up from the low riser setup in the Galaxy/Marauder...

[tom406]

"huge AL heads with the plugs on top like the hemi 426."

Please do find out more about where you got this ride. The engine you're describing is an SOHC 427, aka "Cammer". It was never a production install, but many were available over the counter, and Ford built several mules and exec cars, including the Ford racing chief's '66 Ford 7 Litre (Galaxie) hardtop. Hundreds of engines were produced, and many production-looking components such as exhaust manifolds were tooled while they tried to get it homologated for NASCAR to compete with the 426 Hemi. Super neat looking motor, but had a 6ft long timing chain on the front of the motor to run the overhead cam setup. Racers learned to run the second driven valvetrain several degrees advanced to make up for chain stretch at high rpms.