[Shotimes] OT - GM 60's BB lust

[Kerby Haltom]

Yeah, just try and do a valve timing.  The timing chain was 7 FEET 
long.  Apparently, you couldn't really it get the valve timing right on 
both banks at the same time.  Too much stretch in the chain.

I knew a couple of guys with 428CJs, or Super CJs, in Mustangs when I was 
in High School.  Wickedly fast.  Especially in the late '70s when GM and 
Ford were putting out 460 - 500 cu in engines rated at less than 150hp...

Ah, to remember when 400ci was the "medium" sized motor!

Kerby

At 02:52 PM 11/27/02 -0500, Ron Porter wrote:
>You just can't find 'em. They were WAY too finicky to maintain, and parts
>are way too pricey, unless you have a Concours car that you ain't gonna ever
>drive. If I were looking for a pre-mid-'60s Ford collectible, I would go
>with one of the regular 427s, not the SOHC model.
>
>The 428 CJ (introduced in mid '68) was an OUTSTANDING motor. It was way
>underrated at 335 HP (IIRC), and was a very nice, torquey motor in any of
>the Ford bodystyles, although the Mustang was the lightest body for it.
>
>Ron Porter
>
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>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - GM 60's BB lust
>
>
>The 428 was specifically made to go into big  sedans.  Lots of low end
>torque, and not a high reving engine.  The 427 was much more high strung,
>and apparently, more expensive to produce.  The one to find is the SOHC
>427.  7000RPM red line on that puppy!
>
>Kerby
>
>At 11:33 PM 11/26/02 -0500, BJamesjr@aol.com wrote:
> > >How about a Ford Torino GT Cobra?
> > >Galaxie 500?
> > >Fairlane GT?
> > >Mercury Marauder?
> > >Cougar XR7?
> >
> >I remember a local plumber who ordered a 1966 Impala with the 425hp 427.
> >This was their top motor at the time- 11:1 compression, mechanical lifters,
> >Holley carb, etc.  His wife didn't like driving it so he swapped engines
>with
> >his pickup.  Of course he just slowly chugged around town in the pickup.
> >
> >Ford had some interesting 427's and 429's at that time.  For some reason
>the
> >428's weren't as interesting.  The cars that they put these engines in
> >weren't as "cool" as some of the other brands though.
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