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FORD - 427 'Wedge' V8 engine

Product Code:	LC84032
Manufacturer:	Liberty Classics
Category:	Engines
Scale:	1:6
Bonus Points Cost:	1,210
Price (excl. GST):	$60.45
Plus GST (Aus. Only):	$6.05
Total (incl. GST):	$66.50 AUD

Status: In Stock

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Ford's 427 ci (7.0 L) V8, introduced in 1963, was a racing engine pure and simple. It was developed for NASCAR stock car racing, drag racing, and serious street racers, and the following year it spawned the famous 427 SOHC 'Cammer' engine.

The true displacement of the 427 was actually 425 ci (6,965 cc), but Ford called it the 427 because 427 ci (7.0 L) was the NASCAR maximum size. The block was made of high nickel content iron and was made with an especially thickened deck to withstand higher compression. Forged pistons were employed (the only production Ford big-block with such) and forged rods inherited from the 390 Hi-Po.

Two different models of 427 block were produced, the 427 top oiler and 427 side oiler. The top oiler version was the earlier, and delivered oil to the cams first and the crank second. It gained something of a reputation for insufficient crankshaft lubrication under heavy abuse and spinning bearings, throwing rods and other failures under such use. The side oiler block, introduced in 1965, sent oil to the crank first and the cams second, and this (along with other fixes) mostly cured the problems. In street use the two blocks are equivalent.

The engine was available with low-riser, mid-riser, or high-riser intake manifolds, and either a single four-barrel carburettor or a double four-barrel arrangement on an aluminium manifold for highest performance. The twin four-barrels with the high-riser induction system is estimated to have delivered over 500 hp (373 kW); Ford never released an official power rating. Other models were rated at over 400 hp (299 kW).

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