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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / September 2005

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More hints of a small block 427

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Rich - 04 Sep 2005 20:39 GMT
Another Mustang mag was touting this rumour.
Personally, since the Vette is getting one, I think
perhaps it would be a good idea for Ford to consider
putting one in a specialty Mustang, rather than have
the top echelon dominated by a smaller blown engine.
It may be "old school" but the engine will be more desirable,
IMO than the alternative.
-Rich
Backyard Mechanic - 04 Sep 2005 21:33 GMT
Rich <none@none.com> wrote
I think
> perhaps it would be a good idea for Ford to consider
> putting one in a specialty Mustang, rather than have
> the top echelon dominated by a smaller blown engine.
> It may be "old school" but the engine will be more desirable,
> IMO than the alternative.
> -Rich

Why?  Fewer parts and (relative) ease of service is all I can think of.
NoOption5L@aol.com - 04 Sep 2005 22:39 GMT
> Another Mustang mag was touting this rumour.
> Personally, since the Vette is getting one, I think
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> It may be "old school" but the engine will be more desirable,
> IMO than the alternative.

Rich,

I haven't seen anything about this.  Where have you read this at?

Personally, I agree.  Blown motors are great for making big easy
horsepower, but a larger displacement motor can still put out decent
horsepower and do it for less money.

Patrick
'93 Cobra
fordman3@hotmail.com - 05 Sep 2005 02:02 GMT
>> Another Mustang mag was touting this rumour.
>> Personally, since the Vette is getting one, I think
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>Patrick
>'93 Cobra

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dwight - 05 Sep 2005 13:49 GMT
>>> Another Mustang mag was touting this rumour.
>>> Personally, since the Vette is getting one, I think
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>
> suck

Oops.

Sorry, I must have stepped in something.

dwight
NoOption5L@aol.com - 05 Sep 2005 18:18 GMT
> >> Another Mustang mag was touting this rumour.
> >> Personally, since the Vette is getting one, I think
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> >> It may be "old school" but the engine will be more desirable,
> >> IMO than the alternative.

> >I haven't seen anything about this.  Where have you read this at?

> >Personally, I agree.  Blown motors are great for making big easy
> >horsepower, but a larger displacement motor can still put out decent
> >horsepower and do it for less money.

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> f
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> please patrick
> show the math

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RSCamaro - 05 Sep 2005 22:49 GMT
>2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06
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>Patrick
>'93 Cobra

I just saw a couple or three a week ago at the Carlisle Vette show.
Magnificent is the way i describe them.  At least you'll know it when
its running down the road.  GM brought back the coke bottle look for
these cars.  All 4 corners are flared out and the interior just
screems that this is a race car legal for highway use.  The cost is a
bargain compared to the Lamborghini that passed me on the way to the
show.  I saw it coming from about 3/4 of a mile back, very low to the
ground, I had no clue what it was until it passed and I could see the
marquis on the tail.

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Big Al - 05 Sep 2005 19:43 GMT
>> Another Mustang mag was touting this rumour.
>> Personally, since the Vette is getting one, I think
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> Patrick
> '93 Cobra

The bore spacing on the modular V8 is so small they would have to have on
hell of a long stroke. The 5.4 already has a longer stroke than any standard
Ford car V8. Longer than a 514 stroker 385 series. The now obsolete 351W
could do it. And it even has a real crankshaft:) And Edelbrock just brought
some good heads for it. Not that Ford would even think of bringing it
back...

You can add a blower to anything. Starting with a decent engine only helps.

Al
Rich - 05 Sep 2005 23:30 GMT
>> Another Mustang mag was touting this rumour.
>> Personally, since the Vette is getting one, I think
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>Patrick
>'93 Cobra

I was browsing a bunch of performance mags and it was mentioned.
I seem to remember this engine (not the modular, as far as I know)
was used in some kind of "one off" at shows about two years ago.

-Rich
NoOption5L@aol.com - 06 Sep 2005 01:02 GMT
> >> Another Mustang mag was touting this rumour.
> >> Personally, since the Vette is getting one, I think
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> >> It may be "old school" but the engine will be more desirable,
> >> IMO than the alternative.

> >Rich,

> >I haven't seen anything about this.  Where have you read this at?

> >Personally, I agree.  Blown motors are great for making big easy
> >horsepower, but a larger displacement motor can still put out decent
> >horsepower and do it for less money.

> I was browsing a bunch of performance mags and it was mentioned.
> I seem to remember this engine (not the modular, as far as I know)
> was used in some kind of "one off" at shows about two years ago.

Rich,

Yes, that 427 motor made rounds under the hood of one off show car
called the 427.  There was also a 6.1 liter "Hurricane" engine Ford was
developing that got scrapped.  But as of right there are no new V8s in
Ford future, that I know of.

Patrick
'93 Cobra
 
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