No no engine does run I do know for a fact seen it running have a video also, guy bought the car but wanted a coyote so he took this out,
Thanks for the pic

 

the engine is hyped out, the car it came from was a 68 that was caged and had nos, it has roll bars going through the firewall and no inners, engine also was to powerful for the last owner another reason why he sold it

 

What's the plan at the dyno? Just seeing if it runs or really winding it up? Might want to watch from a safe distance in case it starts hammering.

 

It came out of a running car just pulled it when I bought it so it's safe to assume it won't kill us lol,

just seeing the HP and TQ it's going in my Eleanor

 

Old days car FE chart:

FE Series Engine Specification Chart

 

That's a center (top) oiler block not a side oiler, I could be wrong but it doesn't look like a 427 center oil ether, more like a production block that's been cross bolted and maybe bored.
Looking at the pic of the back of the block there's two plugs on each side of the cam plug where the lifter galleys are, 427 lifter galleys weren't drilled so there shouldn't be any plugs there.
The plug below the cam plug is where the center oiler's pressure relief valve goes and should be threaded for the relief valve so a common drive in plug won't fit, also without the relief valve in place oil will be dumped back into the pan thru the relief port causing very low oil pressure.
The engines been put together using various parts from other years so it's hard to say what it is without looking inside, looking at the bent or broken dip stick tube the oil pan may need to come off to fix that and one could do a rough bore and stroke measurement from the bottom without pulling the head.

Back a few years ago there was a outfit selling FE parts and engines on ebay that they had made using cross bolt caps from destroyed 427 blocks while trying to pass them off as rare performance engines. I remember their ebay name but won't list it, they gave FE's and bad rep for a while.
Hope you haven't got one of those engines

I've got a set of those SK heads for my 406, nice flowing heads.

 

Hey yeah it's going to the shop tmr and the guy who is going to dyno it knows about FEs. So he's going to check it for me , I know the engine must be bored to something bigger because engine was drag raced and had nitrous so has to be a bit tough inside, I'll know the outcome tmr

thanks guys

 

I don't see how having a bigger bore makes it "tough inside."
If anything an overbored block with thinner walls is considerably weaker.

Let us know when you get it all torn down.

Drew

 

I think he might have meant rough instead of tough.

 

whats the verdict?

 

dropped it off yesterday and he said he thinks it's a marine 427 top oiler , a early block , he said to be 100% he will take off the heads and oil pan

i will know the answer by this week, he's always busy had to wait a week to even drop it off
thanks guys