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scottie2hottie soon as you said cammer it hit me.Thats the blue oval motor, i read somewhere they put it in 200 production cars just so they could run it in the blue oval.thanks
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The 427 SOHC or "Cammer" was manufactured by Ford to dominate the 426 Hemis. The 2 4bbl version was rated at 657HP at 7500rpm. Ford did not install any of these engines in production vehicles, though they did sell enough of them over the parts counter, part# C6AE-6007-359J (8v) at $2,350 to satisfy the Nascar rules. Nascar, however, disallowed them from competition and that was that. Most ended up at the drag strip, or maybe more correctly said, all over the drag strip. Currently they are worth $20-30,000 depending on condition. They are not dead though. Robert Pond has indicated that he will be casting new aluminum SOHC heads within the next year or two. This, combined with the newfound availability of other 427 components, means that we have years of life left in this old engine family, even in the exotic versions.
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Originally Posted by Scouder
The 427 SOHC or "Cammer" was manufactured by Ford to dominate the 426 Hemis. The 2 4bbl version was rated at 657HP at 7500rpm. Ford did not install any of these engines in production vehicles, though they did sell enough of them over the parts counter, part# C6AE-6007-359J (8v) at $2,350 to satisfy the Nascar rules. Nascar, however, disallowed them from competition and that was that. Most ended up at the drag strip, or maybe more correctly said, all over the drag strip. Currently they are worth $20-30,000 depending on condition. They are not dead though. Robert Pond has indicated that he will be casting new aluminum SOHC heads within the next year or two. This, combined with the newfound availability of other 427 components, means that we have years of life left in this old engine family, even in the exotic versions.
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Something, I did not need to hear :-)
Is anybody going to make some cams? Or would we have to go looking for original production cams? Must be a bear to get the cams and crank timed right...Imagine, and all aluminum SOHC 427 with one of those $4200 injection systems we were drooling over :-) Probably be cheaper to by an original 427 SOHC.
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Well Ford did build a few 427 cammer cars. In 66 astronaut Gordon Cooper was the first to purchase (and maybe the only) a 66 Galaxie with the 427 cammer. There has been mention of others but this is the only one I know of off hand.
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There is no doubt that some of the Cammers made it into vehicles through factory sponsored programs, just not from the factory. I'll bet the afore mentioned Galaxy was assembled by one of Fords "partners", like Tasca or the likes, where Ford sent them brand new cars without engines, and brand new engines to put in them. I could be wrong, it's not that uncommon. 
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Something, I did not need to hear :-)
Is anybody going to make some cams? Or would we have to go looking for original production cams? Must be a bear to get the cams and crank timed right...Imagine, and all aluminum SOHC 427 with one of those $4200 injection systems we were drooling over :-) Probably be cheaper to by an original 427 SOHC.
Is anybody going to make some cams? Or would we have to go looking for original production cams? Must be a bear to get the cams and crank timed right...Imagine, and all aluminum SOHC 427 with one of those $4200 injection systems we were drooling over :-) Probably be cheaper to by an original 427 SOHC.
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Scouder I bet your right on that. I'd love to have a cammer also and wish I had the $$$$$ to get one for my next project. I'm sure I could scrounge up enough for the engine but would have nothing left cash wise to build a car with LOL. G.
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Originally Posted by Scouder
Robert Pond has indicated that he will be casting new aluminum SOHC heads within the next year or two. This, combined with the newfound availability of other 427 components, means that we have years of life left in this old engine family, even in the exotic versions.
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