My oddball 68 GT fastback

427? are you sure? a real, cross bolted mains 427? - wish mine did!!! get onto those guys at fordfe.com. they'll be able to offer all the info you'll ever need. good luck with the build.

WOW!!! that really is interesting.

Thanks Torino 390 for the info. on Fordfe.com, saw your posting and was suprised to see that no one had anything negetive to say, all was actually pretty positive. Most tell me that I'm crazy(written "you're full of it") and then all the self proclaimed "EXPERTS" come uot of the woodwork. The wierdest thing about that motor that always struck me funny was the screw-in soft plugs, was that the only motor by Ford that used them? I have a 427 that I can afford if the guy has not sold it by friday, dig this- standard boreand standard grind on the crank!, is that too cool or what? Oh yeah I also found out in all my searching that a 429 AND the 427 was offered in the 68 G.T. although none were ever officially ordered and sold and Ford says that their records wer'nt always exactly to the record in those days,so I could have a very rare car, but to prove it will be tough if not impossible, more likely impossible. The whole idea however is pretty cool,I always LOVED that car. The king of the freeway fliers in those days was the 3208GTB Ferrari, that TORINO would eat them alive on the open freeway.I do believe that the Torino invented Drifting as I'm sure I spent as much time sideways as I did going straight....EAT THIS McQUEEN! Take care.

I don't want to sound stupid but.... Whats a build sheet?, and where do I find it? The guys at Ford Racing(and you have to look for someone thats been there a while,most of the guys there seem to think that if its not a mustang ,and a newer one then it does'nt or did'nt exist and could'nt be hi performance its like mustangs are all they know)told me that records were kept,at times, and sometimes things were changed on a whim or one of those "Hey lets do this"kind of things. I mean holy crap! what would my car be worth if it turned out that it had a real factory 427!!!? So I'm satesfied to believe that someone had the dealer or another source install the 427, besides I'm building a hot rod (restomod) not a concourse restoration,I'm looking at 4 link coilover rear and mustang II type coil over front with rack and pinion power steering. I already have front disc brakes, but will go to trick larger rotors and calipers and want to change out the rears to discs as well, I am now at a delima as to what tires and wheels to run, I like the TA radials but they are only rated to 118 m.p.h.(sustained). These cars had major amounts of horsepower and torque but WAY undersized tires and inadequate suspension even with the front and rear anti-sway bars which I have. Anyway, it should be MAJOR FUN when its finished (if I ever get it to that point.     THANKS

YEA BABY YEA!!!!   O.K. I'm told the big stroker kit for the 390 comes out to 441 c.i. Tell me about the 445 kit you have ordered. You know thet you can have the oil galleys drilled out, put on a 428 c.j. oil filter housing so it flows more oil (the inlet and outlet are bigger). And with a GOOD steel crank you should even be able to cross drill it. The big magic of the 427 is OILING so they live . However in my humble opinion the 390 has the capability to actually make at least as much h.p.as the 427 but can make more r.p.m. and stay alive. The 427 had all that low end torque from those huge slugs which is why they came off the line so dang hard and out of the curves and corners into hard acceleration so fast( even the Ferrari v12s couldnt quite get it) I would really like to install another 427 but budget may warrant a stroked out full roller 390, My main objective is to make it   FAST as in GONE LIKE A COOL BREEZE. These new freeway fliers however sure would look twice at that little 427 emblem on the hood scoop tho, would'nt they? Went to see the car today, all the glass is out the doors are off, the fenders are off along with the hood and both bumpers and everything is primered, this thing is going to be sooooo BAD!!!! Take care

Boy are we thinking along the same lines! Will you go roller rockers as well? I'm interested in your cam specs. As far as h.p.goes I've always felt that a good, healthy motor, even not too altered, should get at least 1 h.p. per cubic inch (if not, throw it out)so you're starting out around 425 to 450 h.p. So with your heads and intake, and depending on cam specs I don't think that 500+ is out of reach nor too much to expect. The best thing about these motors is that their torque curve goes up almost side by side with the h.p.curve.(BIG BLOCK GOOD). I can't get over however that you are in England with a 68 Torino building a hot-rod, just blows me away! Well back to your motor, is that Scat crank a steel or billet crank and who did you order the kit from? was it a complete kit? Can you get me the supplier's address or phone #,I have to check more into a stroker kit in case I do build a 390 as a stroker, I'm leaning however toward dual 650's and a little hotter cam. C-YA Nick, Make that money honey,baby needs more parts.