Question about SOHC history.

[Ron61]

I looked at the cammer and then got a 427 Tunnel Port for most of the above mentioned reasons. I have seen a couple of Cobras with the cammer in them, one an original that the owner had put one in and had it up at auction. It never went for as much as one of the originals with the 427 that came in it did. As for the 428s in the origials, the first 60 were single four 427 comp cars and then in the middle of the 3XXX series he used the 428s and then at the end went back to the427 dual fours like I had in my Galaxie.

Ron

[601HP]

I bought a used SOHC 427 in 1996. Had planned to install it in a 1968 Mustang, but the project never happened. The engine hung on an engine stand for 4 years until I sold it.

One day I was staring at the SOHC motor while it was next to my Cobra, which had a 427 medium riser. I remember wondering how much wider it was than the wedge motor in the Cobra. Grabbed a tape measure.......8" wider. And HEAVY. There was a lot more cast iron weight in those heads. I stacked 4x4 wood blocks between the oil pan and the bottom frame of the engine stand to help support the engine. Without the 4x4's the engine's weight was slightly bending the upright portion of the stand.

Several times while looking back and forth at the wedge and cammer, I had no desire to put the cammer in the Cobra.

David