427-66 side oiler value

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Bernica

Yup, that's what I'm thinking. Green paint on one pic might be a giveaway of an old marine motor. Now, next question would be is it a CW or CCW motor? OP said it came out of a car so I assume that part was sorted out.

I remember a kid back in high school. He had a Citroen, or something. Damned if one day he didn't start it up and the darn engine was running backwards. Yep, strange but true.

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by patrickt

I remember a kid back in high school. He had a Citroen, or something. Damned if one day he didn't start it up and the darn engine was running backwards. Yep, strange but true.

Back in 1980 when I was working on a dam construction project in SE Kansas (pretty much small Townsville) and I bought a SAAB Turbo in Tulsa. Not many of those back-ward mounted engine jobbers in SE Kansas. First year I took it in for annual inspection to renew the license, I took it to a garage and was letting them look it over as I waited inside. A little while later the mechanic comes in with a puzzled look and says to me - One of the things I'm supposed to check off is the condition of the fan belts. But your car doesn't seem to have any and I can't figure out what's up with that. So I took him out and pointed to the back of the engine near the firewall - voila - fan belts. He was relieved.

Looks like a nice engine for a project - even if it did start life as a marine engine.

[55312]

If these are new pistons, has the block been bored or just cleaned up ? If it's been bored, how much ? .015 over is good .030 not so much. Does it have a rebuild left in it? That's a major selling point.

Tim

[Jebus005]

Originally Posted by 55312

If these are new pistons, has the block been bored or just cleaned up ? If it's been bored, how much ? .015 over is good .030 not so much. Does it have a rebuild left in it? That's a major selling point.

Tim

Thanks guys for all the comments, great info. I can see JE 314F pistons p/n 162116 have been installed, the web site shows this part number as (J34) 427 BBF inverted dome at 0.017 oversize. In the papers from the rebuilder it appears he did the recommended sonic test on all cylinders x 4 positions.

[Thor maine]

Originally Posted by DanEC

Back in 1980 when I was working on a dam construction project in SE Kansas (pretty much small Townsville) and I bought a SAAB Turbo in Tulsa. Not many of those back-ward mounted engine jobbers in SE Kansas. First year I took it in for annual inspection to renew the license, I took it to a garage and was letting them look it over as I waited inside. A little while later the mechanic comes in with a puzzled look and says to me - One of the things I'm supposed to check off is the condition of the fan belts. But your car doesn't seem to have any and I can't figure out what's up with that. So I took him out and pointed to the back of the engine near the firewall - voila - fan belts. He was relieved.

Looks like a nice engine for a project - even if it did start life as a marine engine.

Feel The Power Of SAAB!!!

[DanEC]

Yep - that was the start of my 10-year experiment with European cars. I think it was the best one and it sort of went downhill from there.