| cycleguy55 |
12-20-2014 02:28 PM |
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Originally Posted by patrickt
(Post 1330722)
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Perhaps, but not everyone is keen on the high ankle tattoo you get after contact with hot side pipes. |
| patrickt |
12-20-2014 02:32 PM |
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Originally Posted by cycleguy55
(Post 1330734)
Perhaps, but not everyone is keen on the high ankle tattoo you get after contact with hot side pipes.
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But you only get it on one leg.;) |
| AL427SBF |
12-20-2014 03:09 PM |
Note that the 427 body style refers to the CID under the hood, not the block. If you want to be boring but correct you would have a 427 BB under the hood. If you want to trump boring and also be correct you would have a 427 SB under the hood. The number "427" by itself is meaningless, when associated to Shelby's intent in '66 to develop the most powerful high-performance roadster he could, then you have meaning. With today's replicas how do you meet Shelby's intent back in '66, you replicate the 427 body and put a 427 SB in it :D
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| patrickt |
12-20-2014 03:19 PM |
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Originally Posted by AL427SBF
(Post 1330744)
...how do you meet Shelby's intent back in '66, you replicate the 427 body and put a 427 SB in it :D
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Well that made no sense whatsoever, but, OK, you do know that the "true" displacement of the 428 was 427.4 cubic inches? |
| mudhenk27 |
12-20-2014 05:02 PM |
Good point, Cycleguy, after getting a nasty snake bite on her ankle, my granddaughter seems to think my roadster is more appealing than my S/C.
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| AL427SBF |
12-20-2014 06:21 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
(Post 1329506)
... It's just a crime not to put an FE in a 427 body car ...
- small blocks can make just as much power
- FEs weigh more
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SAI - Following the FIA World Manufacturing Championship in 1965, Shelby American began work on upgrading our signature roadster design. In 1966 we debuted the 427 S/C, our most powerful high-performance roadster, for street and competition (S/C).
Quote:
Originally Posted by AL427SBF
(Post 1330744)
... With today's replicas how do you meet Shelby's intent back in '66, you replicate the 427 body and put a 427 SB in it
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
(Post 1330748)
Well that made no sense whatsoever, but, OK ...
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Power to weight ratio was the name of the game back then = Shelby's intent with the 427 CID.
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| patrickt |
12-20-2014 06:26 PM |
But what about the tears in the kids' eyes when you open your hood at car shows and they see that it's "only another small block?" I'm sorry but I just can't do that to them....:cool:
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| AL427SBF |
12-20-2014 06:46 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
(Post 1330772)
But what about the tears in the kids' eyes when you open your hood at car shows and they see that it's "only another small block?" I'm sorry but I just can't do that to them....:cool:
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Then do not, I repeat DO NOT tell them you destroked yours to make it spin up like SB ;)
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