as you all know the hemi was dominating the nascar cicuit in the mid 60's Ford produced the 427 SOHC wich produced more hp and more torque than the 426 hemi. At first nascar said they could use it. But then said no. Ford did porduce enough of these engines to have it homoglated. Do think it is possible that mopar saw the threat here (on the race track and in the show room) and possibly "persuaded" nascar to change their minds on letting ford run this engine?
2007-08-20 14:27:09 · 8 answers · asked by turkey 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
I have never read that, and I sure don't see the need for any explanation. As maniacal as NASCAR is today about parity, it doesn't take much imagination to believe they'd snuff out a technology race back then. At least people were allowed to race then for a while. Now everbody has to run the same car. It's dull.
The SOHC 427 wasn't a problem for the factory guys. The problem was the people who didn't get a bucket of money and parts from the factory. They couldn't keep up. NASCAR didn't think escalating the cost of racing actually accomplished anything good. I think they were right about that.
Pontiac had a running SOHC 421 also right before the door slammed. Bet ya didn't know that.
2007-08-20 16:03:53 · answer #1 · answered by Firebird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ford SOHC was an Overhead Cam Engine, the four cams were driven by a HUGE chain. There were a couple engine failures because of this chain that caused considerable damage to the cars. It was feared what could happen if a chain failed during a race and sent debris into a crowd or another car. Since then the rule has been, that all engines in NASCAR must be or an Overhead valve, pushrod design. It stacked up well against the Hemi in horsepower, but lacked durability. The Boss 429 design saw lots of glory in the 60s and early 70s with the Wood Brothers and David Pearson.
2016-05-18 05:06:34 · answer #2 · answered by aurora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say so because of the fact that the 427 SOHC also had a hemisphere type chamber and an over head cam the engine could rev harder and longer do to the less stress on the push rods and lifters the rules were then changed to not allow any type of over head cam design.
2007-08-20 14:44:38 · answer #3 · answered by yngwrr393 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are so right. Nascar has always helf ford back. Like in the 80's whan ford started kicking *** and nascar found out they were running small CFM carbs than the GM boys. They made a rule change of a minimum CFM carb. Chevy boys stopped crying then.
2007-08-21 06:17:17 · answer #4 · answered by metermike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all ancient news, do you know how many survived and what they are worth? They show up in show cars now and then like Jay Leno's 49 SOHC FORD
2007-08-20 17:59:31 · answer #5 · answered by ClassicMustang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything is possible as to be able to prove it ,well its like politics,as long as it doesn't leave a paper trail who can prove it,right,??,the 427 was a real good engine,i owned one of them in a gt torino,one really fast car,and it was a threat to many muscle cars at the time,just another one of life's little mystery's,we may never know for sure,good luck with it.
2007-08-20 14:44:14 · answer #6 · answered by dodge man 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, don't forget that the Mopar guys were working on a OHC V-8 of their own back then too.
2007-08-20 14:43:40 · answer #7 · answered by Doug K 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You don't think???????
2007-08-20 14:34:06 · answer #8 · answered by Fordman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋