427 SOHC valve covers

[62rebel]

Ford must have done several versions during the development and, each time, the model companies were struggling to keep up! They make such beautiful engines... i love to build them but I seldom put them in a kit.... first one was one I put in the NEW '79 F-350 kit when it came out, as I had the one from the GT-500 kit which I had just scrapped for parts.. in 1979! My friend Chuck dissed the combo, said Ford would never put an SOHC in a TRUCK... he didn't GET IT.... In those days, I didn't quite understand that not all MoPars came with Hemis, not all cars rode on mag wheels, or had sidepipes... i MISS sidepipes

[Greg Myers]

Classic

Edited April 30, 2016 by Greg Myers

[Greg Myers]

Back in the day.  

[Greg Myers]

Bitchin' 

[landman]

Engine stands really cool. Show us some pic's without the engines on them. 

There.

[Sledsel]

My headers were from the pile of junk engine. I have no idea what they were from.Here's a somewhat better picture.

 

Cool dio..... I have an observation for the future. The valve covers on the center engine are on the wrong sides. The more square end goes to the front. On a 1:1 it is for cam gear clearance.

I did it too, so don't feel bad. I doubt I will ever correct mine.

[Greg Myers]

 

Little Jewel in it's own right. Great.

[GaryR]

No SOHC had plugs on the bottom. The SOHC was a 427 FE block with overhead cam heads added on. Not DUAL overheads.

Here's the Prudhomme/ Baney 1967 Top Fuel car.

I personally think the AMT is best ( or can be made to be), followed by the JoHan. The Revell version is terrible, not even close. Why they stuck it in so many "drag" kits is beyond me. Obviously for economic reasons, not accuracy.

I have plenty of SOHC pics, plus every other drag motor, the Hemi's and the SBC and the Rat.

 

 

Edited May 7, 2016 by GaryR

[Brian_R]

Gary,

It didn't take Google too long to find two SOHC pics with bottom plugs.

Brian

http://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/2014/08/21/cammer-the-real-story-of-the-legendary-ford-427-sohc-v8/

Edited May 7, 2016 by Brian_R
drop bad link

[GaryR]

Yes, the pre production prototype engine. not one that ever powered a drag car. Please, the exception, NOT the rule>

What TWO were made>

From the article you linked.

" Ford engineers took great pains to design a perfectly symmetrical hemispherical combustion chamber with an optimized spark plug location, only to discover that the spark plug didn’t really care. The plugs were then relocated at the top of the chamber for ease of access."

That's the way EVERY Cammer in a race car was, not the bottom!

[GaryR]

From your link

"This closeup illustrates the revised spark plug location and another issue created by the chain drive. Since the chain drives both cams in the same direction, on one bank the cam rotates toward the intake follower, and away from the follower on the opposite bank. This in turn necessitated a unique camshaft for each bank, one a mirror of the other, so the opening and closing ramps would be properly located."

 

Can you provide ANY pics of bottom plugs on a race car? Any pics other than the prototypes?

Edited May 7, 2016 by GaryR

[tim boyd]

For those looking for the ultimate in accuracy, Steve Perry at Calnaga looked at all kit SOHC valve covers in various kits and then redesigned his own masters that improve the accuracy ...   TIM

[gtx6970]

Ahhh, the cammer. Even though I'm a diehard mopar guy.

I've always thought the cammer was one of the best looking  engines ever produced.

 

I've had a project in my head for years to build a Cobra with one in  it

[Greg Myers]

"Never say never."