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I am building the ford 427 parts pak engine and what I am looking for is how is the ignition is wired up and the location of spark plugs. Second thing I am looking for is how is Nos hooked up? I want it to be a direct port.

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Hold on a minute... :unsure:

The top photo is a 9.5 deck 351, Windsor based engine. It may be 427 sized but we don't know that. The lower model photo is correct for an FE 427. Notice the exhaust ports on an FE are extended from the head side. Not so on Windsors.

Here is my 427 Sideoiler FE and you can clearly see the wiring and ports. The plug tips angle forward on the forward two cylinders and rearward on the last two.

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Here are the aluminum heads being installed and you can clearly see the angled plugs:

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Blower installations on these can be found on nostalgia drag race web sites.

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Hold on a minute... :unsure:

The top photo is a 9.5 deck 351, Windsor based engine. It may be 427 sized but we don't know that. The lower model photo is correct for an FE 427. Notice the exhaust ports on an FE are extended from the head side. Not so on Windsors.

Here is my 427 Sideoiler FE and you can clearly see the wiring and ports. The plug tips angle forward on the forward two cylinders and rearward on the last two.

OOPS, sorry Cato! You would have figured someone who grew up wrenching on Windsor engines with his brother could have seen those vavle covers a mile away!!! ;) Even worse, it took until I looked at the pics again after your post did I see the vavle covers were completely different between the two!

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OOPS, sorry Cato! You would have figured someone who grew up wrenching on Windsor engines with his brother could have seen those vavle covers a mile away!!! :unsure: Even worse, it took until I looked at the pics again after your post did I see the vavle covers were completely different between the two!

No harm Highway. There are significant differences between 9.5 Windsors and 10.17 FE's but in 1/24 or 1/25, they seem like a dizzy up front, a carb on top and chromey valve covers and the kit manufacturer calls it good.

Let's hope we've helped Kaleb. ;)

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Sweet Action this help alot.Thank you guys for the pics and info. The last one is like what I have looks like I have some serious upgrading to do to make this look right.

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