426 Hemi

hangn0ut said

Point by point. Cost is a major consideration for most members here,I believe. Rules however not so much. And I would like to think all our members have at least reasonable mechanical skills and enjoy tinkering with our cars. Especially the engine. That is what these forums are all about. By the way,that sohc 427,its a hemi also. At least thats what I remember. But Chrysler put hemis into cars anyone could buy. Fords hemi was over the counter race motor.

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Oh it's definitely a hemi! I never let him forget it!:lol: But its rev potential and valve size make it a bit better ( in theory) than the OHV motors. The problem back then was that the FE casting & oiling system wasn't as good as Mopars so you had to worry about THAT along with the timing chain stretch, splitting the block & not getting too stupid with cam specs. The Cammers simply didn't require as much cam as an OHV motor to achieve similar performance.
As to the rules, the only place they could run back then was P/S, an FX class or the Modified ranks. The hardcore Stock or S/S fans simply had no place to run Ford's best engine! Seems like they (Ford) kind of defeated the whole purpose of building the engine themselves!