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Old 06-29-2010, 09:05 AM
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As a youth had a 6cyl Charger - was fun upsetting the HQ set with the 327/350 chevs (& matching mullets )

did consider a six for easy emissions...

found this on yootooob (below)
1163hp @ 6500rpm (streuth)

When I first started to build my Cobra I was startled to find that people put chevs in them.

I thought - aren't we all ford guys here?

Then after a while on the forum I found that my beloved windsor was considered second rate by the big-block crew.

Of course amongst them the guys with the 385 series know they have the better donk - but the FE blokes reckon the 385 mob are soft.

The 'true' cobra guys have FE's (not 390s but you get a pass)

Naturally there is a hierarchy of FE's - clearly 427's are superior to 428's

But of course when it comes to 427's a side-oiler is superior to a centre oiler

Now there are a number of different head castings that ...



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