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Originally Posted by blykins
There were indeed service replacement 427 side oiler blocks. I've seen more than my share. They have the ribs. They have the cross bolts. They have the side oil galley "bulge" and they have the front galley plug on the driver's side of the timing cover. |
I never said they didn't make side oiler service blocks. All I said was that the engine in this ad is
using a service block- I think we all agree on that.
Therefore, it did not "originally come out of" any Ford car like the seller claims. It came out of the casting foundry as a replacement part.
The 2J29 # cast into the block denotes a 1972/Sept 29th date code.
Maybe Ford took this 1972 service engine, and teleported it 3 years backward in time, and installed it in the only 1969 Mach One Mustang that ever left the factory with a 427 SO engine in it...???
you can see the cross bolts in his pictures, but you can't really see the
oil galley bulge on the driver's side, it's blocked by the plug wires. maybe the bulge is there, and maybe this really is a side-oiler... If it is a SO, is it worth 12 grand with those less than awesome CJ heads on it? (I'm asking honestly - I have no idea)
However, I'd send you or Craft 12 grand toward a 14k custom built and warranteed FE, before I'd buy this (non running) mystery engine out of some guy's garage... Like I said, I spoke to this dude on the phone several months back, and I just got a weird vibe from him.