Thread: One carb or two
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Old 02-28-2003, 01:28 PM
Cal Metal Cal Metal is offline
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Here might be some help, gentleman. According to the Registry on the 427 Cobra Specification Differences:

Street: 427 low riser with 2X4bbl; some with 428 medium riser
Police Interceptor SOME with 1X4bbl.

S/C : 427 medium riser (most with 2X4bb); a few with 1X4bbl.

Full Comp: High Riser (medium optional) w/1X4bbl. @485 h.p.

My best guess on the first two is that, whether or not a car received one carb or two, might have been based on customer demand as well as availability. 427 engines were fairly scarce back then--it was not a high production engine--and the NASCAR crowd took precedence over any other program within Ford. I suspect the 2X4bbl. issue could have suffered the same fate.
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