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Originally Posted by Carnut427
My first motor was an original SO. A cylinder wall broke while roadracing, which siezed the piston, which broke the rod, etc. etc. It wasn't a pretty picture, and was only bored .015 over. My Genesis is bored .075 over the original 427 spec and can be bored .060 more. They just didn't have the technology to build them any thicker originally...
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I don't think that it's not because Ford didn't have the technology, but in the basic design of the engine. The "original" 427 had water jackets completely surrounding each cylinder, for even cooling. The Genesis has siamesed cylinders, that is no coolant pasing between the cylinders. If Ford wanted the 427 this way, I'm sure they could have cast it the same way as the Genesis. I'm not saying one way is better than the other.