[CSX 4027]

The 289 needed more power so Ken Miles placed an Iron Block Iron Head 427 in the leaf spring car. Bad combo...Stuffed it into a tree. Miles stated they needed light if they were going to go big block so, Shel got Ford to cast Alloy Blocks out of the 427 casting and ended up basically with a 390CI sideoiler with aluminum heads and 58 IDA Webers. The original motor is still in existance but not in the car.
The Fliptop was then constructed the Turd and they ended up with a car that was about 1800lbs as I remeber the rhetoric..