slammed1
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Posts: 674
Age: 42
Loc: Ark
Reg: 03-28-12
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07-16-12 08:27 PM - Post#2248937
In response to nicke
I love 327's myself and am a big fan and have been for a while.I loved walking into the machine shop and asking which crank was mine while looking at this glistening crank in amoung all the dull drab ones and he said thats yours right there your staring at. I had no idea that the forged steel cranks looked that good after hot tanking than the cast ones.
I built mine from a 1966 275hp Caprice,that was all standard prior to being built.I found a set of .030 forged .250 domed pistons for 11.1 compression. I found a .558 lift 332 duration solid lifter cam and did a ton of machine work on the heads. I used a 750 DP carb on a Holley Strip Dom intake.I could turn that engine 8500 all day long and was using a 4.88 gear and 4500 8" stall in a 2900lb Nova.
This engine is no longer mine but is on a run stand that does header testing/muffler testing at a local Custom Header Builders Shop. I wished I could have it back bad. 
They are great engines and can be built great.yes theres more options out there that are better but for old school ooommph theres not much that can beat a tried and true 327. 
Keep up the pictures and the great work,will be following it along.Please paint the block and heads orange though please!! 
Side Note,as most of you know I am a fan of SLEEPERS,and when I built my 327 I also built a 408 (.040 400 sb)for my street 67 Impala and used a set of double humps and flat tops for 11.1 comp also.The kicker is that I took both heads on only one end of each head I took a dremel tool and some clever peening to make a set of double humps look like a set of Power Pack heads. The opposite ends could still be seen had double humps but the side facing the frt of the engine had the modified design,caught a lot of guys off guard. Those heads made their way onto a guys circle track guys Bomber. 
Edited by slammed1 on 07-16-12 08:36 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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