Technical Mystery 327 what is it?

good stuff!

Did Chevy build the engines this way, or did MF modify them?

 

^ that would be the 64,000 dollar question.

 

Doesn't look like it was assembled by Chevy on their normal engine production line....

 

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Well Jim,
It sure could have , and i'm guessing that it was ,because of the exhaust bolt tabs, and ALL the
other normal TIN shields , with extra special ordered tin shields too , and wire holding , brackets, and such that certainly were the way chevy did things.

With SPECIAL cast exhaust, it was PROBABLY like COPO.

MF may have ordered there OWN pizza with there OWN choice of TOPPINGS...lol

Hope you don't READ this the WRONG way, i DO not want to sound MEAN or CONDESCENDING... to ANYBODY never, ever, it is hard to type things , sometimes they don't read W/ kindness, so please i'm not, and do not want to be mean to all you all. (We're car nuts in the same basket)

 

Can you see a guy bragging about his Massey Ferguson powered gasser?

 

"Hey, whatcha got in there, Corvette motor?"
"Nope, combine, & that sumbich will run!"

 

That was fun. Like a good book; couldn't put it down until the end.

 

^WHY thank you i tried to provide a bit of fun and entertainment for you guys.

 

I pulled some heads with the same marking but without the aluminum retainers off of very old Army M113 APC, way back when. The first series of the 113 had GM gas engines which were change to diesel. The gas would leak out and pool under floor I was counting on high HP but was told they were just industrial.

 

I used to buy milk truck delivery engines that had that exact head symbol, I had to make the bolt to mount the Alt for a long pump. 7/16 to 3/8. Those engines were 350 motors with steel cranks Pink rods and cast pistons, I remember the heads had Sodium Filled exh valves also.
I've kept my eyes open for Milk Trucks ever since then although this was in the early to mid 80's Damn I'm getting old.

 

I wonder if the hub is a damper with the inertia ring missing due to abuse or old age. Like a turtle without its shell ( not that that can actually happen. ) How does the timing tab on the timing cover compare to the "hub" outside diameter.

 

Sneaky way to draw the SBC gurus out of the woodwork to get them to slip up on some secret stuff !

 

Considering the application, I'd bet these had a governor on them and didn't require much for adjustable "timing".
But what do I know about farm machinery!

 

Dan T,
Here is the pic after a little wire brush of the dirt , i highlighted the silver and red.

 

This info is at least 49 years old.... i worked on them that long ago...
No harm NO foul... Just information.

 

DDD your OH so CORRECT as usual...lol

 

Hmmmm...... I'm going to start nosing around in old MF combines now. what are the pistons? Flat top? dished?

 

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heres your pic... treb11

 

Massey Ferguson combines......410's, 510's.......

 

Thanks mr57,
I started this, KNOWING FULL well by the date codes and crank number what it is, just to have a bit of fun.

 

Reminds me of IH using hemi's to power the generator in the old PayMover line of airplane movers. The units used either IH gas or Detroit diesel motor up front to drive the unit, and a hemi in back to drive the generator used to provide power for the jet's they moved around.

 

I used to live in Gillett, Arkansas, a farming community in southeast Arkansas. The town blacksmith had a 327-powered Massey combine that he turned into a forklift so he could drive around town to pick up things. He modified it so it would go faster. I wish I had taken a picture of it; it was quite Rube Goldbergesque

 

This has been a fun thread. I have learned a lot. Thanks to you and all of the contributors.

 

What year was this engine made? still haven't seen the casting dates....

 

When i get time, i'll cipher the date codes, and let cha know.
the crank shows that its a 327 that should be good enough

 

EXTRA CREDIT for obscure Rube Goldberg reference!

 

No better source for a SBC 327 than a combine demo derby!

 

Oh oh! I wanna see that! How keeewwlll!!!! The kids would love it.

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No way!!! I was going to call combine but doubted it would be that neat. If I remember correctly they put early hemis in combines too.


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I was in Germany 67-69 and we had M113s with 283 chevy motors and 4 speed hydros. The boys would wind 'em up and do a neutral-drop. Resulted in a huge "track-ee"... The 114s had 383 MoPar engines. The vehicles looked like boxes on tracks. They were made of aluminum to keep weight down. The chevy powered 113s would go about 60 mph!