The 327 in my 57 210. Built in the early 80's as a Saugus speedway roundy poundy car. 11:1, hyd Isky cam, late model 71' LT1 corvette heads, 59' 348 WCFB, Edlebrock street master intake (was on the 283 that came with the car - they are actually not that bad), Accel dist, 32oz springs, Headman headers, Muncie 4spd, hurst shifter. It's dirty, leaks oil and has some blow by but is driven DAILY! Sent from my SM-G550T using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
^^^^^ Love that "rising sun" firewall ^^^^^, not to mention the 327 thread. I am Butch/56sedandelivery.
Yep, small journal 327 is my all time favorite. I've had a few. A +.030 327, with 6-1/8 crower rods, JE blower pistons, and a 6-71 is slated for my 31 coupe. Curious on your cam specs, drive ratio, and power out put if you know the numbers.
lurker mick X2. The .060 327 now "347" in my avatar sounds better through headers and Flowmaster 40's then lots of cars with open headers. The Comp Cam XE262H cam gives it a ground pounding idle. Sounds real bad in a good way. Gary
The 'vette already had a 327 in it when I bought it. Previous owner said it was a '66, 360 HP. All I know is it had an aluminum intake, double hump heads, big exhaust manifolds, Muncie 4 speed, 4.10 posi and a Holley 3 barrel... it CRANKED! The 57 I owned while working as the engine man at a salvage yard who only dealt with late model, low mileage salvage. Once in a while something early would sneak through and I'd snag it for pennies. I was able to build a nasty 327 from parts I bought there. Pistons were Forgetrue's , cloverleaf rods, 2.02/1.60 double humps and a 310 degree Crane cam, headers and purple horny header mufflers. Used a Muncie 4 speed with Hurst linkage with it and an 11 inch clutch. It was a dog 'till it hit about 3500-4000 RPM and it was like a switch turned on. Once I snapped an axle housing doing a burn out. It was wild!
This motor was not dyno’d but there were 2 others built by my friend that did all the machining, and figured the combination on mine..both those 350’s so slightly larger obviously. One was very close to mine though in everything aside from the cube difference and it put mid 6’s at the crank, the other had a bigger cam and More boost and it was closer to 700hp. From those 2 we (the machinist and I) had figured mine to be in the 600hp range “conservatively” as he put it. I’d have to check the cam card for the specs because I honestly don’t recall, sorry about that. As for drive ratio I’m running 9 percent under driven at the moment. I’ll be swapping the lower pulley soon to bump it to 6 under. If I ran it on straight race fuel it’d handle 1:1 or slightly overdriven with what’s inside. But honestly when it starts to cross 4lbs or boost it just looses traction anyway so too much more isn’t going to do anything but make it light up sooner.......I’m still going to bring it up to 6 under though lol Tony
Here's my 327 that I plan to build and run in my truck. It's a small journal 1965 block with 461 heads that came in a Canadian Pontiac ( Canadian Pontiacs used chevy frames and drivetrain. )
't That's a bit more power than I would have figured but with good heads and the right cam who knows?. The blower does take alot of hp to drive it. I'm gonna guess static C/R is about 7.5-8:1? In cars this light (2500 lbs.) and with limited traction there's really no point as you say. Must be fun though, can't wait to get mine done. Tom
Yes it’s a bit more than I would have figured as well until the 2 other motors were dyno’d. The one that pulled mid 6’s was truly about the same motor as my 331 just 24 more cubes. Same cam and generally same heads. Static comp is just about 8:1. And yeah this car is probably a couple hundred pounds shy of 2500#. heads have Port Work, 2.02 valves etc and the cam is a solid with somewhere around .520 lift, which isn’t huge, but decent for a small cube motor..I’ll be damned if I can remember the lobe sep and dur which is what’s important. I’d have to find the card, but it was definitely a grind for a blower application not a generic cam. And you’re obviously right about the hp needed to turn the blower. I think I’m spinning mine a little faster than most Street applications that are like 12/15% under so I’m assuming it’s probably making up for some of the loss of turning it. Honestly, it don’t matter what it puts out for hp, for the weight and gear I’m running it’s a damn handful, a lotta fun and more power than this car needs. Lmao The one time it caught traction and didn’t spit the transmission out (which happened 3 times now), it cleaned the splines off the stock 31 spline axles in the 9” lol You’ll have a damn good time I’m sure!
Got a large journal 69 327 with a steel crank and .125 pop ups in my 59 lark. has edelbrock 64 cc heads and a chevy off road #1 7140 cam with a 750 dbl pumper and fenderwell headers. Has a muncie and a 4.11 nine inch. Street tire's are a joke
'64 L76 327 in my '63 Nova. 30 over 10.5 to 1 KB hypereutectics to pull the compression back, Scat rods, Clay Smith 274 deg./450 lift hydraulic cam and kit, 461 fuellies with 2.02/1.6 valves, correct Winters intake with #s matching '64 Holley, Pertronix ignition, 2 1/2" ramshorns into single 2 1/2" Flowmaster. Runs through 2500 converter and tricked glide, into 3.73 posi rear. Goes like crazy past around 3 and a half grand, but HATES our crap NZ gas! Bear
My Dad's 39 Ford has a 327 out of a 1964 Chevelle with 30/30 cam and Vette rams manifolds with Muncie 4 speed and Columbia 2 speed rear. Got it running after parked for 15 years. This engine has always sounded great. I now have 2.5 mandrel bend pipes and Porter steel pack mufflers. Really sounds great.
Small journal 327 --> built 1962-1967, 2.00 inch journal size, forged steel crankshaft. Large journal 327 --> built 1968-1969, 2.10 inch journal size, 300HP and over: forged steel. Under 300HP: cast iron crankshaft. Same basic design as a 307 crankshaft.
Denny ...here's one you will like. Back in the early 80s a friend of mine bought a 65 Nova wagon with a 300hp 327, factory air ,powerglide and a 12 bolt posi with 3.31 gears ..all factory stuff .It was rusty as heck and he parted it out but still has the 327 and the 12 bolt
Large journal , .030 over , .125”dome L-79 forged pistons , scat rods, all the fancy machine shop stuff, 2.02 camel humps , Weiand high rise from the 60’s , 650 Holley , Schneider cam, Isky lifters . Muncie 4 speed, 11” clutch . Really picks up over 3500 rpms.
Looking back over all the vehicles I have owned since 1963 the two that 57 drank the most gas per mile both had 327 engines in them. 67 C 10 long bed with 327 and all the bells and whistles that maybe got 5 to 10 mpg and a 57 Chevy panel with a 327 with 12.5 Jahn's pistons, engle solid lifter cam and Corvette intake with 2 wcfb that was swapped for a 350 hp 327 intake with a holley on it. That one would pull the front wheels on a hard launch but got maybe 9 mpg on the road. Even though both were great in their own prospective I still don't see the fastination.
A 327 Chevy for Milner and me. 1965 small journal with Camel Hump heads and a Man A Fre. Sent from my Pixel 3a XL using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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