Ken Johnson"s 427 sohc

Ken Johnson"s 427 SOHC

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[SOHCman]

What is it going into???

[airtoolmac]

Im looking at a AC cobra!

[zapcigar]

Is this engine available - duplicate for use in a 63 1/2 500XL Q code (wish to convert drivetrain to R code configuration) - please advise

[airtoolmac]

@zapcigar Yes it could be for sell but not giving it away!!!!

[sweddehli]

I want one, not for my Mustang but for my livingroom ;)

[snakeoil24]

I still like the Cammer even thow its not a Chrysler hemi. Also the hemi was first used in Sherman tanks ford did have a version in 1941 not 1947

[JDjames70]

@1962Galaxie514ciMPFI: I'm more into drag racing myself. But NO, the 426 Hemi was not available in production cars, nor was it sold to the public until '65 and that was a stock version,not a Racing Version. The Cammer was bascially an FE 427 side oiler with completely different heads, which is where most of it's power came from. The Cammer was built for Nascar and (IMO) should have been allowed to run. And if you ask me? There is nothing STOCK about a stock car in Nascar.lol. Not even back then.

[JDjames70]

@snakeoil24: FORD tried to COPY the HEMI?? You mean like Chysler copying the The First ORIGINAL V8 FORD HEMI, which was the Ford Flathead Ardun Hemi built in 1947? Chrysler didn't have thier first V8 Hemi until 1951.

The Cammer was not a copy of anything Chysler had at the time. And the Cammer produced far more power than the hemi at the time also. Go read the stats.. LOL.. Should be noted too, Ford designed and built the first 427 Cammer in a mere 3 months.

[1962Galaxie514ciMPFI]

@JDjames70 im not real big on nascar as i am on drag racing and road course racing but i do believe the dodge hemi was avalable in production cars when the cammer came out! the problem with the cammer was that it was never put in a production car,yes it was available to the generral public but only in a (over the counter part) at dealerships. "run what they brung" i cant really agree with that one. i mean after all isnt nascar (stock car) racing? so the cammer was phased out for nascar

[JDjames70]

@1962Galaxie514ciMPFI: True, never said Ford did put them in production cars. BUT? Ford did meet the (very vague) homologation rules of Nascar at the time, which was to make the Cammer available to the public and they did. Should be noted also, that the 426 hemi wasn't installed in production cars until '65 and it wasn't available to the public at that time either. Nascar rules were very vague back then and changing every year.

They should have just let the factories "run what they brung".

[1962Galaxie514ciMPFI]

@JDjames70 the cammer was never put put in a production car. it was sold over the dealer counter. ford is know for changing engines around alot even when they have somehing good and or sucessful. high-riser 427 tunnel-port 427 and med-riser 427s were stomping hemis all over the place. even 428s

[JDjames70]

Arguably the Cammer was/is the most unique and Bad Ass American engine ever built! It's funny that chysler/dodge fans think their beloved V8 hemi was the first ever built! LMAO.. When true fact is, the first American V8 Hemi ever built was the Ford Flathead Ardun Hemi (1947) LOL.. chysler never even had a V8 until 1951. And the first chysler (firepower) hemi (1951) resembles that of the Ford Hemi (1947)... But whats new! Many American Auto Manu., followed the lead of FORD at the time.

[JDjames70]

@oldmusher: How can you forget Dyno Don, Hubert Platt, Jack Christman, Gas Ronda. Even Connie ran one. : ) And Glidden ran the Boss 9 for years.. But it is sad that FAKECAR (AKA) nascar, backed down to chysler/dodge and even GM. They have for years and still do today. I'm a believer in RUN what you BRUNG.

[JDjames70]

@1962Galaxie514ciMPFI: Well not exactly true. Ford met homologations rules for Nascar at the time, which was to sell the Cammer to the public. Nascar mainly banned it due to the PUSSY'S at Chysler protesting the Cammer. Funny though, because for years earlier chryslers hemi didn't come in production cars either.It had to be special ordered. I have NO RESPECT for Chrysler,now mainly owned by FIAT, LOL.Goes around comes around.The Cammer would have blasted the hemi in Nascar.