Originally posted by fordistrash:
i guess i cant really argue you there, but we can just look at the ZL1 of '69 all aluminum 427 12:1 compression just under 600 HP from the factory, ford cant touch that.
I take it you've never heard of a 427 Cammer? It's a SOHC 427 that Ford produced starting in 1964. They were factory rated at 616 hp through a single 4 barrel carb, or 658hp through two 4 barrels
. Much like the ZL1 it was intended as a race only engine, but many of them did find their way onto the street.
Now may I point out the absurdity of arguing which car company is better based on very limited edition engines that were produced more than 30 years ago? Or the flawed logic that an engine family is great simply because you can swap parts from a 327 into a 383? Or the stupidity of the idea of coming onto a Ford enthusiasts site and trying to argue that Ford sucks by citing a concept car from 1999 that IIRC broke down while Car and Driver was trying to do a head to head against a similarly prepared Mustang.
Bob
