Auto text got my title... Best classic Ford Engine is what I intended to type... Sorry.
Best class Ford Engine?
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This era is where Ford had it's most intimate association with racing and especially NASCAR.
The SOHC 427 is my fav. The BOSS 429, BOSS 302 and later BOSS 351, then the 427 and 428. There were all sorts of variances for order from the dealer.
This was the era where "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday," came from.
The innovation coming from American Manufacturers was amazing to watch!
The SOHC 427 is my fav. The BOSS 429, BOSS 302 and later BOSS 351, then the 427 and 428. There were all sorts of variances for order from the dealer.
This was the era where "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday," came from.
The innovation coming from American Manufacturers was amazing to watch!
Which might be a favorite engine is debatable but you will find quite a few that disagree with that second sentence. The HiPo engine was eliminated late in '67 probably because of the regs. There were all kinds of mods made in '68 because of federal rules. Smog controls were fitted to all SBF engines for 1968 and not just for the ones going to CA and certain other states. For the standard 2V 289 or 302, 1968 was the worst year ever for compression ratio. Ford claimed 8.7:1 but Mannel measured them to actually be as low as 7.7:1. That was also the year for vacuum retard on the distributor, limiter caps on the carb idle screws, all PCV systems were closed (hoses to the air cleaner), etc. I would say there were more regulatory changes made for the '68 models than any other single year....his favorite engine of Ford's was a 68' 302. He said it was superior because government regulations hadn't effected it yet.
Which might be a favorite engine is debatable but you will find quite a few that disagree with that second sentence. The HiPo engine was eliminated late in '67 probably because of the regs. There were all kinds of mods made in '68 because of federal rules. Smog controls were fitted to all SBF engines for 1968 and not just for the ones going to CA and certain other states. For the standard 2V 289 or 302, 1968 was the worst year ever for compression ratio. Ford claimed 8.7:1 but Mannel measured them to actually be as low as 7.7:1. That was also the year for vacuum retard on the distributor, limiter caps on the carb idle screws, all PCV systems were closed (hoses to the air cleaner), etc. I would say there were more regulatory changes made for the '68 models than any other single year.
Completely agree ^^^^^^ although the 68's were/are nice running cars, by comparison, the early models would just blow the doors off of them without any mods.
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