Sixties V8 engines

[Gtxxjon]

I could not mention it myself as the 1970 454 Chevelle SS is my wife’s all time favourite!

Probably the fastest factory car ever made for the masses...

Put a pic up in ‘why so high’ with a 73 455 sd Pontiac...

I remember my Mopar mate swapping a 68 440 Charger for a 73 455 and he said it was much faster!

Edited by Gtxxjon on Thursday 24th February 16:47

[stuartmmcfc]

roscobbc said:

The Cougar CJ is the 'real deal' in terms of rareity - that ex-James Bond film one (currently in the James Bond museum at Covent Garden) got a really silly price recently at auction. One of the local guys Lou (and a bit of a Mopar freak - you may know him - comes from Billericay) picked up one of these a good few years ago. It was much like the james Bond one, so metallic maroon, full leather interior, ragtop etc, supposedly a 428 CJ. It didn't perform too well as I recall, with Lou finding out that the orginal engine had been swapped-out for a cooking 390 I believe.

I’m going to have to pick you up on this a bit. They were 3 Cougarsused in the James Bond film.
The one sold a couple of years ago is not the one the James Bond Museum. This one is a rather tatty example.
The one sold was Robert Hurdles from down in Bristol and it was better than new! This one was used in the barn scene
hth

Edited by stuartmmcfc on Thursday 24th February 17:05

[Gtxxjon]

Nice cars in Bondage films!

AMC hornet is my favourite...

[aeropilot]

From the sixties.....

Even though never fitted in a production car, you could still buy one over the counter from your parts dept (sort of)

427 SOHC

[roscobbc]

aeropilot said:

From the sixties.....

Even though never fitted in a production car, you could still buy one over the counter from your parts dept (sort of)

427 SOHC

Amazing engine - generally more power than any equivalent engine from other manufacturers ------- and all developed at 7000 or so rpm (and perhaps 1500 rpm or so more than other engines. Just that and a 6 foot timing chain would deter any OEM company from setting this loose in a regular production car.

[aeropilot]

roscobbc said:

aeropilot said:

From the sixties.....

Even though never fitted in a production car, you could still buy one over the counter from your parts dept (sort of)

427 SOHC

Amazing engine - generally more power than any equivalent engine from other manufacturers ------- and all developed at 7000 or so rpm (and perhaps 1500 rpm or so more than other engines. Just that and a 6 foot timing chain would deter any OEM company from setting this loose in a regular production car.

But, had NASCAR not banned, it Ford would have had to offer it in a production car, just as Chrysler had to do with the 426 Hemi (and Ford later had to do with the BOSS429)

You actually have to stand next to one to understand just have bloody huge they are

[roscobbc]

A bit like Ford's more recent multi-valve V8 engines - relatively small in terms of capacity, but huge with all the trick valve gear and associated cylinder heads.

[some bloke]

Have a listen to this - I think we all appreciate a V8 at full noise:
https://youtu.be/OGIz5AZbwrU?t=90

From outside:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roIEXKEj1gw

And some power shifting goodness:
https://youtu.be/O19pu_4y5as?t=109

Edited by some bloke on Friday 18th March 10:24

Edited by some bloke on Friday 18th March 10:28

[roscobbc]

Wonderful sounds - reminds me of the 65/66 white Mustang Coupe racing at one of Bernies events at a Brands Speedfest event a few years ago - the sound of that at reputed 10000 rpm was amazing.....

[some bloke]

Yep - NZ in the 80's was full of rumbling V8s - now it's all rotaries and turboed 'sneeze valve' cars. Give me that V8 sound any day.