Thread: I want to get 425HP out of a 327...

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Thanks Richard

For the money you will spend to build and maintain that 327 ,including all the broken parts from 7k hole shots and the like you could build a 454 smallblock with the 327 valve cover stickers and have a winner !

You will be then known as the guy who has the kick butt 327 under the hood!

If you do build the 327 have fun and keep us posted with how that goes...I am sure everyone here will be more than glad to help with thier exsperiance and help you put together a screamer.......they are just letting you know things wear and break often at those numbers you are looking at and its not cheap to do either.

Basically to sum it up ...thats not the most economicall way to get that hp, nor is it the most reliable.

Have fun in whatever you decide to do !

wow you guys are at it again,

take that 327 punch it .060 run 11:5-1 with a nice solid cam i know its old fashioned but it quite frankly works, use the offroad z cam .493 .512 and a good set of heads, you get get a cheap set of bare procomps have them all set up and fixed. or if youve got a set of camel humps laying around use them.

horsepower and torque are just a number if it does what you want it to do and run the number who cares what it has.

the combo i sent you would probably have 4-425 horse if it was built right and balanced n blueprinted.

if i can run 13:1 go down to joes corner store fill it up with 92 and some octane booster from a bottle and drive around with iron heads you shouldnt have a problem.

you can still buy the 100 or 103 what ever it is up the road from me at a chevron station. It is in the $8.00 a gallon range.

My two cents is you can get as much hp out of it as the amount of money you want to spend.Oh,by the way..............Anyone want to venture a guess at what rpm range that peak hp is going to happen??.Yeah,your going to buzz that 327 up.

Tell you what.One of my pet peeves is questions of hp on street driven vehicles.

Seriously,what segment of that rating do you really get to use on a daily basis?

If I am going to spend my hard earned dollars,I want to be able to feel the effects of that investment every time I drive it.

So it is deductive logic on all the posts before this one.The wise money is in fact spent on stroker 350 or World sbc.Why??.Well from my way of thinking,they create torque which is tons more valuable than hp on street vehicles.

Got to figure if you build a small c.i.sbc for hp,each time you drive it on the street,you get about a 1/3 return on that investment on the basis of what you really feel from the mod.To me,that is a waste of money when you have so many other choices.

Just my two cents worth mind ya.

Originally Posted by 1gary

torque which is tons more valuable than hp on street vehicles.

Got to figure if you build a small c.i.sbc for hp,each time you drive it on the street,you get about a 1/3 return on that investment on the basis of what you really feel from the mod.To me,that is a waste of money when you have so many other choices.

Just my two cents worth mind ya.

and thats your opinion and your entitles to it,

but whatever

Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

and thats your opinion and your entitles to it,

but whatever

Old school???.Well in a week I am going to be 63 yrs old.I owned a B/MP 57 Chevy with a 327 at one time.I have over the yrs watched the SBC evolve.Much of what you see today is the end result of solving problems that went on for yrs.Point being not to take a advantage of that development just for the sake of fond memories is a total waste.

My advise to the O/P is to pull the 327 and store it for when you want to sell the car.Then build a play engine so you can go out and have some fun.Honestly it doesn't take much to get 400 hp out of a 383.