Thread: What do you 427 FE Pros think

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Do you have the tall cast alum covers??? They cut the fins off the rear of the left one to clear the booster

Did you mount the engine higher than stock location??? Its tight around the booster and the addition of adapter plates on the front motor mounts cause a problem.

There are some brackets out there to relocate some steering pieces to give more room for headers

ive got M/T valve covers. I used basically the 67 390 engine mounts. i assume that the 427 doesnt sit up any higher but I dont really know. I know that the mounts had an extra hole in comparison to my 63 block, but I just didnt use it.

Take a look in summit catalog they have several 7 inch dia boosters listed

If you plan on driving that thing at all you are definately going to miss overdrive. I don't see anything else I would get too hung up on but I personally wouldn't build a car without OD if I planned to drive it at all. A TKO600 would be great or a T5 with G Force gears would work as well. The beauty of the T5s is that they're light, small, turn easy and shift nice. They also fit the Mustang tunnels very nicely and shifter location is perfect. The TKO is stronger, heavier, turns a little harder but in the 67-68 Mustangs should still fit the tunnel without cutting it. In the 65-66 Mustangs you've got to raise the tunnel quite a bit.

I know youre right about the OD, but I was tryong to stay with mostly parts that were available around 1967. I did go with a hydraulic clutch setup and 4 wheel discs but that was really my only rewtromods I did to it. well that and a hidden sound system.


I'll check out those brake boosters. Thank you for the advice

One 7" might work, but it might take two of them in tandem. To know for sure, call and talk to one of the techs here....
http://www.mpbrakes.com/