Kind of a sour day around the house of Chuck.
I dug into the motor, pulled a header, the intake and then the head off.
Now, I’ll forefront this with the debate I had with the seller a few years ago. The block checks out as a mid 70s 0010 block, per the stamped pad on the front of the engine. I had argued that it was a 350, but he swore up and down that it was a “327 350 horse”. He had bought it as one for another project and dropped it into the truck to sell it. I thought there would be no way someone would spend the time and energy to de-stroke a 350.
As it turns out, he was right. About the 327 anyway. I measured the stroke, and there we are at 3.25”. It explains why it sounds great, but is a turd on torque. The heads are old 1.94 camelhump 461s. So someone thought to take a perfectly good four bolt main 350 (I saw the main caps myself) and must’ve put a large journal 327 crank in it.
It was clearly rebuilt at some recent time, but one bore doesn’t look great.
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It’s hard to see but there’s a reasonable amount of scuffing on the down side.
It was then that I took off the work clothes and turned out the lights in the garage for a stress break. I’m thankful that I didn’t order up a pile of parts, but I am now sitting here on a set of Brodix heads for an engine that is dubious at best to put them on.
Is it possible to build a fast 327? Absolutely. Will I be able to do that without spending more money than I would on a good 350? No.
I need a nap.
