After looking at a number of fuzzy pictures, I have to ask...
Which 427 variant found it's way into most of the GT40's? The hi-rise, medium rise, or the tunnel port?
The pictures I could find with some detail, all revealed an exhaust header that looks to fit any of the heads....but looking at the intakes, would make me think that they were hi-risers. I could only find one dual quad picture and couldn't tell with all the heat shields etc in the way.
Reason I ask, is that I ended up with an NOS dual quad tunnel port intake, still in the Dearborn Steel Tubing box, and don't know exactly where it would have been "correct". Sold all my tunnel port stuff many years back....and then this orphaned piece comes along. Prev owner had a TP in a 63 or 64 powder blue Galaxie convert....what a beaut of a monster!!!
The old racer that had it always claimed that he could run circles around the tunnel port with a hi-riser due to the pushrod tubes in the middle of the intake ports! ...would seem to make a little sense!
Cheers!
Steve
Which 427 variant found it's way into most of the GT40's? The hi-rise, medium rise, or the tunnel port?
The pictures I could find with some detail, all revealed an exhaust header that looks to fit any of the heads....but looking at the intakes, would make me think that they were hi-risers. I could only find one dual quad picture and couldn't tell with all the heat shields etc in the way.
Reason I ask, is that I ended up with an NOS dual quad tunnel port intake, still in the Dearborn Steel Tubing box, and don't know exactly where it would have been "correct". Sold all my tunnel port stuff many years back....and then this orphaned piece comes along. Prev owner had a TP in a 63 or 64 powder blue Galaxie convert....what a beaut of a monster!!!
The old racer that had it always claimed that he could run circles around the tunnel port with a hi-riser due to the pushrod tubes in the middle of the intake ports! ...would seem to make a little sense!
Cheers!
Steve