[DeTomaso] 427 SOHC in a Pantera?

[wkooiman at earthlink.net]

There's a video on YouTube of a 427FE Pantera.

A 427 SOHC can definitely be stuffed in a Pantera.  After all, pretty much anything is possible.  The biggest issue would be at the firewall.  Even once you move the engine as far back as you feel comfortable, you would probably still have to "ding" the firewall - a lot.

A better choice is a 429 Boss.  It has similar visual effects.  The 429/460/514 has already been done too, so most of the hard work is known.  Best of all, the firewall issues would be the same as a 429/460.

And of course, there's the usual debate about 351C, 4.6, etc.  I only mentioned the 429 Boss because it is similar to a 427 SOHC.  Both are excessive powerplants (as is a 426 Hemi).  The 4.6, 351W, 351C, etc. are great, but certainly not in the same class as 429 Boss, 427 SOHC, or 426 Hemi.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
>Sent: Sep 28, 2009 10:16 PM
>To: Larry Finch <fresnofinches at aol.com>
>Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 427 SOHC in a Pantera?
>
>Dear Larry,
>
>
>            I seem to recall an article in PI or Profiles about twenty years ago about a 427 Pantera built by Dennis Quella for a customer.   I can't recall the details, but that long ago, I don't think it was a stroker version of a smaller block.   I *think* it was a 427.   FWIW.
>
>
>                               Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Larry Finch" <fresnofinches at aol.com>
>To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 9:25 PM
>Subject: [DeTomaso] 427 SOHC in a Pantera?
>
>
>> Hey Guys,
>> 
>> Went to a little show down south of Fresno in Selma on Saturday.
>> 
>> Parked next to a '60 Caddy Coupe de Ville and low and behold, the  
>> owner has a Pantera.  It is in a stalled re-build status after the  
>> clutch went out  (2005 or so) and he took that as a sign to redo  
>> everything.
>> 
>> Anyways, his dream is to put a Ford 427 SOHC in the car.  After I  
>> pulled myself off the grass and stopped my insane laughter, he tells  
>> me he figures he will move the gas tank up front (I suggested a fuel  
>> cell), relocate the coolant tanks, and redo the inner wheelhouse  
>> panels a bit and slide that SOHC right in there.
>> 
>> Has anyone ever done this?
>> 
>> Is there the slightest chance it can be done?
>> 
>> Larry
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