Hi fellas. I am new here and thought I would throw something out there to gauge the interest in it. I currently own a 79 Malibu and I bought it with a 327. I am getting rid of the engine and thought perhaps somebody here would want it. Its out of a 68 Camaro and I am almost certain its still standard bore. The cast# is 391 4678 and the stamp on the front of the block reads: VO424MA I decoded it as a 68 Camaro with a 4 speed and a 2 barrel carb. Correct me if I am wrong. I would prefer to see it go to someone who cares, I just dont anylonger. I have a 454 that I am ready to build. The heads are no longer stock, I put Vortec on it. It did not have the camel humps when I bought it...just crummy little 882s. It did run my Malibu to a 14 flat so the thing still has some pep.

Jeff

 

327 is my favorite small block. short stroke, quick revving, great race engine. it it TOTALLY the 427's little brother. you can rev the bag otu of both of them. I used to take my 327 (punched otu to 331) up to 8 grand all the time and I didn't even balance it. it loved being around 6000 all day long

 

If you like the way the 327 revs, you shuld try the 302 version, with the right valve train it runs nice to 9000.

 

too rich for my blood[&o]

 

A buddy of mine put one in the front of a '66 Corvair with a 57 poncho rear end mounted ridged,ladderbars and 5.13:1 gears/posi spool and an M22 4 speed with a v-gate shifter.
He was running 12.5:1 compression,2.02 angle plug heads,600 roller cam,roller rockers,Pete Jackson gear drive timing,vertex mag ignition,two Holley 650 double pumpers on a tunnel ram intake and fenderwell exit headers.
That nasty li'l 302 was being shifted at 10,500 rpm!
This was his street car.
Ahh the good old days when you could buy 100 octane leaded gas at the pumps.

 

Holy ****...that would be one unique car. That's wicked man. And for a street car too...i mean WOW!

 

Ya, Dave's car wasn't had to spot in a crowd,never seen anything like it before or since and that was back in the mid '70's.