Thread: 427 Dump truck motor

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i've found a 427 in a dump truck that i could get for free. I was wondering if its worth the hassle to take it out and use it in an ice drag vehicle. is there any performance potential. I ve heard that they have a higher deck height. Any info on this motor would be great. Sorry but i dont know the year of it. Thanks

427's are the best motor you can BUY if you can get it for free get it. put dual holley's on and bolt on some patriot sidepipes. My uncle has this setup in his 73 vette, it sounds nice.

I also forgot, 427's burn themselves up so they need to be rebuilt in 10- 15 years or 50- 100 thousand miles ( depending on driving style )

check those #'s, lots of them truck 427's are really 366's

How do i know if its 366 or 427 besides taking it apart?

Originally posted by 86gp_byponcho
How do i know if its 366 or 427 besides taking it apart?

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I bought a 427 Truck motor for like 50.00 once. I took it to a guy I know who owns a machine shop and he made a stroker motor out of it actually. The difference, if I remember correctly was it used a different crank as well as car rods. It has been about 12 years ago so I am a little fuzzy on the details. I know the crank was the expensive piece to the whole thing. I do remember it came out to 513 c.i. and was a beast! I put it in a 66 chevelle with a powerglide and 456 gears. It ran in the high 5's at the 1/8 mile track on street tire (60's). That is one of those I'd like to have back...*sigh*

tall deck truck blocks are 10.200 not the same as car 9.800 block the truck rods. crank. rods. oil pum. oil pump drive. cam timing set all the tin head bolts heads if you want them?. the main caps are 4 bolt and can be put on a two bolt block with work things that will not fit in the short deck push rods damper intake dist have used the tall decks for big cid but they just do not drop in some cars have done all of this i listed and even if it a 366 if cheap there is some parts that can be used to make some thing out of