There was a great article that I read over and over on a drag racer who had a 427 with a 428 crank. The article was much more informative than the usual magazine articles, it covered his testing of different factory heads and intake manifolds and had a bunch of speed secrets in it. I don't have the article anymore and I'm not even sure which magazine it was in. Maybe Popular Hot Rodding and probably in the early to mid 80's. It was about the only serious Ford article I recall seeing back then. FE articles have always been fairly rare, even in the old Ford magazines.
Is this it? 1978 Engine Annual (by Popular Hot Rodding)
2880 lb Shelby, 427 running 10.20 with HiRiser heads and HiRiser dual plane 8v intake.
They said the (Manning-Brady) HiRiser heads were 0.3 sec better than MedRiser heads, which is probably about 60hp better at this level.
They also said the HiRiser combo outran the TunnelPort combo they tried. The HR had better midrange than the TP.
A HiRiser T-Wedge built by Dave Adams took the car to
9.93 at 138.09 mph
That's movin out for 1978!!
They were building a bigger motor with a 428 crank etc.
This is one of the few "427 hop up" articles I remember as well. Still have it.