Sohc vs Boss / size

[Heo]

Ive seen them before .... Think they tested and found
the hot exhaust passing over the tires helped with the
streamlining or downforce or both or something

[GJCAT427]

 A guy up here in western NY has a boss 429 car that he dropped a SOHC into, Looks really deceiving, He ran it for a while but its been in storage for a while. This guy has quite a collection of cars and parts, He has abround 25 427s and a ton of parts, I bought a block from him yrs ago and stay in touch with him.

[babybolt]

Yeah, good old Wind Tunnel #2.  They must have had that camera remotely activated because if I remember right there were no windows on that side and they would not have let anyone standout in the wind over 35 or 40 mph.  That is a real driver inside the car - heard about that.  They used the same tunnel for aero testing the GT40 and some other racing cars using load cells underneath the tires.

[babybolt]

BTW, naturally a 429 crank is longer than a FE crank, but the Boss 429 crank is shorter overall than a FE crank because of the shorter snout. 

Last time I was measuring things, I think the mod engine is wider than the Boss 429.

[WConley]

Last time I was measuring things, I think the mod engine is wider than the Boss 429.

IIRC, the 4V Modular is indeed wider than a Boss 9 or a SOHC.  The 2V head is narrower, so it may not get out quite as far, even at the 5.4L deck height.

- Bill

[cbolze]

I think the 427 SOHC is the best engine swap ever for a Boss Nine car, Pops got it right! Should be a Hooker header swap kit for it!! Thanks for the links to the cool vintage pictures too! Can someone post the picture where a fuel car is running over a SOHC crank assembly? Courtney.

[machoneman]

It's a early model 392 Hemi, not a Ford SOHC.

http://www.nhra.com/2008/images/news/december/6007.jpg

[jayb]

That is another one of my all time favorite magazine photos; got it hanging up on the wall in my garage.  Literally running over the crank LOL!