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| Reference materials & ramblings - long. |
| By Royce Peterson - 01/11/2002 8:58:04 PM; IP 64.12.107.26 |
Mike,
I have a book that I bought in high school titled "289 - 302-390-427-428-429 FORD PERFORMANCE GUIDE & CATALOG". It was authored by Joel Rosen and has a lot of handy data like cam specs etc. I sent $3.98 to Motion Performance in New York for it back in 1972. Most of the data appears elsewhere for example the cam specs are in the shop manual, but not the part numbers or casting marks. The part number / application data and engine tag data is from the FOMOCO illustrated parts catalog. I have a partial set from April 1968 and the complete final issue November 1975, both on paper. I find the microfiche version very clumsy.
The 1968 data is very useful to my understanding of Cobra Jet and 1967 Fairlane 427/ 1968 Cougar 427 GTE engines because the replacement parts are consolidated somewhat in the 1975 edition. The parts catalog gives extremely detailed piece by piece breakdowns of every component and it's applications so it is quite easy to know exactly which cam was used in a given application. Blocks, intakes and heads were a problem until I actually was able to find NOS examples to match up part numbers with casting numbers. So I can say with authority that a C8AZ 6049-K head is casting # C80E 6090-N for example.
A cylinder block assy C8AZ 6010-B is a 427 GTE block with casting numbers C8AE-A. These blocks are side oiler, hydraulic lifter drilled and have screw in freeze plugs. I have personally own such a block that was brand new in the box still bolted to its shipping pallet prior to my building it and installing it in my GTE. Several others have come before me for sale or owned by good friends, they are a bankable investment these days. This block was superceded by P/N C8AZ 6010 -G. These are also side oiler, hydraulic lifter blocks but were saline aged (treated?)and have cuts in the cylinder bores for tunnel port valve airflow improvement. These blocks have no casting number, only date and foundry codes. Again I found a brand new one in the original box and it is still in my possesion........
Also interesting is that in 1968 Ford cataloged complete crate replacement motors for the Cobra Jet and 427 in various versions, for example the 427 GTE engine was code 359 J. I couldn't have afforded any of them at the time and struggle to afford them now.
I also own original complete sets of all the 1968 Autolite Shop Tips, 1967 and 1968 Service Bulletins, Hot Rod Magazines from 1966 thru 1970, Car Craft for all of 1968, Motor Trend for all of 1967 and 1968 and any known issue of any other 60's magazine that features an original test on a 390, 427 or 428 Cougar like Super Stock, Playboy, and so on. I have been collecting anything Cougar since the late 1970's so virtually any advertising material, dealer catalog or brochure is probably in my collection along with the stuff I picked up at the auto shows from the late 1960's onward.
Oh, forgot to mention my complete set of Ford shop manuals from 1965 thru 1970, plus several other years from 1952 thru 1976.
Just recently I have had to relocate from California to Cincinnati, OH so some stuff is not right at my fingertips but slowly it is becoming organized again. I have some earlier stuff like Hot Rod magazine engine annuals from 1962 for example and the Hot Rod Ford Engine annual from that year but don't consider myself any kind of expert on the 352/390 HI Po or the 406 because I have not owned or studied them extensively.
Well that's enough, lets see how much controversy this will start.
Royce Peterson |
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