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RE: 428 NASCAR rods By Gerry Proctor - 10/08/2002 11:15:35 AM; IP 207.133.188.254 There were NASCAR rods used in the 427 but they required a different crank. These rods had a wider big end (+0.040 for each rod or +.080 for the journal set)and without significant machine work, would not fit on a standard FE crank. I really doubt you'd be able to safely machine a standard crank the additional .080 to fit these rods. Now, that only leaves one real possibility -that the engine was also fitted with the matching 427 NASCAR crank (C9AZ-6303-D). Which means that the engine was a de-stroked 428 (meaning a 406-inch based upon a 428) or that your 428 was never a 428. The 428 would have come with a standard rod with bolts and nuts or the capscrew LeMans rods in the Super Cobra Jet, both with a standard rod width. The wide rods and companion crank were never installed in an engine for a production chassis. It was an over-the-counter piece. Now, I've never heard of the word NASCAR being part of the forging blank. They were, like all Ford, parts coded with the appropriate alpha/numeric stamping, in this case C7OE-6200-A

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