Here are some pics of the 427 in my 63
 

Here is a pic of the 427 i set down in my 63 yesterday.

NO FAIR!!!! i want one!!

Nice looking motor you got there...Later Mike

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Niiice. Not to steal the thread but my family owns a farm and one of our grain trucks burned up this fall, it had a 427 in it. I guess the carb and intake melted together, is that motor worth anything? I haven't seen it first hand but the starter was what started the fire, I assume it didn't do too much damage to the block and heads but haven't seen it yet. My uncle is trying to get rid of it....What do you think?

You might have to ask a more knowledgeable big block guy about that. This is my first experience with a big block.

Mine should be done soon also!!!!!!!

BTW your motor looks great

Are you still using the cam I sold you? Thanks for the compliment

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Get the motor out. have it rebuild while it's out I'm sure the insides are fine the coolant and oil would have kept it from harming anything other than gaskets. If you don't want it ship it out my way I'll buy it.

nope wanna buy it back? :lol:

I got a herbert Hydro roller, little smaller too.
I would have used the comp but I did not go with the 496 stroker
I just had it bored 30 over 461CU

Not to rain on anyone's parade, but a truck 427 is not the same as a car 427. They are big blocks, but they are made especially for heavy-duty use, much like the 366 truck engine. They are very strong engines, designed for low rpm and high-torque. They have smaller intake valves and sodium-filled exaust valves, 4-ring pistons and the very early ones had timing gears instead of a chain. I have also been told that they have a taller deck height than a passenger 427, but I cannot confirm this. If it is true, then passenger intake manifolds would not fit without decking the block. They will fit regular Chevy mounts, just like any other small or big block, and regular flywheels should fit too. I guess somebody could build one up, but it might cost alot more than a car engine.

60-66 Nut

you can get intake spacers for the tall deck 427

I think I have to agree with 60-66 Nut. From what I understand the truck block is different than the passanger vehicle block. Taller deck.

Not to say that you couldn't put one in your truck...might fit. But you wouldn't be able to swap heads / intake off a car block.

Heads are a bolt-on. Intakes require the spacers.

I figured the heads would fit, but I didn't know anybody made the intake spacers, cool. The truck intakes are 4 bbl, but they are very big and heavy. Then they have a dual-thermostat housing with about a 2 1/2" water outlet and the by-pass outlet is about 1 1/2", so it would be hard to use the passenger water pump. I wonder if they make special pistons, or if you have to use the tall-deck 4 ring pistons. Regular 427 pistons would probably fit(same bore) but they wouldn't reach the top of the deck, unless the truck uses longer rods.

60-66 Nut

what about 454s? are they different between car and truck (light duty, up to one ton). Thank you!!

Pretty much. The early car 454's (70-74) were much higher performance than the ones they started putting in the trucks later on. But basically, the truck engines were the same up to one ton. We had about 60 Chevy 454 Doolys from 76' thru 79' models that we used to pull beverage-body gooseneck trailers for nearly 20 years. In that time, we rebuilt or replaced many of the engines, and I think only the early ones were four bolt mains, the later ones were all two bolt. The 79' engines had smaller intake ports.

60-66 Nut

our 3/4 ton 77 block what a 2 bolt block, but it had the 7180 heads, so alls good.

very nice motor. wish mine looked like that one.