The 327CI Engine

General - Canfield Heads - CP Pistons - Edelbrock RPM Air-Gap Intake - Holley Carburetor - Pauter Rods - T&D Rockers - Assembly - Other Parts - Cam - Dyno Results

I am using a FRPP Sportsman block (part number M-6010-B50).

Ford Racing Sportsman Block

SCAT 4340 forged lightweight crankshaft.

• The heads are Canfield raised port heads with Ferrea one-piece stainless valves.  The heads have been ported and polished by Replika Maschinen.
• The intake is Edelbrock RPM-AirGap.
• The carburetor is Holley HP dual pumper from Performance Carburetors
  • The fuel log and spacer are also from Performace Carburetors
• The pistons are from CP.
• The crank is a SCAT 4-302-3250-5400-2123-2 Profiled 4340 forged lightweight piece.
• The rods are Pauter.
• The cam is a FRPP B303.
• The rockers are from T&D

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Raw
		Sorry about the fuzzy pictures.  Next time I'm using a tri-pod.

The porting work is being done by Replika Maschinen, in Santa Clara, CA.  Don Redmon is an artist.  You should check him out for your next project.

Things are looking pretty good.  These are just the "roughing in" stages.

Here are some shots of the heads.  They are not complete yet.  The polishing still needs to be done as do the valve seats.

Wow!!!  It's been a long time since I had any news on this part of the project, hasn't it?
The black is not paint, it's heat dispersant coating.  They did a really nice job putting it on, don't you think?	What do you think of the polish job?  You can almost see yourself in the bowls.	Mirror finish on the exhaust port to help the gasses get out quickly.  Nice clean intake ports as well.
You can sorta imagine you are the hot spent gasses leaving.  Exit this way....	Now you can pretend you are the fresh intake charge coming in.	The intake side of the head.

Here we have a shot of the completed combustion chamber.  The valve job is done and the heads are ready to be bench flowed today.  I'll post the flow numbers just as soon as I get them.

These pictures were taken late at night, but show you what the pistons look like as they came from CP.  I don't know about you, but I think the look pretty sexy. :-D

The intake was port-matched and coated by Replika Maschinen, of Santa Clara, CA. I did not take a picture of the intake after it was done though :-(

Holley HP Carb	Carb Spacer	Fuel Log

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At long last, the connecting rods are finally in.  There was some confusion during the ordering process that delayed things quite a bit, but the end result is the rods finally showed and thy are beautiful.  These are the only set of Pauter rods for a V8 application in existance.
Not an "H" beam, not an "I" beam...	Here's the small end, up close.	The stamping.  Ooooh...

June 30, 2004 The rockers showed up.
I ordered on the 14th.  It only took them two weeks to make them and deliver them.  I am really impressed with the level of service. These rockers are 1.70 ratio.  If you look closely you can see this stamped into each rocker arm.

The machine work on the engine has finally started.  I will post pictures and commentary in this section as I get it.
About June 15, 2004.	The block with the ARP studs and Canton brace installed, waiting to be align honed.
August 3, 2004	The machine work is complete.  Here is a shot of the mock-up of the crank.  As you can see, the block has been coated with the same thermal coating that went on the heads.
September 11, 2004 The assembly starts in earnest.	Here you see the cam being installed.
	The cam is in place.
	The crank is prepared.
	The crank is now in place too.
November 24, 2004	After much delay for various reasons, the pistons are finally in the engine. I now have a short block.
December 25, 2004 The assembly continues.	The heads are on...
	These T&D 1.7:1 rockers look like serious stuff.  I expect they will keep things nicely lined up.
	The "stealthy" look... Black on black on black, with just a bit of aluminum to set it all off.  Will it look better with a polished alternator, or this nice black one?  Hmm...  I need to change the pulley on the alternator out for a polished piece, regardless.
	We didn't want to use the stock-style lifter guides, so Chris picked up a "retro kit" from Comp Cams.
	March alternator bracket.

• SVO harmonic balancer, PN M-6316-C351
• Custom spacer for front pulley made by Replika Maschinen
• March pulleys
  • Crank pulley - 3-groove, PN 1547
  • Ford Racing Crank Pulley Spacer - .950", PN M-8510-B351
  • Water pump pulley - 2-groove, PN 1562
  • Alternator pulley and fan, PN 137
• March alternator bracket, PN 30351
  • This did not work out well. I did not need the main bracket due to the A/C idler doing that job. I am using the lower adjustible rod though.
• March Sanden Compressor Cover, PN 395
  • This will not fit without machining. Maybe later...
• Canton "kit" from Street or Track
  • Canton 9qt road race oil pan
  • Canton dipstick
  • Canton main stud support and windage tray
    • Note that the windage tray does not work as well as one would hope. Some of the louvers had to be removed to clear the stud support. I thought that since they all came from Canton that they would work well together. Go figure...
  • 4-piece gasket set
  • Melling high volume oil pump, PN M-68HV
  • Canton oil pickup, PN 15-611
• Plug wires from Magnecor
• Crane Distributor, 1000-1600
• MSD Flying Magnet Crank Trigger Kit, PN 8640
  • (This does NOT work on a vintage engine. It prevents the water pump from being bolted on properly which causes major water leaks)
• MSD Crank Trigger EZ-Adjust Kit PN 8605
  • Not needed since the crank trigger got in the way of the water pump
• Comp Cams cam thrust plate and bearing, PN 3120TB
• ARP cam bolt, PN 254-1001
• Comp Cams hydraulic roller lifters, PN 851-16
• Comp Cams hydraulic roller installation kit, PN 35-1001
• Comp Cams assembly lube, PN 104 (not strictly part of the engine, but still...)

March 16 Dyno Results - Final pull of the day

Here you see the Elgin cam card for the cam used to generate the numbers reflected in the charts, as well as the textual report and the graphical diagram from the last pull of the day (Mar 16, 2005). We had to put a hard-stop at 5500 rpm because the valves appear to be floating starting at about 5800. We suspect the valve springs are too weak and will find tomorrow. Please note that there is not even the slightest hint of a curve to the HP graph, which means there should be quite a bit more power in the engine, and we are already seeing 490hp at 5500. We did a pull that went to 6200 and had 610hp there, so fixing the valve float may net another 100hp.

March 25 Dyno Results - Final pull of the day

Here you see the cam card for the Clay Smith cam used to generate the numbers reflected in the charts, as well as the textual report and the graphical diagram from the last pull of the day (Mar 25, 2005). The hydraulic cam and lifters were pulled out and a solid flat-tappet cam and lifters installed. I'll get the cam card and post it later. As you can see, we still don't know where this little puppy is going to actually stop making power, but at least we found the torque peak. There is a spike at 6100 that we will tune out later. The engine is going to Dan's shop for breather bungs on the valve covers and then it's into the car it goes. This beast should be a fun drive.

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