427ci SOHC Ford 'Cammer' On The Dyno

We check out Todd Keen's 427 SOHC 'Cammer' V8 on the dyno at C&R Motorsport Developments in Walliston, WA.
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[@SuspenseESCAPEremastered]

Best looking engine ever created. Worth a small fortune, today!

[@Joshcheyka]

any Hemi looks better

[@Owens_Racing]

I’m more of a LS/4.6/5.0 kinda guy but agree that Cammer motor is a looker. The hemi guy. I also agree the Hemi head just demands respect. Looks good too.

[@1LOCKNLOAD]

That thing with stomp on the Hemi.

[@chargerwoh]

It wouldn’t stomp a hemi it’s not. A proven thing like the hemi which has dominated for so many decades I don’t see all the top fuel top alcohol and door slammer classes running an after market version of the cammer even though it had heaps of potential

[@BobbyOfEarth]

@@Joshcheyka The Cammer is a Hemi. In fact, when Dodge saw the cover of Janurary 1965 edition of HotRod magazine and saw that Ford built a SOHC Hemi engine in 90 days ...and then discovered it made 66o Hp. on a single 4 barrel carb, ..Dodge shit themselves, because they knew the cammer would find a home in a Galaxie at Daytona so, Dodge started developing their own SOHC Hemi. NASCAR ended up banning all Hemi's from competition and that's why Ford built the Boss 429.

[@gearyharlan7729]

That is one badass engine..and I'm a Chevy man of 45 years

[@broncodude6299]

It is a bad ass engine, but thanks to Mopar calling foul at Daytona trials it was never sanctioned by NASCAR. Imagine what it would have like in those days if it was sanctioned. 🤔

[@grandcrappy]

Noted. It 'bout don't nattwr to he, I'd take any time bach8ne muscle car. I gotta thang gor the great-breathing 351C, but that was a GM brainchild, actually, since Knudson & Shinoda got lured to Ford from GM in '68.

[@The_Bushman]

Jon Kaase sells 427SOHC engines that are complete aftermarket parts a lazy 50k US though

[@monstermechanic-uw8xj]

there's a guy in my town that regularly street drives an original Ford factory built sohc 427 Fairlane to Friday nite car shows at the local burger joint. way fast car. super cool owner. from hot&sunny Florida

[@onazram1]

These engines were only available over the counter, Ford did not put them in any production car...

[@broncodude6299]

f marz he never said it was factory installed, just that a car in his his area has one under the hood.

[@SealofPerfection]

@@broncodude6299 He said "original factory built". Of which there is no such thing. "Dealer installed"...sure, maybe. But that's not what he said.

[@johnjohnsn7633]

@@onazram1 Actually, they did: there was at least one 427 SOHC-powered 1965 Galaxie 500 XL built for a NASA astronaut Gordon "Gordo" Cooper.° It featured exclusive "aerodynamic" tempered glass headlight covers over the "stacked" headlights of the '65 and '66 model Galaxies. °img-hmn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w820/s/img.hmn.com/400x300/stories/2009/07/gordo-1.jpg

[@johnjohnsn7633]

@@SealofPerfection Wrong, Pacfan. See my other post.

[@TrojanHorse1959]

Awesome! I love those old "cammer" engines.

[@algreen5462]

My granddaughter wanted a 64 Thunderbolt well I got her 1 then bought a 427 sohc bored her 60 over twin 850 hollies carbs 4sp Borg Warner 411. With original rear which means the ass end raises instead of dipping. We went to the strip and beat a bunch of ppl. She loves her car. Cause she built The Beech Island Express with her own hands with my help from the ground up. I'm. Proud of her children these days are more into social media but not her it's racing

[@kellyh4035]

When those secondaries opened up...... magic

[@chuckiefinster544]

For all you hemi boys that complained when your engine got banned, at least yours made it to the track! They ran scared from ours

[@SealofPerfection]

They actually put the Hemi in production cars. The SOHC never was installed in a car from the factory.

[@johnjohnsn7633]

@@SealofPerfection Rebutted elsewhere in thread, Pacfan.

[@SealofPerfection]

@@johnjohnsn7633 Yeah, and you're wrong.

[@twolak1972]

Yup. Gm and mopar were scared shitless of fords cammer, they knew if they went up against it they would lose every race so instead of going high they took the gutter and whined like little bitches, same thing happened when Ford introduced the 351 C 4V. Bob Glidden was wiping the floor with Chevy and mopar every week and nascar unfairly made Glidden add weight to his car trying to slow it down but Gliddens crew found even better ways to make more hp and Keep Glidden at the front of the pack for DECADES.

[@CoyoteFTW]

@@SealofPerfectionit was a 900 dollar option on Ford galaxy line

[@The-fs5wn]

657 stock horsepower in the 60’s sounds absolutely nuts. The only “stock” 60’s engine that could match or exceed that is a Super Snake, but that had twin superchargers and they didn’t even make 5 of them, so it’s a long ways from really being stock.

[@RoBoTNiKaa]

the view above the carb is fckin awesome

[@tonynecas4825]

A more mild set of cams, 10 to 1 compression to make it "more streetable". And still over 500 horsepower and torque with nearly all OEM parts. Fantastic.

[@SealofPerfection]

And 452 cubic inches

[@CJ-ib2jy]

And a much, much smaller, smooth idle cam.

[@petergiannaros9037]

@@noidontthinksolol Pathetic?This same engine was running 740 hp with the right induction so don't give me that crap.

[@petergiannaros9037]

The 427 sohc was a giant killer on the drags strips after it was banned from Nascar.Big cam ,drag strip.Smaller cam more use able in a street car.These engines were awesome.

[@petergiannaros9037]

And by the way Ford never officially released these engines for street use,i wish they had.

[@JohnnyRebKy]

I miss the days of large bore engines. Now the engines are all “ strokers” to get the displacement. Not knocking them but it just isn’t the same. The 427 small black Ford sells isn’t anything like the 427FE and it’s huge bore and shorter stroke. The small block is just a 4.030 bore with a huge stroke

[@chrismontreuil2206]

That's a great definition. Maybe a stroker makes more torque and moves a car better, but I still like an engine I can max up on rpm.

[@twolak1972]

@@chrismontreuil2206 The strikers can,t make the torgue those old BB fords could to this day.

[@potaka79]

This is a fantastic story. 60's horsepower...Going Ford is the going thing.

[@georgeszaslavsky]

bad ass engine even better than the 429 boss

[@twolak1972]

Best engine ever and the Boss was a bad ass motor in it's own right.

[@TheLowCountryRebel]

I had an opportunity in '82 to purchase one of these engines. The engine was sitting in the back seat of a '63 Galaxy 500. The seat cushion was missing and the engine was sitting on the bare floorboard. The tri-power intake complete with carbs and oval, aluminum air cleaner were in the trunk. It was at a junkyard just east of Jamestown, South Carolina. $1500 was the going price. I didn't have the cash and no means to obtain the money. I was 18 years young. But my '69 Sportsroof Mustang with a well built 302 was mighty fine.

[@lightspeed9098]

Remember a MKI Cortina back in the 80's running one of these at Calder Park. Unique sounding engine.

[@Parky427]

ClipLap Grit Stick Charlie Caruana, had that Corty for years, family still owns it. Called “SATISFACTION”

[@lightspeed9098]

That's the one! Couldn't miss that sound rolling out of the pits,

[@makattak3550]

@@Parky427 Hemi killer?

[@trucking604]

750 cfm is no where near enough carburetor for that engine, it's being choked. Should have twin 650 carbs.

[@w41duvernay]

Fortunately, you can get a 1000 xfm carbs and fi throttle body fi units now.

[@PhiddyPford]

Gotta have duals, looks so much better!

[@twolak1972]

Twin 780 dual feeds.

[@MrCyclone21]

Now there is some Thunder from down under 😎👍🏻❤️🏁

[@michelleadams6999]

The original Hemi killer -266 Galaxy supposed to be in but

[@HighlanderNorth1]

👉 The 27 down votes(👎) are just jealous Chevy guys who still hold a grudge towards FoMoCo for being superior! 😁👍

[@71sc502]

Wrong. I'm a chevy guy and I like this engine. Ford isnt superior. Everyone has good and bad days

[@twolak1972]

Ford engines have always been superior. The 427 cammer, the 351C Glidden dominated pro stock with , The Boss 302 that spanked chevys pooch in the Z28. The 429 Boss that put the fear of God in every Camaro, chevelle, roadrunner , GTX and challenger owner out there. Only car that came to play with the Boss 429 was the hemi cuda and it still got its ass kicked.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

@@71sc502 😉 I was joking. I used to be more "partisan" when it came to brand loyalty, but that was back in the 80s when there were still enough late 60s to early 70s American cars on the road that I could afford to be picky. Honestly, from 1984-90 when I started driving and became interested in muscle cars, there were A LOT of Chevys! It was mostly 68-74 Novas and 68-72 Chevelles! Those Chevys were so numerous, that even though I lived in a somewhat rural area, I could still point to 8 Novas and 7 Chevelles that were owned by people I knew! But Fords on the other hand, were much less common. There were still 1965-73 Mustangs around, but not as many. In fact, there were only 2 of us Ford purists, making us outnumbered by Mopar eficianados by 2-1, and Chevy fans outnumbered us 3 or 4-1. That "underdog" aspect partially explains why I chose Ford over other brands. But nowadays you don't see many 1960s and early 70s cars on the road, which means you can't afford to be too picky about brands.

[@CJColvin]

​@@twolak1972What about the MEL engines that powered Mercuries, Edsels, and Lincolns?

[@CJColvin]

​@@twolak1972Don't forget the 5.0L Coyote V8 as well

[@ouimetco]

When I was 17 a guy showed me one and offered to give it too me for my old Vega rust bucket. I declined because I did not know what the engine was back then. Thought it was some sort of one off Ford experiment. That was 1979. Kicking myself now. Jjjj great video.

[@unclebob7937]

OUCH!

[@Mike583]

The factory 427 med.riser dual 4 came with 652 cfm Holleys! Not sure about the highrisers. 750 cfm seems way too small for a SOHC! I've seen a guy running a reworked single 1150 Dominator before.

[@edwardspaccarelli5944]

My 66 Fairlane medium riser 427 has a pair of 715 cfm Holley carbs from the factory.

[@Mike583]

@@edwardspaccarelli5944 I've never heard of dual 715's before. I know my 652's had the correct tag #'s.

[@edwardspaccarelli5944]

@@Mike583 very interesting. Time for me to do some research. Thanks for the reply. Love those FE engines!

[@vlfreak]

oh what a sweet sweet engine.. love the 'down the throats' shot and that song from 4:57 :D

[@victorbitter583]

What a fukn beauty. Sounds awesome.

[@MrDriftonin]

I have an old news paper clipping on the original and first models Ford was going race at NASCAR, 754 HP with 2 4bll. Dodge refused to race it, NASCAR then banned all big blocks, they were just becoming to fast to dangerous.

[@boostjunkie2320]

Lol yeah, define "big block"...

[@jeffschwartz5199]

Yeah , poor Mopo . Kinda spoiled a good thing . And yes , flying boats , with no safety .

[@68bobba2]

Nascar banned what they called,"Special Race Engines"...IE,The Cammer & the Chrysler 426 Hemi...At the end of the 64 season,because neither were production based(came out in a factory,production car)...Chrysler bought out the Street Hemi(in production vehicles) in 66,and was allowed to race...Ford never even entertained the idea.

[@gordomiguel1931]

Ford threatened Chrysler with the SOHC,and Chrysler responded with a DOHC hemi prototype,that if all the bugs were worked out of it,would have slapped down the SOHC.But NASCAR said no to both of those engines and the cam in block HEMI.Probably rightfully so,because top speeds at the Daytona 500 had already increased by 20mph from 1962 to 1964.

[@johnjohnsn7633]

@@boostjunkie2320 In the Chevrolet line, "big blocks" were derivatives from the 1963 Mark II 'Mystery Motor' ... in the Ford line, derivatives from the 1958 332/352 'FE' (Ford-Edsel) engine. In the MoPar line, "big block" was never used, AFAIK.

[@invoxicated]

An NOS 427 Cammer just recently sold for $140000. And in 1968 you could buy a complete 427 Cammer for $2395.00 at any Ford dealer minus accessories.

[@grandcrappy]

Another NOS sohc brought $340k. 'At's fuckin airplane price.

[@MrDavidelliottjr]

Awesome engine

[@CJColvin]

The 427 SOHC cameron would've been a great engine for the Fairlane Thunderbolt as well for the late 60s and early 70s Torinos and Cyclones.

[@natbec01]

Sounds very smooth

[@bubbamontague8867]

old skool big block 427 cammer rumble

[@williamsanders468]

These engines make so much power the guy had to detune it so he had less of a chance to hurt himself

[@timfarmer648]

FERRARI EATER!!!!!!!🤠

[@normaf9827]

Holman and moody would run 13 5 1 compression

[@PhiddyPford]

You Aussies have great taste!

[@chuckselvage3157]

They weren't actually banned from NASCAR they were allowed to run but only with a single carb so Ford stuck with the 427 OHV sideoiler they ended up being sold to drag racers and had plenty of success i saw one that was put into a Shelby Cobra with twin Paxton superchargers.Absolutely evil.

[@jerryparks6123]

You got that backwards! Ford 427 Cammers were banned from Nascar! DRAG racers did run 427 Sohcs Nascar allowed the side oilers !

[@chipps1066]

Neat old engine.My 67 Belvedere has a 472 Hemi that dynoed at 630 hp and 603 ft lbs of torque on pump gas.It is a street car.The Hemi was a way simpler motor than the sohc427.

[@1LOCKNLOAD]

That 427 SOHC is capable of over 800 hp. Yours ain't even in the that league.

[@rickerdman5772]

Yeah that Hemi was a simpler motor.. it also showed on the dyno charts compared to a 427 Cammer. Different League completely and actually a Hemi was a heavier engine if you weighed the two separately. SoHC was the ELEPHANT SLAYER

[@chipps1066]

that didnt survive.@@rickerdman5772

[@turboboy0]

Anyone else notice the fuel leak?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

LOL, I was waiting for someone to notice that. No prize, but yeah well spotted.

[@Redpitbull44]

Me sitting here, an American Mechanic "Who the hell detunes an engine for less power?!"

[@mwhitelaw8569]

Now that's music

[@eddiewatson1006]

beyond invincible beyond incomparable beyond unbeatable love hearing that godzilla motor come alive and breath fire and strike fear yet again into chevy and dodge and every other piece of shit in the world all hail the blue oval and all hail the beyond legendary incomparable invincible unbeatable one and only king the mightiest of the mighty the 427 Sohc cammer world destroyer it always was and always will be the king of all motors that's why the no good chicken shit trash at junkolet and blowpar banned this divine creation of a motor anybody that says different needs to go back to school and read some books and then learn the truth then come back and then we'll talk about the truth of the invincible Godzilla most mighty of all motors beyond legendary 427 Sohc cammer

[@68bobba2]

eddie watson -Beyond unbeatable?...In 1967 there were 4 national Top Fuel events in the US...Two were won by Cammer powered dragsters...Two were won by Hemi powered dragsters. Ease up on the Ford Kool Aid,son

[@Mike583]

I'm a diehard Ford guy,I'm 66 & owned many Fords over the years,including a '67 Fairlane. It was an factory 427 dual 4 drag car,never driven on the street,it couldn't be licensed for street use! I think your getting a little carried away about the SOHC in my opinion! If only they'd produced more of them,& refined them, resolved all the weak points; then it might of been a hole new ballgame in drag racing! But they didn't & original parts are about as rare as hens teeth!

[@sivvybee]

I bet two carbs would be put it back over 600hp.

[@lyleswavel320]

You put that in a 2,000 pound car & U got a rocket

[@unclebob7937]

Even a heavy old Galaxie was way fast with this beast.

[@shagsshag149]

Todd get of the goey mate ya eyes are peakin🙀😂

[@seadoo9651]

Make some alloy blocks from it

[@JohnW1711stock]

This is what the 4.6, and 5.4 engines were copied from.

[@GentiluomoStraniero]

Ford muscle

[@OGskunkMASTA]

Well in the states you could buy this engine in a production car if you checked it and payed the hefty price lol

[@Mike583]

@OGskunkMASTA Sorry but you're wrong! No car was ever offered with the SOHC engine, it was a crate engine only! Now you could buy it & put it in a street car yourself,but that was the only way, which several people have done!

[@deviljoint9866]

@@Mike583 There were 3 Galaxies that had the 427 sohc installed from the factory by Ford for testing and promotion.One was given to the astronaut Gordon Cooper to test drive for a year.That car was supposably crushed after he returned it to Ford.The other 2 are still out there.One has been restored and recently sold at auction.

[@waynelee7169]

@@Mike583 You could have it fitted by the dealer in your new car before delivery - the price of $2700 was prohibitive. The engine was listed on an internal performance memo to all Ford dealers - it was not a secret and anyone could buy it. No warranty if so ordered.

[@johnjohnsn7633]

@@deviljoint9866 'Gordo' Cooper and his 427 SOHC Galaxie 500 XL: img-hmn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w820/s/img.hmn.com/400x300/stories/2009/07/gordo-1.jpg The other guy is Ford's 'Total Performance' head, Jacques Passino.

[@deviljoint9866]

@@johnjohnsn7633 Nice 👍

[@LORISSABOOBMAN]

If she the motor were a real girl she would be packing some very tuned DD's.

[@wobblysauce]

Any graphs with lower starting rpm?

[@stevesteve7089]

Just the old story. If you can't afford a Ford dodge a Chevy lol

[@njfinests]

Not enough power, it needs more !!!!

[@johnjohnsn7633]

"More Power!" --Tim "The Toolman" Taylor 😀

[@luciankristov6436]

Wish I had one of those fuck me ...rare !!

[@davecavender8534]

Isn't a camer a duel cam engine ? Dohc not sohc

[@STREETMACHINETV]

The term 'cammer' pre-dates most of the modern dohc engines

[@davecavender8534]

@@STREETMACHINETV cool thanks I never realy grew out of my 351cj she's put away many 427'S

[@lannywatson]

1 cam per head, therefore, single over head cam.

[@jerryparks6123]

SOHC means there's a Camshaft on each head under the valve covers! 7 FOOT timing chain !

[@jerryparks6123]

@@davecavender8534 NO 351 cj ever put away any 427 Ford top oiler side oiler, and Particularly NOT A CAMMER! THEY were 616 hp with 1 4 v carb ! 657 hp with 2 4 v carbs!! Your dreaming BUDDY!

[@LORISSABOOBMAN]

Oh, she looked thirsty didn't she.

[@keith38able]

ummm gas leak on last pass

[@whipsticker]

Detuned to 550hp. 😂😂

[@robertpolicastro1]

What??? 550? Dude fuk that

[@ricktotz4078]

I don’t think Chevrolet built an engine that’s worth shit

[@SealofPerfection]

A trip to any drag strip in the country will tell you that's not true.

[@twolak1972]

Me either, I gotta laugh when you see these idiots putting SB chevys in 32 duece street rods . They put 60 grand in the body , paint and chrome and then go cheap and drop in a chevy motor cuz CHEVYS ARE CHEAOER TO BUILD, NO THEY,RE CHEAP TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE COMPARED TO FOMOCO THEIR PARTS ARE LOW QUALITY AND DONT LAST .

[@willybman3723]

Meth?

[@joevandijk2284]

Perfect way to ruin an engine Detune it. Unbelievable. You should settle down and take up electric cars. Your ack of knowledge if you think you need to detune it to make it more streetable. These engines are quite streetable in american cars running on 91 pump gas making over 800 hp. Suggest you google JON KAASE ENGINES. You don;t deserve that masterpiece

[@jesse75]

Chev guys should never touch a Ford.

[@427med]

BULLSHIT they never put a cammer in a production car

[@TheOoKevin]

I do believe that they did. The put some in Ford Customs (a stripped down Galaxie)

[@ricktotz4078]

Yes they did , Do your home work.

[@SealofPerfection]

@@ricktotz4078 No, they did not. Never, ever, not a single car was sold with a Cammer in it. It was over the counter only.

[@johnjohnsn7633]

@@SealofPerfection Still false, Pacfan. Though not "mass produced" nor sold "retail" thru FoMoCo franchised dealers, Ford did indeed produce 427 SOHC Galaxies... as evidenced here: img-hmn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w820/s/img.hmn.com/400x300/stories/2009/07/gordo-1.jpg

[@SealofPerfection]

@@johnjohnsn7633 It's NOT false. I said "Not a single car was sold with a cammer in it. It was over the counter only" And that is 100% TRUE. "produced" means "They made them and sold them" Experimental units that were never sold to ANYONE don't count. So I was dead-on, right.

[@tyhighway2127]

Excuses excuses excuses.....as I never see very many Ford dudes with this damn engine. Who cares how it does when you never see them anywhere. Their horsepower was BIG in the 60's. It is a nothing engine today with MOPAR GEN 2 HEMI's blowing a HOLE in the atmosphere today with 900 horsepower. To much BS about an engine made for 5 minutes.

[@mikeburks9641]

Ty Highway your gen 2 hemi has a supercharger on it. it won't make 900 HP or anywhere near it without the supercharger.put a supercharger on this bitch and see what it dose.

[@Mike583]

@Ty Highway They've gotten around 800 hp on carbs only out of the SOHC!

[@gregsilveira6808]

@@tyhighway2127 according to your profile, you are a salesman in L.A. and are trying to change your life. Well I guess you really need to change your attitude if you want to succeed as a salesman. Maybe you should just give up the effort. You seem to be doomed to fail.

[@tyhighway2127]

@@Mike583...yeah...so say you....

[@tyhighway2127]

Greg Silveira....Man, are all Mexicans so rude and cruel like you Greg. Did you eat a burnt Taco...or a Bad Burrito to go off on my personal life just to prove some lame ass point about your worship of FORD? Henry Ford was not your daddy, because you are Mexican. You know....the idiots that sneak into the USA illegally because their country is pure crap run by the dirtiest government on earth. A nation of murderers and thieves. You went to the trouble of looking into my profile just to assassinate my character. Well.....yes...I came here to L.A. with hopes to make money. I got hired at the biggest MOPAR performance company starting at $80,000 a year with prospects of running the West Coast office. So, I am doing great...and you are still a loser Be*ner attacking a white man. What makes idiots like you attack my opinion just because your daddy tried to build a Ford some years back. My "GREAT GRAND DADDY" shot at your "Great Grand Daddy" when the USA & Mexico went to war for 5 minutes man. My dad said to me when I was 3 years old....."Tyrone, keep your eyes open when you become a man because Mexicans will try & stab you in the back for $2 bucks in the future". Watch out for Hateful, nosey, interfering, meddling, Mexicans when you grow up in this world. Hey Greg.....why don't you shut the hell up jerk off. Mind your own business...as I didn't bother you. I have my opinion.....you keep yours.....jerk......