427 SOHC Ford dragster

[@42lookc]

That whole ride is a work of art, and that mill could put a man on the moon.

[@MrRoundwound]

It’s the best thing ever.

[@chrismontreuil2206]

One of the most beautiful drag cars ever ! With the baddest motor Ford made.

[@aaronmcconkey338]

Among the gaa and oh so many more.

[@gonzalogochicoa6815]

Totally agreeee

[@imtheonevanhalen1557]

Boss 429 semi-hemi was the pinnacle of Ford Race engines

[@MGB18]

@@imtheonevanhalen1557: Although the Boss 429 was a bad ass engine, the 427 Cammer was Ford's pinnacle racing engine. It was a true Hemi, not to mention exotic for it's time. Shame on NASCAR for not allowing the Cammer to run on the oval (which it was originally designed for), and NHRA for eventually banning the engine also.

[@jamesmills3176]

OH YEA ! The 427 SOHC is one bad ass motor . Especially with a big roots blower . Tons of torque . I would love to put that in my 76 cobra .II with 456 gears and a FMX tranny out of a 70 to 74 Torino . Talk about scary.

[@slayo710]

That sound is fantastic. Wish I could hear that thing fire up in person.

[@Mike583]

Love the sound of those old SOHC's!!! I seen a 61 Starliner with a SOHC in it once. AWESOME!!!

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Yeah, but it didn't come that way. Really makes a cool car though.

[@winstonbeech3418]

I know that red Starliner. It is my all time favorite show car. I believe it was recently sold. Used to be in the Cincinnati area. Not sure where it is now. Working on a model of it.

[@larrymccoy2184]

Glad you guys enjoy hearing it run. Dyno Don Nicolson built the engine in the 1960,s and sold it to john Jones and was campaigned in a funny car and the car sold and engine stored for years. It is not a runner due to the value and colorful history My contribution was building the rolling chassis for the project, which I greatly enjoyed. Them were the days.

[@theorignalgrayson]

Thank you for helping build something so nice and amazing as this car right here. Also thank you for helping preserve history with this car as many of my generation never got to see this cars in their hayday or in person up until cacklefests became a thing and then more and more of these cars started reappearing for the first time in decades Also are you and James McCoy brothers because I remember Seeing both of you Guys names on the back of the car in the Special Thanks section

[@SuspenseESCAPEremastered]

Back in the 60's Ford won championships in every form of racing.

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Yep, so did Chrysler and GM. International wins too!

[@carlbuschman]

The 427 SOHC was a power house that NASCAR never thought about!!!

[@paratrooperlane7022]

The greatest motor ever made.

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

I think you'll get a LOT of disagreement about that. Read up on the 427 Cammer, you'll be surprised. I also think it's one of the best LOOKING engines ever made.

[@edge2sword186]

That thing runs really smooth and u can hear all 8 cyls. Are workin ,WoW !

[@ThunderAppeal]

Every time he revs it I could almost see the time/space continum getting distorted.

[@vincenttrotta576]

I'm diggin those whitewall slicks with the slotted mags !!!! The SOHC motor .............I'm in heaven !!!

[@PaulSter]

I hit "like" the moment I saw it. Hearing it, well I had to move to my TV and surround sound. Fabulous!

[@mr.gasser4521]

King of the Big Blocks

[@hankdagmar2167]

That's an argumentative statement.

[@63Imp283]

@@hankdagmar2167 well no other big block came close to the horsepower numbers this thing produced. Why do you think NASCAR banned it

[@hankdagmar2167]

@@63Imp283 Banned, not band.

[@63Imp283]

@@hankdagmar2167 👍

[@chadkent1241]

@@hankdagmar2167 every year it was run in NHRA it was the record setter and powered the quickest/fastest cars in its respective class. Dyno Don and Gas Ronda killed in AFX, Connie Kalitta was the first to 6's in TF and the first engine combo to achieve 200, 210,and 220 mph. Don The Snake Prudhomme, Sneaky Pete Robinson and Kalitta were the guys most feared in the 4 yrs Ford backed the fuelers. Ohio George Montgomery dominated the Gasser AA class with the Cammer from '66 to '70 at which point Ford made him switch to the BOSS 429. This engine did indeed rule the big blocks and easily dethroned the "Elephant " from Chrysler. GM had nothing at this power level.

[@bigmartymoose]

Beautiful dragster! Best seat in the house......right behind that monster motor! Hahahaha!

[@charlesharper7292]

I keep coming back to this video. Makes me want to grab my guitar and blow the curtains off the windows!!! Awesome dragster!!!

[@fuhkoffandie]

One of the most beautiful diggers I've seen in awhile, keep it OG, my friend.💯💯💯💯💯

[@ThunderAppeal]

That car looks like it has 1 mission in life.

[@chuckselvage3157]

The Hemi killer.

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

I agree. But on the streets it was the 455 Stage 1 "The Hemi Killer" But on the tracks the 427 SOHC was the Real Hemi Killer !!!

[@chuckselvage3157]

@@badass6.0powerstroke10 yeah too bad they never put them a passenger car but they were a pain to tune even some drag racers had problems with them initially

[@billwelter4101]

Too bad they had so much trouble with blocks cracking, amazing engine! I wish Ford would have finished the development on the DOHC motors, now that would have been something to see! Please take care of that piece, very rare! Great video, thanks!!

[@jimthigpen333]

I wish they had used Pete Robinsons gear drive and made a nitro sturdy block .

[@Mr91495osh]

White wall tires………Blue and White paint……unsecured fuel lines….those were the days.

[@onceANexile]

Old School FREMONT Calif. Drags In the mid 1960s they were just hitting 200mph.

[@billyrayvalentine7972]

In the mid 1970s after racing at the dragstrip we would race all night in the unincorporated area near the drag strip.

[@RSDX99]

Back in the 60's cammers were an every day thing at most tracks. As the amount of Nitro increased the FE could not handle the power. Of course today's Hemis are not the same hemis raced back then either.

[@Doggeslife]

So awesome seeing these cars of my youth being restored back to better than new. I built SO many models...!

[@Porsche996driver]

My ears are still throbbing lol. Think the mic was getting pelted with air. That takes total commitment to mash the gas in that!

[@SnaketheJake87]

You know it's gonna be knarly when the driver looks like he just got out of trenches in Verdun.

[@toddkennedy3929]

my dad got me into Ford and have learned more about this motor, was just listening to this beast , and thinking of any motor sound.... can anyone honestly say they have heard a stock motor this crazy? there is rumors it making over 700hp in stock NA form..

[@stephenalbrecht2290]

Beautiful dragster and one great sounding motor

[@vernonslone8627]

It went away for one reason...NASCAR wouldn't let Ford use it in competition...

[@gregorytimmons4777]

Very simply, it was never offered as a production engine in any model Ford sold.

[@chrismontreuil2206]

Built for pure racing, that's why it never went into a car.

[@charlesharper7292]

Beautiful! Classic old 1/4 mile warrior. Thanks again.

[@bgh70]

The Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend pays these guys to bring their cars and just start them in the pits and let them run for a few minutes. There are cars like this all around the pits that only start every few hours for just a few minutes and then shut them off. This car did not make any runs at this event.

[@grandcrappy]

Old museum pieces, but so kool to have them more or less for display, and thrash a Kaase remake.

[@itsmillertimeagain]

Better roll it back onto the trailer for the next show! Any ribbons or trophies to go along with it?

[@michaelcalkins8648]

I love the smell of nitromethane in the morning. Smells like ... victory.

[@patmclean1951]

I really wanted to see it run!

[@davescbradiorepair8195]

YEP IT SMOKED EVERYTHING GM AND CHRYSLER HAD TO OFFER AND YES IT EVEN LEFT THE FAMOUS HEMI IN THE DUST

[@jerrywatson8587]

Dave's Radio Repair Yes sir it sure did and Chrysler knew it was over if this engine was Allowed to compete in every racing organization and the aftermarket companies backed it this engine made way more Hp than the Chrysler Hemi from the factory and the first time anyone who didn't use Ford heard this engine it struck Fear in the GM and Chrysler Camp!!!! #Blue Oval Nation

[@jimjames8660]

yeah, that's why there are so many of them in competition today.....

[@marshallmcdowell3369]

@@jerrywatson8587 actually Dodge started a project called the A925. It was a DOHC HEMI. It was scrapped after NASCAR banned the 427 cammer. Only one complete engine was built and there were parts to build one or two more engines. That's all that remains of what could have been the end all be all of bad ass engines

[@marshallmcdowell3369]

Feel free to look it up. A925 project.

[@jimjames8660]

imagine servicing the SOHC motors at the drags today....getting those mile long chains all timed up and changing 2 cams everytime you broke

[@markcockerham646]

Sounds like it wants to eat that guy standing beside it.

[@jeffreybarger3684]

Where can you see this baby run?

[@joelglaze5545]

Oh what a beautiful beast

[@modelcarswithglen.]

That motor,,,music pure music

[@lieugebo805]

I'm a huge fan of exotic Fords and especially the SOHC but there's a reason why they're not around anymore in the Chrysler hemi design is these things could only take so much and you're listening to the most it could take

[@Garydigsit]

Thank you so much for that video that’s the baddest Ford engine ever in the baddest dragster great job new subscriber right here Gary at Norcal Detecting

[@conniekahl8015]

Cammers are cool!

[@moeshouse575]

i think NOT Dave. i was at NHRA worlds points finals Tulsa. 1965-66-67-68. check out Jerry Ruth, Donovan, in those years.

[@tomcrosby6332]

cool as heck. thanks for the post and the work

[@chrisauten2039]

This thing has its own unique sound on nitro. Not quite the same as the 392/426 Chrysler Hemis of the day. Also, a big block Chevy on nitro also has a distinctly different sound as well.

[@josephtravers777]

It's the chain cam drive. Sounds like a buzzsaw 👍

[@georgeshotrodbarn2113]

Man that sounds sweet

[@MrDavidelliottjr]

Man that's bad ass

[@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8]

*Sounds pretty good for a Supercharged Cammer*

[@lynndempsey4096]

Escape for Mankind is Keith Johnson all cammers sounded good

[@177SCmaro]

Running on nitro makes anything sound good.

[@falconater68]

For a?

[@jonathantrauner5731]

@@177SCmaro Alcohol , not Nitro ..,....

[@177SCmaro]

@@jonathantrauner5731 Its probably a mix of both. Straight methonal doesn't crackle like that.

[@clapp535]

So simple and beautiful

[@loganshotrod4x464]

I’m a Chrysler Hemi guy but that 427 SOHC is one mean SOB.

[@Mike583]

You'd think that with today's technology & the brains of say a Jon Kasse. An aluminum block could be developed to handle the hp easily! They did it with the Boss 500,in T/F & F/C! It would be very interesting to build a SOHC with today's technology & see what happens!

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

Jon Kaase definitely be the guy to do it, I've always said he's a BBF genius.

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

He basically brought the Boss 429 Heads back, and they bolt right up to a Standard 429-460 block. Straight Up Genius.

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

All new manufactured SOHC aluminum blocks, heads, etc, are available through Shelby American. Blocks start at $25K.

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

@@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443 Wow ! $25,000 for a Block, I'll stick with my 460 (Stock Block) based stroker engine.

[@josephtravers777]

Kasse was Dyno Don's right hand man when he was running the '65 A/FX SOHC Cyclone.

[@russellbergersen3296]

Would love to see that thing make a pass.

[@Laakona]

The M&H white walls are perfect for this car!

[@fernandochaves9665]

I wonder what don garlits thought of this engine...

[@w41duvernay]

It's too bad braking and tire technology didn't keep up with this engine. I WOULD have loved to see this go up against the Hemis in Nascar in the 60s.

[@itsmillertimeagain]

Looks like the engine turns over a few times but the car doesn't move at all. Must be a trailer queen! All show and no go!

[@jonisuoniemi3220]

I leav in finlant...my car is ford escord mk 1 1969

[@jonisuoniemi3220]

Ring my ...ai am ny...trank...

[@merlemorrison482]

Any idea what year this was built?

[@martialperrin7597]

Just hope everybodu around are wearing ear muffs or earplugs. But amazing sound !

[@rmdo5583]

NASCAR banned it because the girls over at Chrysler went on strike because the engine was making too much power

[@74rockon]

NASCAR let Chrysler run the hemi in 1964 and you couldn’t even buy one off the showroom floor and nobody said dick the minute Ford tried to battle the hemi head on the tears were just pouring out of everybody

[@eddiewatson1006]

the ultimate motor made by anybody period the king love listening to that beast run would love to have been there and listen to it and watch it destroy general motors and chrysler prices of shit trash enough said

[@zuestoots5176]

aint nobody come close to that engine

[@Mike583]

Eddie Watson I've been a diehard Ford fan since '70. But that doesn't stop me from admiring their many accomplishments thru the years as well! To call them "prices" of shit trash, is total ignorance to me,besides the misspelling! LMAO

[@superfuntime3107]

You sound so angry. Have you been drinking again ?

[@davidsmall1128]

Badass!☠️

[@mafiaperformance]

How do you keep those headers so white?!?

[@agylub]

All good in theory but where's the race?

[@bgh70]

There are many fuel cars there that do race, but they are more modern "nostalgia" cars. There are a lot of gassers and others there racing that are actually old race cars. There are a lot of these old fuel cars in the pits that only run for a few minutes every few hours to draw a crowd and then they shut them off. Many years ago when the Hot Rod Reunion first came to Beech Bend there was a fuel dragster there that was running a real SOHC and he was racing it hard. I watched him doing maintenance between rounds and it was nice to see inside one of these engines. I haven't seen him back again.

[@charlesharper7292]

Hemies are great! But Ford's cammer is sublime!!!

[@utubedaveg]

damn I was hoping to see it run.

[@thegearheadchico7759]

Badass.👍🔧

[@ablejohnson]

Thats pure Murica, FYeah!

[@miketee2444]

That's one pretty car. Wasn't it nice when every dummy with a Honda wasn't always talking about HP numbers. So many old cars never rolled onto a dyno and the mystery of it is just fine. All you need to know is that it's probably more power than the old slicks can handle and that's plenty.kids today are warped into thinking if you aren't putting a thousand to the wheels then you don't have anything special and most would be crying if they ride in something with a legitimate few hundred HP.

[@fortcrafterbossbehold9027]

Fun fact, as a JDM and vintage dragster guy I can confidently say, it was never Honda guys who used to blabber about HP numbers. In fact they get ostracized twice as much as the vintage muscle guys since they only have small 4 cylinders as they can only afford little fuel (I wanted to get a Honda Civic from the early 90s, stock, but I didn't because the car community would never let me live it dow). Those responsible behind this trend are actually the high end JDM guys (Supra's and Skylines) and modern domestic muscle boys (Mustang 5.0 and ESPECIALLY the Dodge Hellcat dudes)...

[@danf321]

Damn!! Classic old school👍👍👍

[@jonisuoniemi3220]

Erkka

[@jonisuoniemi3220]

😄

[@jonisuoniemi3220]

Finland ...power viikinki joni suoniemi..

[@jonisuoniemi3220]

Helss...

[@jonisuoniemi3220]

Suomalainen..

[@vinman1029]

So after this video, they had to replace the timing chain?

[@jimthigpen333]

They had trouble with chain stretch under power and the left cam would get out of time . They finally figured this out and advanced the left cam .Pete Robinson made a cam gear drive setup for his and one other I think .

[@68bobba2]

@@jimthigpen333 -Apparently the chain stretching problem was fixed with the use of Chrome Moly timing chain. However,poor bottom end oiling was the Cammers main problem...The Sideoiler block couldn't keep the oil up to the bottom end at the 8,000 plus rpms,the Cammer was capable of...Ford left it to the individual drag racers to find the solution,..instead of the company...Which I find a little strange.

[@jimthigpen333]

68bobba2 those blocks weren’t designed for that kind of power.

[@bobcrawford5083]

A...nitro helps maybe?

[@bobcrawford5083]

@Mason George yeah for sure..glad you know

[@ivanrousseau5066]

the engine that should be in to fuel if not for it being outlawed

[@srt8rocketship241]

Ford hemi. This one would have been a contender in Top Fuel with more development. Ask Big Daddy.

[@davelowell3008]

I'm speechless

[@geraldhague6170]

this motor was one best ford made but the bottom end was weak &i got that strait from a guy i know who used to have in his dragster but after lil tweaking some modifications it was tough to beat untill those hemi guys from Chrysler started crying the blues so NHRA banned it from competition in early days

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

How odd, 50s tires on what would have been a 60s digger.

[@stratman2197]

I just jissed in my pants

[@quagmiredavis4117]

Cold natured .... beast

[@justicelut]

2 good!

[@nigel900]

Beautiful!

[@markokampfelt3298]

Mighty Cammer🔥🇺🇸

[@charlesharper7292]

Yeah, I'm back...👍

[@stevehammel2939]

I always thought the SOHC Hemi would replace the pushrod Chryslers because they offered a superior valve train. The next evolution should have been the DOHC, electronic fuel injection and computer activated valve timing and turbochargers but we are stuck with the pushrod Hemi because the manufacturers would loose their collective shirts

[@davidsmall1128]

She’s so fine...!!😎

[@workingmansdead44-ug8hl]

are your feet glued to the asphalt walk around the fckn thing

[@fuhkoffandie]

Damn, it's a cammer, too!!!

[@WilmerCook]

Why don't they pop those out those the 394 hemi they have now? It would cost a lot but you could get 10,000 hp. It would be fun to see something other than the cookie cutter cars they have now. Drag racing is kind of boring now, they don't even go a 1/4 mile.

[@davidsmall1128]

Top fuel sohc

[@peterpenberthy2918]

That.

[@jonisuoniemi3220]

Dohc 427 bloci

[@jonisuoniemi3220]

Jhonny wheyn...

[@plymouth-hl20ton37]

Sounds like s h i t oh modern racing today I see no forgive our research Department Top Fuel or alcohol

[@camgnilpe9300]

WTF? edcarl

[@philp.3978]

Waste of time.

[@deadon4847]

Yes you are.