The Last 427 "Cammer" SOHC Ford - OUTLAWED By NASCAR, Kurt Neighbor's '65 Comet Is Still Racing!

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
  • Overhead cams is nothing new for Ford, it's been building and racing them since the mid-1960's. In this video we take a look at Kurt Neighbor's 1965 Mercury Comet, which is known as the very last "Cammer" in competition. It's extremely rare and very costly to run as parts are hard to come by. Listen to it run, watch Kurt race and let him walk you through some 427 Cammer history. This is one you won't want to miss.
    Please also take a minute to leave a comment, hit like and subscribe as well, it means a lot to us at REVan Evan.
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  • @bobuncle8704
    @bobuncle8704 2 года назад +202

    Crazy. So calm as he talks about redesigning and casting his own blocks and heads. Blows my mind.

    • @rickwinjester9706
      @rickwinjester9706 2 года назад +14

      I was thinking the same thing, crazy

    • @thedraftdoctor1
      @thedraftdoctor1 2 года назад +8

      so cool

    • @adammiller6606
      @adammiller6606 2 года назад +5

      I heard that and said “Whaaaat?”

    • @adammiller6606
      @adammiller6606 2 года назад +4

      5:58 Head Shot. Lookin Good. 👍

    • @WillyMcCoy50
      @WillyMcCoy50 2 года назад +4

      I was wondering if I was hearing things but he said he did cast his block and heads. WoW!!

  • @billbradshaw8235
    @billbradshaw8235 Год назад +21

    I ran that engine in a race boat. Due to the NASCAR ruling I had to run it in the unlimited class against the supercharged boats. With Hillborn Fuel injection and methanol. In the 70's at the Western Divisional at Greek Lake, I started in 2nd place behind Paul Gretchard and finished in 2nd place both heats with 3 0ther super charged boats behind me. Two of the Uncer Brothers were there and were glad to see their old motor working again.

  • @Gdone
    @Gdone 2 года назад +67

    Another legend sharing knowledge, keeping this old school tech alive is priceless

  • @dcd442
    @dcd442 2 года назад +33

    I would absolutely love to hang out with this guy. Im an old hot Rodder 2, and 4 wheels. I’m a 30 yr machinist turned designer. I’ve worked as a mold maker, etc. I would love to have any knowledge this guy is willing to pass on.

  • @skolsen78
    @skolsen78 2 года назад +92

    My all time favorite engine. Would love to see the full interview without cuts. He was just getting into engine details and history of nascar ban and then it was cut. Would love to hear everything he knows.

    • @revanevan
      @revanevan  2 года назад +43

      I read all the comments and will do my best to get back with Kurt for a more in-depth talk on the Cammer. Thanks for watching.

    • @onazram1
      @onazram1 2 года назад +15

      @@revanevan And maybe show us around his machine shop....

    • @amjrpain919
      @amjrpain919 Год назад

      💯FORDEVER AND EVER!💯

  • @BillyWalleen
    @BillyWalleen 8 месяцев назад +6

    THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE FORD 427 CU.IN."CAMMER" ALIVE.

  • @CrazyChiefXxX
    @CrazyChiefXxX Год назад +6

    This guy is keeping ole school fords alive! And still proves 60s tech still hangs with the new modern boys.

  • @iknklst
    @iknklst 2 года назад +81

    Kurt Neighbor knows more about how to make a Ford big block make big power than the engineers who designed them.

    • @sergeantmasson3669
      @sergeantmasson3669 2 года назад +4

      iknklst, so does many other people as did Bob Tasca Sr who also created the 428 CJ/SCJ engines.

    • @stevejones8660
      @stevejones8660 Год назад

      Kurt is simply standing on the shoulders of giants.

    • @ssnerd583
      @ssnerd583 Год назад +2

      @@stevejones8660 .....I think Kurt IS one of those giants....the fact that he redesigned the block AND heads AND cast them says that very easily.....mere mortals dont DO THAT.

    • @colejohnson3705
      @colejohnson3705 Год назад +1

      @@stevejones8660 LMAO Love the sarcasm.

    • @jesse75
      @jesse75 10 месяцев назад

      I'm an engine builder. He can have all my used pistons to melt down.

  • @Nick_B_Bad
    @Nick_B_Bad 7 месяцев назад +4

    I grew up down the street from Kurt in sagamore hills Ohio and knew his step son well. Kurt was always extremely nice and cool every time I got to talk with him.

  • @normnielsen
    @normnielsen 2 года назад +109

    This guy is making his own blocks! Incredible. Take that all you LS swap guys! :)

    • @kevinshiley9061
      @kevinshiley9061 2 года назад +7

      So, a guy that makes that kind of HP from 376 inches of LS with out modified castings, usually a junkyard bottom end, should take this as a slap in the face? Hmmmmm. Just don't see it. Not to say what he's done isn't commendable, but I don't see any correlation to your comment!

    • @brandmcnamee
      @brandmcnamee 2 года назад +1

      Ford fans wet dream the side oiler 427! Modified custom casting high compression running straight Alky mech inj winding to 8k plus ONLY 800HP! TYPICAL FOMOCO FAIL and you still have guys talking shit about LS? You could hit this number with a built stock head and block BBC!

    • @AnDrEw122100
      @AnDrEw122100 2 года назад +6

      @@kevinshiley9061 I agree . This guys salty. What’s wrong with a guy on a limited budget wanting to make power and go fast for cheap ?

    • @andersonsprairieviewfarm2552
      @andersonsprairieviewfarm2552 2 года назад +10

      @@kevinshiley9061 your junk yard LS made 2600 hp ? And has lived the brutalized life this one has. 😆 🤣 😂

    • @kevinshiley9061
      @kevinshiley9061 2 года назад +2

      @@andersonsprairieviewfarm2552 it's not my LS, but Ive seen many who are making big power, and the 6 bolt main is stout. But if you blow it up theres plenty available, cheap. There's no real comparison, but when you can make big HP for about the price of one head on the custom made engine, thats what many have to do. The average Joe doesnt have the resources and money to cast there own blocks!!

  • @gurneyforpresident2836
    @gurneyforpresident2836 2 года назад +31

    Awesome!
    Beautiful Comet. This gentleman should write a book and share his stories and engine experiences.

  • @mwhitelaw8569
    @mwhitelaw8569 2 года назад +28

    Now that's a serious dude
    Casts his own blocks redesigns the original heads
    And races his work
    Mister
    My hats off to ya man
    That's livin the blue oval life

  • @TheJESSSTERRR
    @TheJESSSTERRR Год назад +4

    Hey my buddy Jim Green used to have at least 50 427 sohc bought every one he could find ...he was the SoHc Man! R.I.P. Jim us hot rodders miss you ...what a great guy ...monroe Washington Jim Green Performance! That's right say his name! Yaaay

  • @ricardocorbie6803
    @ricardocorbie6803 2 года назад +22

    Love this gentleman, met him several times at the all ford shows here in the ATL area! Now NMCA events!! Easy to talk to , very friendly, class act!!‼️🥇🥇🥇🥇

    • @DrFeelGoodNow275
      @DrFeelGoodNow275 2 года назад +2

      Did you ever see him at FunFord Weekend events in Commerce?

  • @timduncan5845
    @timduncan5845 2 года назад +21

    Great interview. I remember talking to Kurt back NSCA days after he had hurt that engine. I asked if he hurt the block and his reply was he had cast extras. One of my favorite cars ever.

  • @billymania11
    @billymania11 2 года назад +18

    This Kurt is the mad scientists of Cammers. What a character! ...and a nice guy.

    • @jeffreyjohn2037
      @jeffreyjohn2037 8 месяцев назад

      Although Ed Pink is the Guru of the Cammer.

  • @Jimmysidecarr
    @Jimmysidecarr 2 года назад +20

    Incredible! Love these types of racer/car spotlights! So unique, so cool!
    Amazing stuff Evan!

  • @MonteHoopla
    @MonteHoopla 2 года назад +4

    If the bottom end of these engines were ever developed.... The hemis would have a partner...If Sneaky Pete would have lived longer that just might of happened...

  • @billlittlejohn2331
    @billlittlejohn2331 2 года назад +15

    When properly built the cammer is a great engine.

  • @jeffschwartz5199
    @jeffschwartz5199 2 года назад +13

    Wish I was his neighbor . Pun intended . I love his choice of equipment . I never had a cammer and always wanted one . Great modifications he's made to it . Great stuff Evan 👍👍

  • @robbierussell9536
    @robbierussell9536 2 года назад +6

    Man I miss mine!! A. 64 Falcon 427 Tunnel Port 1150 Holley and my 65 Comet Cyclone 427 was out of 64 Shelby wrecked..

  • @shortchange26
    @shortchange26 2 года назад +7

    This guy is what drag racing was all about back in the day. Everybody was manufacturing their own parts. I remember cruising the pits and seeing some of the strangest self made parts. Some worked, some didn't. There were no crate engines, so to speak.

    • @oregonman5918
      @oregonman5918 2 года назад +1

      Back in the day...as it were! Miss them days going to the races with my uncle and his cars. He did that made a lot of his own stuff.. Them days i miss so much now im old lol..

    • @shortchange26
      @shortchange26 2 года назад +2

      @@oregonman5918 we might be a little older but we still have a lot of fun with this stuff.

    • @oregonman5918
      @oregonman5918 2 года назад +2

      @@shortchange26 i wish i could short change.. My old ticker is going bad.. Im laying in the hospital right now had a heart attack again #3 so i think my racing anything is over.. But i can watch and i can yell.. Lol

  • @mikecurtis2585
    @mikecurtis2585 2 года назад +23

    Love those Cammer engine's!! Always fun to see!!

  • @deanstevenson6527
    @deanstevenson6527 2 года назад +29

    Adding almost 750 thou to the block deck and right angling the exhaust ports....some work for sure. It's a custom DOVE with ❤️

    • @sergeantmasson3669
      @sergeantmasson3669 2 года назад +1

      Dean Stevenson, "DOVE" cylinder heads are for the "385" series Ford engines.

    • @UberLummox
      @UberLummox 2 года назад +1

      @@sergeantmasson3669 Maybe you could tell me. He said he cast his own block and heads?
      And why would you have to cast your own blocks if the blocks are stock (?) FE blocks?

    • @blueovaldude
      @blueovaldude 2 года назад +4

      @@sergeantmasson3669Dove manufacturing was a Ford FE custom casting/builder company.

    • @blueovaldude
      @blueovaldude 2 года назад +1

      @@UberLummox He wanted more deck height and different angle exhaust ports.

    • @sergeantmasson3669
      @sergeantmasson3669 2 года назад +2

      @@UberLummox 427 SOHC is similar but not the standard 427 FE block. The oiling system is different.

  • @wesleycook3181
    @wesleycook3181 2 года назад +6

    that engine was way ahead of its time jon kasse still makes parts for these engines awesome engine

    • @sergeantmasson3669
      @sergeantmasson3669 2 года назад

      Wesley Cook, Jon Kaase builds complete 427 SOHC engines, not just the parts.

  • @tonyaulds9035
    @tonyaulds9035 2 года назад +3

    Hold on guys i love this, not everyone is ford guys, however this car and engine is awesome,, I just wish ford would of spent more time on this engine, especially through the 80s and 90s.

  • @DrFeelGoodNow275
    @DrFeelGoodNow275 2 года назад +2

    That guy looks familiar. I wonder if he raced Fun Ford Weekend events?......not in that car, but one of his others looked familiar.

  • @carlanderson7091
    @carlanderson7091 2 года назад +3

    I bought some big block ford parts feom a guy who happened to have a cammer sitting on an engine stand in his shop. He then showed me a custom intake he had made that was made to install a roots style supercharger. I guessed he would be in the 1100hp range. He said that was the target. I then asked, what are you putting that in. He said the 66 mustang fastback with a tilt front end and tube chasis. I asked what class did he intend to run in. He said oh no, not going to race it. It is his street car!

  • @joefergerson5243
    @joefergerson5243 2 года назад +5

    Love these early 60s ford/ mercs

  • @julios1968
    @julios1968 2 года назад +6

    A lot of History there !

  • @hdvictoryford5329
    @hdvictoryford5329 2 года назад +8

    Larry Knapp has run his cammer for decades and still does. You have to add one to the list.

  • @DanEBoyd
    @DanEBoyd 2 года назад +5

    Very interesting how those cars represented their D.S.O. I see Atlanta, Cincinnata, and LA!
    When I was a kid, my parents would sometimes take their LTD to Don Wagner Ford, in Vandalia Ohio, for service, and I would wander the entire dealership. On one visit, I saw their '70-'71 Torino stock car. Later on as an adult, I learned through old pictures, that the Torino competed in NASCAR, and was even driven by such greats as A.J. Foyt!!
    That's cool how the engine setback allows the shock towers to remain in place.

  • @jerryhatrick5860
    @jerryhatrick5860 2 года назад +2

    I lnow where there's a few cammer race cars. The checkered maverick for one.
    And a mustang all Original with 14k miles.
    A few galaxy 500 cars.
    And one of two in existence known fomoco six pack and intake. And many many other rare test parts from Ford.
    And other hTiful goodies like the second maverick ever made. First on went to scrap because the first two were crash test cars and number two survived.

  • @Mike583
    @Mike583 2 года назад +8

    I remember watching Kurt race at the US NATIONALS many years ago. I can't remember the years or which car he was racing, I do know it was a Ford! ❤😎👍

  • @ferrelx
    @ferrelx 2 года назад +2

    Here's a tasty tid bit for you..dodge/jeep took a page from the cammers play book..check out the 4.7 v8 same design..overhead cam hemi..look where the spark plug wires are top of the heads..can't put the plugs in the center because that's where the cam is and oh my lord does it have a bottom end on it you can see a short video of it on my channel when I rebuilt my 04 H.O. engine which is a rare option on the limited grand cherokee and is standard on the overland edition between 02 and 04 such goodies as a forged steel crank,hottor cams,short run intake,larger injectors,special valves,bee hive springs,cathedral intake ports,adaptive ecu,hypereutectic pistons,cracked powder forged rods for 270 hp 330 lb tq..but that bottom end is like a 2 piece block the crank girdle is so massive..later in 08 they managed to get 305 hp 330 lb tq out of 4.7 l (285 ci) not to shabby

  • @604cuinkillah
    @604cuinkillah 2 года назад +5

    I would love to see an actual 427 cammer in competition. When I was in high school my auto teacher brought one into the shop from the Wisconsin state fair. (World Of Wheels) Back in '91 we didn't have cell phones but that would've been the best Facebook post ever. So cool😎

  • @nathanthomas8184
    @nathanthomas8184 2 года назад +5

    GREAT to see where all the origins, arises & derived including the Young fellow behind the wheel
    Long live fossil fuels

  • @rnielsen30002
    @rnielsen30002 2 года назад +9

    Kurt Neighbor makes a statement in this video that his car is the very last “cammer’ (Ford 427 Single Overhead Cam engine) in competition. This is not a correct statement. Larry Knapp has two 1966 Mustang A/FX Mustangs each of which are powered by the Ford 427 SOHC engines. The first is his Stampede Mustang that he has had and raced since the mid-1960s when Holman, Moody and Stroppe modified the chassis in their Long Beach, California facility to accept the Ford 427 SOHC engine. The engine in the Stampede car was built by Earl Wade. Larry this car at several mid-west nostalgia races in the past. In addition to participating at many of the American Nostalgia West races in Southern and Central California including the annual California Hot Rod Reunion at Famosa Dragway, Bakersfield, California. Attached is a photo I took of the Stampede Mustang at the California Hot Rod Reunion.
    In addition to Larry Knapp’s A/FX Stampede Mustang he has also recently built a Les Ritchey A/FX tribute car that also powered by the Ford 427 SOHC engine.

    • @revanevan
      @revanevan  2 года назад +2

      Thanks for the update.

    • @rickstorm4198
      @rickstorm4198 2 года назад +1

      I think he means in standard competition. Not nostalgia events.

    • @barbneighbor7437
      @barbneighbor7437 2 года назад

      @@rickstorm4198 it is the only cammer in regular racing competition. Runs Nostalgia Super Stock with the NMCA.

  • @fernandochaves9665
    @fernandochaves9665 2 года назад +5

    Great video. Mercury lives!! SOHC still at the top of the food chain.

  • @CanIbeFrank
    @CanIbeFrank 2 года назад +3

    Music.

  • @jimkillen1065
    @jimkillen1065 2 года назад +4

    Years ago me and a friend had a flat bottom v drive with a small block chev in it . We were in our early 20s . We got in a race with a pickle fork v drive that had a 427 Ford cammer motor . We were out gunned in many areas . I think we could manage about 80 turning the small block around 7800 but the Ford was fast not even a race lol . This was on PK lake i think around 77 78

  • @mitchblack7730
    @mitchblack7730 2 года назад +4

    Great admiration for your dedication to racing the Comet with this iconic engine. Wish you continued good luck and much fun!

  • @davidkeeton6716
    @davidkeeton6716 2 года назад +2

    Aren't you forgetting Jay Brown? He races his 64 Galaxie fastback with a SOHC in it.

  • @samspade7522
    @samspade7522 2 года назад +3

    Saw the cammer in Kenz&Leslie High Country Cougar at Mile High Nationals at Thunderoad Raceway 1971. So much power at 1/3 track blew the tranny into a huge fireball. They didn't win but gave us a real show.
    Ford always!

  • @mf_explosive304
    @mf_explosive304 2 года назад +6

    Awesome! Thanks for this Evan. Always appreciate you getting into it with these guys. Love it!

  • @chuckselvage3157
    @chuckselvage3157 2 года назад +2

    Too bad they were handicapped by NASCAR but they went great in drag racing.

  • @dannycalley7777
    @dannycalley7777 2 года назад +4

    R.E. ...................Nascar and NHRA never could stand to have Fast Fords ........and don't get me started on the 351s !!!!!!!

  • @mikesuch9021
    @mikesuch9021 2 года назад +2

    Got to love when manufacturers experiment in exotic designs or ideas. I have a painfully stock unrestored 1977 F-150 Ranger XLT 4x4 farm truck. Factory 351 Cleveland stroker engine. Ford bolted 351 Cleveland heads to the 400 block. It's not a high rom engine. It's a torque monster tree stump puller and a farm tractor style engine. Coupled with the factory 4-speed four-wheel drive granny gears. Its Great for rock crawling around in the Arizona desert bone stock. The truck was sitting for 6 years in the backyard. All I did was a tune-up kit and new plug wires. Fresh fuel and fired right up. The 351 m400 engine is very underrated.

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 года назад +2

    Retrofitted with xjs rear & EFI air con etc.

  • @jamesgrant2160
    @jamesgrant2160 2 года назад +2

    Awesome and I’m not a Ford Fan good on you your a Champion take care 👍🏻😉😎

  • @busslayer4790
    @busslayer4790 2 года назад +4

    Wow. Dude casts his own head and blocks.
    What is his background that he learned to do that?

    • @kramnull8962
      @kramnull8962 2 года назад

      Most likely started with the statement; well guys, we're out of blocks. Secondly we're low on heads.

  • @llancewwalker9548
    @llancewwalker9548 7 месяцев назад +1

    My brother.has a 67 fastback Mustaing,it was my dad's back in the 60sand 70s,has the 427 hi riser heads crossbows main, Millburn inje tion,mag ,it's pretty bad ass

  • @garylam6233
    @garylam6233 2 года назад +1

    NASCAR watched this motor practicing and it was black balled because it was to fast .
    I hate those pricks they ruined racing with there bullshit rules and there prejudice attitude .
    Slow em down any way you can ,when Bill Elliot ran 212 mph in qualifying in the 90s ,before the next week they came out with the restrictor plates .
    If they would just let the car builders build the dam cars and the best team win as long as the roll bar isn’t full of gasoline !
    They wouldn’t build the dam car so fast it would be unsafe for the driver .
    They have to keep mr good wrench happy

  • @73turbopinto
    @73turbopinto 2 года назад +4

    Remember Kurt at the PFCA meets at Nat Trails in the 80s with the comet.

    • @barbneighbor7437
      @barbneighbor7437 2 года назад

      Kurt did not have this Comet in the 80’s. He did have a Mustang Funny Car with a SOHC. You may be thinking if that car.

  • @bluesky-ud9wg
    @bluesky-ud9wg 2 года назад +5

    I know the "regular" 427 block can handle about 750 horses before it starts having issues. How did they get the Cammer Block to handle 2,000+??

    • @tylerbonser7686
      @tylerbonser7686 2 года назад +3

      Jb weld

    • @randycoursey7230
      @randycoursey7230 2 года назад

      @@tylerbonser7686
      That's exactly what Chevy used for their 427 cubic inch engine in NASCAR. Unfortunately they still wouldn't last.

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 2 года назад

      Probably cast from an alloy closer to steel than cast iron.

    • @milojanis4901
      @milojanis4901 2 года назад +1

      @@randycoursey7230 The Chevys lasted OK. JB Weld......Where in the Hell do you come up with this info? The Chevys lasted fine, but ultimately were not competitive with the 426 Hemi. The Ford was competitive, but the lower ends blew. This engine had tremendous potential. The reason Neighbor cast his own block was to beef up the lower end of the block. France was a jerk for letting the Hemi compete, but banning the Ford version! NASCAR had a gold mine, but it's popularity is waning due to bad decision making, running one off special bodies, etc.. Plus they won't let the manufacturers run modern Hemi, Coyote, and LS engines. I lost interest over 30 years ago......

    • @randycoursey7230
      @randycoursey7230 2 года назад +1

      @@milojanis4901
      Chevy boy Darrell Waltrip talked about the big block Chevy and how it wouldn't last 500 miles. The FE 427 would last 500 miles, the side oiler version. The FE 427 also was a high endurance engine, they planted those engines in those FORD GT 40's that could run 24 hours straight without a major failure. This engine also proved to be a pretty good drag racing Engine as well, that's why it's one of the best all-time engines ever made, it performed in every type of racing imaginable. The SOHC 427 did very well against those 426 Hemi engines. Unfortunately by the end of 1970 Ford dropped all factory backing and this engine just like every other one of their racing engines fell by the wayside. This engine was actually designed for NASCAR to compete with the Hemi but Bill France Sr shot the engine down, it never saw a NASCAR race. That's why it ended up in drag racing. Connie Kalitta has stated that this engine had unlimited capability.

  • @KR-qs3rt
    @KR-qs3rt 2 года назад +1

    I remember around 76 or 77 there was a NOS SOHC still in the factory crate for sale for 1500...stupid stupid stupid me..Sat on my hands. Lol

  • @tico4940
    @tico4940 2 года назад +1

    Old school like my dad,aircraft mech but forged knives and created parts,but todays young men can design the same stuff on there computer and race it in VIRTUAL WORLD where they live today and phone in hand.

  • @kennethchapman9564
    @kennethchapman9564 2 года назад +3

    Had a 1966 Mercury Cyclone GT Holman Moody edition, 427 four speed, aluminum bumpers and fiberglass Fenders, hood and decklid. What a beast that car was.

    • @kramnull8962
      @kramnull8962 2 года назад +1

      Even a 406 with a 3/4 race cam was a mean son of a gun. A single 4bbl. 427 from Holman Moody was a hoss.
      The thing with having Holman Moody parts was in order to get the best parts you had to be one of their choice drivers/teams. So for any outsiders wanting to rebuild one it was super hard to get back with them for a cam. Neighbor of mine tried to get a custom Competition Cams ground cam for his previously balanced and blue printed H/M 406 and Comp Cams couldn't get one to even make near the power he had from the HM cam.
      Getting back to Holman Moody, you didn't win races unless H/M wanted you to win races....

  • @LanceisLawson
    @LanceisLawson 2 года назад +6

    It is entirely possible to build a brand new Cammer from aftermarket parts. There are more and more Cammers showing up because of these reproduction engines. NASCAR never banned the Cammer from drag racing. So saying the engine was banned in the context of a drag car is wrong. The Cammer was banned from oval track stockcar racing because the MOPAR people whined and threatened to pull out NASCAR if the Cammer wasn't banned. So the Cammer went drag racing and beat the MOPAR Hemis time and time again.

    • @joshuaearnheart2756
      @joshuaearnheart2756 2 года назад +3

      GM is the one that threatened to pull their stuff. The 426 hemi was also a problem for GM. They whined about the both of them

    • @fernandochaves9665
      @fernandochaves9665 2 года назад

      Typical

    • @HioSSilver1999
      @HioSSilver1999 2 года назад +2

      It was banned because it wasn't a production engine....pure and simple. Nascar was a production based series. If you didn't produce the car with the engine it couldn't be raced in that series.

    • @joshuaearnheart2756
      @joshuaearnheart2756 2 года назад +2

      @@HioSSilver1999 not hardly. It was a 427 side Oiler with different heads. Nothing too special. It was designed in a couple months. It was “too exotic” for Bill France, who allowed the 426 hemi to compete the year prior. Along with Chevys “mystery engine” but he made a special trip to fords assembly line to look at the Cammer while it was being produced alongside the FE 427. Same block. And it was never put in a production car because it was banned immediately. Never given a chance to put them in cars

    • @HioSSilver1999
      @HioSSilver1999 2 года назад +1

      @@joshuaearnheart2756 so then like i said....it was a different engine that they never produced. Unless the heads aren't part of the engine anymore?? On top of that ford never intended to put the engine in production cars. That's where they got walloped. So they cheated.
      The mystery engine was nothing more than a bbc. The 426 hemi actually made it to production and the hemi itself had been around since the 50s before the 426.

  • @timr31908
    @timr31908 4 месяца назад +1

    Ford's Fe engines were always torque monsters... And you know that can't be bad

  • @danonoveh8114
    @danonoveh8114 2 года назад +2

    God Bless u Kurt we need more ford guys like you in this country, keep it going sir, your Awesome💯💯💯

  • @v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31
    @v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31 6 месяцев назад +1

    Wonder if He adjusted the timing on the right camshaft the way Ed pink did...

  • @uncensored5104
    @uncensored5104 Год назад +1

    My 65 Cyclone is the only car I will never sell. I love that these guys are keeping them alive on the strip.

  • @shabibbabibba9712
    @shabibbabibba9712 9 месяцев назад +1

    To think Ford now has a 5.0 (302) DOHC called a Coyote

  • @MrHarriskl18
    @MrHarriskl18 2 года назад +1

    What's funny is I stopped today and looked at a 1967 comet and this pops up..hummm

  • @Loulovesspeed
    @Loulovesspeed 2 года назад +7

    I used to watch driver Billy Lawton and his Tasca Ford "Mystery 8" Mustang at the old Connecticut Dragway blow away everyone who challenged him.....EVERYONE! I'm pretty darn sure that mystery 8 was a cammer, though carbureted, not F.I. He offered $1,000 to anyone who could beat him, even some that were in a higher class, with appropriate handicapping. Billy went back to Tasca at the end of the day with a smile on his face and the $1,000 still in his pocket! They had a great bumper sticker back then that simply read "All Fords are Created Equal....Tasca Makes the Difference." Long live Tasca Ford!

  • @spaceflight1019
    @spaceflight1019 2 года назад +4

    The story I recall was that Ford brought one of these to a meeting with Bill France and Dodge. When Ford unveiled the Cammer the Dodge man unveiled a DOHC 426 Hemi. France threw them both out. No one knows what happened to the DOHC 426, if it was a running engine, or just a decoy that worked to get France to ban the Cammer.

    • @randycoursey7230
      @randycoursey7230 2 года назад +3

      The 427 Cammer never saw a NASCAR race, while the 426 Hemi did. A year before Bill France allowed this engine to participate in Nascar despite not being in a production car. The Bill France rule book stated that at least 500 of these engines must be in a production car before it would be allowed to be used in NASCAR. So my question is why did Bill France break his own rule here? The Ford guys did the same thing basically but their engine was not approved. Then I believe NASCAR added a weight requirement if a 427 SOHC engine was equipped in their stock cars. Ford said no and turned to drag racing with this great engine. In the early days of this engine the 6 ft timing chain would stretch after several quarter mile runs. This would reduce power significantly. So Ford ended up going with gear drive and that solved the problem. I grew up in Baldwin Park California and I was very fortunate enough to see this great engine in top fuel and a/fx racing in the '60s. I lived about 4 MI from Irwindale Raceway Park. It was very successful. Unfortunately by 1970 Ford halted their racing program. The engine had a lot more upgrades in it that would have made it even faster. And it was the first engine to screech down the quarter mile at 200 mph. I'll never forget the sound these engines made. There is nothing on this Earth that compares to the Golden era of 1960 through 1970 when it comes to racing. This was the win on Sunday sell on Monday Factor. And FMCO was right in the mix of all racing worldwide.

    • @70stunes71
      @70stunes71 2 года назад

      @@randycoursey7230 .. actually Don Garlits was the first to go 200 mph in the quarter mile in 1964

    • @randycoursey7230
      @randycoursey7230 2 года назад

      @@70stunes71
      No, that's not what I have read.

    • @randycoursey7230
      @randycoursey7230 2 года назад

      @@70stunes71
      In 2015 Thom Taylor wrote an article about the 427 SOHC. Motor trend published the article. It states the history of this engine and how Ford wanted to use this engine in NASCAR, but then it ended up in drag racing. The article States that Ford's 427 Cammer was the first engine the top 200 mph. Connie Kalitta is credited with running 200 mph in an AHRA National event. This did happen in 1965. I am unable to post this article here, but if you search hard enough for it through Motor Trend you can find it.

    • @milojanis4901
      @milojanis4901 2 года назад +1

      @@randycoursey7230 You are WAY off base with 200mph 1/4 mile comment. Don Garlits (and possibly Kris Karamesines before him) hit 200mph in 1964, before this engine "screeched" anywhere.

  • @williamlannan3129
    @williamlannan3129 2 года назад +1

    But I was growing up in the seventies a friend of mine had a cyclone with a 427 in it

  • @davescbradiorepair8195
    @davescbradiorepair8195 2 года назад +1

    Yes Ford has some bad-ass motors including the 351 Cleveland. I use to be a Chevy guy until I discovered how much power certain Ford motors can actually make.

  • @tomp1612
    @tomp1612 2 года назад +17

    Cool to see this. Kurt is certainly a good Ford man and FE diehard. I met him at Ford Expo86 at Columbus when he had the funny car he mentioned.

    • @Bbbbad724
      @Bbbbad724 2 года назад

      This is the most awesome car ever. Great to run into you Tom. I don’t understand why I am permanently banned. I am working on a. 900-1000 hp Turbocharged 410 with a VS7875 under the car right behind the headers with the intercooler up front. It’s a 105 block that according to a sonic can be bored to 4.16,but I m only going to bore it to 4.09 X 3.91. The thicker the better! Take care sir. I miss you all. I don’t understand it I am seeing a shrink .

    • @Bbbbad724
      @Bbbbad724 2 года назад

      Is Jay still running his Cammer? That is a car. Also I don’t have any way to contact him. I’d really like to have one of his Cleveland intake adapters , even his ugliest blem that is useable. What does he get for one? I want to use a Funnel Web 2x4 with Gorrjla type intake and TB with EFI on the 410. I’m almost going to have to regear an NP435 to get a manual to hold up. I used to bang shift mine in my truck at 7000 and the only thing I ever broke was the clutch . Take care, I am getting old. 63 this month.

  • @steveeddy6876
    @steveeddy6876 2 года назад +1

    Kurt is a great guy go get those CHEVY BULLY'S Kurt!!!!!

  • @MarkHelka
    @MarkHelka 6 месяцев назад +1

    My uncle worked at Ford he helped build 427 cammer

  • @oscarmayer9823
    @oscarmayer9823 2 года назад +2

    That’s what I want to do if I retire!

  • @terrygarvin1980
    @terrygarvin1980 2 года назад +2

    Wow!! You continue to amaze me with these Fast Ford's. If I had me a Mercery I'd drive it on down the road!!! Keep up the great work!!

  • @jacobdehollander6465
    @jacobdehollander6465 2 года назад +3

    Incredible. I remember when these engines first came out. Monsters!!

  • @fasx56
    @fasx56 2 года назад +3

    What a wonderful piece of History of the 1960s Super Stock glory days, to see such a Rare bib block 427. Did Don Nicholson in his many successful Drag Cars run an engine like this.?

    • @gordy-jt6vg
      @gordy-jt6vg 2 года назад +2

      He had a falling out with GM Chev, an went to Ford, 1964 he raced a Comet, medium riser engine,
      By 1965 He had the Cammer, 1966, he was unbeatable with that motor,
      Funny cars started 1966.

  • @Sleeperdude
    @Sleeperdude 2 года назад +1

    That’s incredible that he cast his own parts

  • @kennethchapman9564
    @kennethchapman9564 2 года назад +2

    Back in 1981 I had the chance to buy a 427 cammer still in the crate from Ford from a long time Ford racer for $4500. I have regretted not buying that engine ever since.

  • @DWH300
    @DWH300 2 года назад +4

    What a beautiful Comet. That original big block Cammer is fantastic. This gentleman knows how to design and build classic racecars. The only SOHC big block Fords I've seen available are built by John Kaase. Thanks for sharing this very special and fast Mercury Comet.

    • @sergeantmasson3669
      @sergeantmasson3669 2 года назад

      Chrysler 300C Hemi, Ford stopped producing the 427 SOHC engine in 1967.

    • @shakeydavesr
      @shakeydavesr 2 года назад

      @@sergeantmasson3669 there’s a guy in Australia that is reproducing the blocks, heads and a few other bits to assemble one from. I think his name is Pond.

    • @sergeantmasson3669
      @sergeantmasson3669 2 года назад

      @@shakeydavesr Jon Kaase builds complete 427 SOHC engines here in the USA.

    • @michaeljonathan535
      @michaeljonathan535 2 года назад

      Back in '69 sohc motors were still available from Ford for $2500. And in the fall of '71 I bought my first car, a '69 Mach I, 390/auto for $1750. Don't know how long the SOHC motor supply lasted but they were available in the summer of '69 I am sure because I worked for a Ford dealer then.

    • @sergeantmasson3669
      @sergeantmasson3669 2 года назад

      @@michaeljonathan535 As I stated, Ford stopped producing the 427 SOHC engine in 1967. I don't know how many engines remained in stock or for how long. Don Garlits still has 10-12 of them. Jon Kaase builds an aluminum version but they're very expensive. Keep in mind that the 427 SOHC was an over-the counter only engine. None were ever put in a factory production vehicle.

  • @waynetaylor8082
    @waynetaylor8082 2 года назад +1

    AWESOME MAN & AWESOME CAR!!!!! Years ago attended a car show in Tamaqua, PA where there was a 427sohc & a Boss 429 powered Fairmont, often wondered what became of those cars? Incredible engines BOTH!!!

  • @truckfreak4537
    @truckfreak4537 2 года назад +1

    The car from Peel Out Summer! Banned in 6 States!

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 года назад +1

    Gee sounds nice.
    Little 2 door mercury 427.?

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 года назад +1

    Or lobe cog cam drive - punched teflon plate.

  • @tonichecavallari8732
    @tonichecavallari8732 2 года назад +2

    I think l would have enjoyed growing up around this man.
    Learning and experimenting with automotive technology. 😁👍

  • @davidjones9518
    @davidjones9518 2 года назад +1

    Gm couldn’t out do them so they out lawned them 😢😢😢😢😢

  • @rnielsen30002
    @rnielsen30002 2 года назад +2

    In addition to Larry Knapp’s A/FX Stampede Mustang he has also built a Les Ritchey A/FX tribute car that also powered by the Ford 427 SOHC engine.

  • @christuttle3980
    @christuttle3980 9 месяцев назад +1

    What can I say….
    FORD
    First On Race Day

  • @MrTonyPiscatelle
    @MrTonyPiscatelle 2 года назад +3

    Glad the Dodge boys could lead the way so Furd could learn how to make horse power.

    • @dethangelishere394
      @dethangelishere394 2 года назад +1

      leave it to Ford to show the "Dodge Boys" how to do it the right way would be more truthful. Dodge,,,, hahaha you're so funny.

    • @MrTonyPiscatelle
      @MrTonyPiscatelle 2 года назад

      @@dethangelishere394 Yeah boy with that half breed euro outlawed engine. Yep the one NASCAR embraced with open arms. Uh NO. Oh and they produced so many of them,,,uh NO less than 500, experimental would be an understatement . Take that shit someplace else

  • @rhbdssfky2
    @rhbdssfky2 2 года назад +1

    (doesn't discriminate)
    Races import??

  • @mossycreektennessee6528
    @mossycreektennessee6528 8 месяцев назад +1

    it was too fast for Chevrolet so they banned it

  • @tarheelron68
    @tarheelron68 2 года назад +2

    That is one beautiful ride with my favorite engine of all time! Thanks for the content Evan!

  • @davidbarrus6542
    @davidbarrus6542 2 года назад +2

    That is a bad ass ford. God bless this man.

  • @kennethkovich8663
    @kennethkovich8663 2 года назад +1

    Wow this guy is awesome, I could listen to him talk tech all day, very interesting stuff, I’ve always wanted an old camper to put in my 55 Chevy, good stuff, got you a new sub

  • @maxdavies5776
    @maxdavies5776 2 года назад +1

    Gee thats nice.
    Worth remaking similar.

  • @felixwankel3989
    @felixwankel3989 2 года назад +1

    Fuck nascar, it means fuck all anymore.

  • @ew332
    @ew332 2 года назад +1

    I have a one owner 65 cyclone 2+2 my dad bought brand new off the truck in 65

  • @smjhobbies4527
    @smjhobbies4527 2 года назад +1

    Me that's not enough engine for that race chassis

  • @nathandodge665
    @nathandodge665 2 года назад +1

    Injection is okay but nothing dumps gas in there faster than a Holley dual feed

    • @mescko
      @mescko Год назад +1

      Really? I just looked up an injector that can flow over 7500 cc per min. That's 2 gallons.

  • @davidtappe5337
    @davidtappe5337 2 года назад +3

    This gentleman has been at it for a while, and still smiling.

  • @RobertSiwik1968
    @RobertSiwik1968 2 года назад +2

    Great as always! Thats a smart man, so much knowledge! Beautiful Comet.