Re: 9 main 327 - to rebuild, swap, trade?

Posted by Mike On 2015/2/16 15:18:18

The car has always stopped, handled, drove well before i swapped the motor (besides the trans started to go.)

Not that i want to lean on it hard all the time and want it to do 80mph 5 days a week twice a day, but like Kevin said, sometimes you look down and you're booking. It's flat and straight most of the time here, it's not uncommon to be doing 75-80 and not noticed it, even in an older car.

I didn't know if going back to 288 would give me more insurance against the same problem if i found myself booking down the highway was my main reason for asking, i had thought with less piston speed, it'd be less prone to have a rod problem in the future?

The 288 that was in there loved to run, as kevin said. I mean, it ran smooth and hard, and it really did pull hard, up to 95 passing a couple times. I'd have to check the rear ratio, i thought all the ultramatics came with like a 3.54.

So it seems that the best bet, unless i found one fresh rebuilt with paperwork somewhere, would be to yank the 327, find a 288 automatic head, and get her rebuilt.

Guess i might have to head out to the garage after all this winter. Would be nice to have all three classic vehicles i have the garage ready for a drive.