Re: Straight Eight engine number/cid

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2011/7/16 18:13:56

Many makers at that time gave their automatic equipped cars slightly more power. This was to compensate for the power lost to the automatic transmission.

One way to do this was increase the compression ratio.

A 288 head on a 327 would give more compression. This did no harm as the automatic made it impossible to lug the engine, even for the least skilled driver.

So my guess is the same head was used on 288 standard transmission cars, and 327 Ultramatics.