I was offered a 327 or a 350. Im not familiar with a 327. I read it has the most power to cubic inches on any engine ever made. Is it a good cheap engine to work on? And is it an easy swap in an 87 cutlass? Or should I go 350?
327 in a Gbody?
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i have a 1984 chevy monte carlo that came out with a 305 stock i took it out and put in a 1968 chevy corvette stingray 327 sbc v8 in it.its one bad mutha ****a.what do you have in you car right now?
brad
i have a 1984 chevy monte carlo that came out with a 305 stock i took it out and put in a 1968 chevy corvette stingray 327 sbc v8 in it.its one bad mutha ****a.what do you have in you car right now?
brad
Scoop that baby up!!! A 327 is a 350 bore (4 in.) with a short 3.25 inch stroke. Big bore X short stroke= high winding big power. A 327 is a typical Chevy small block design, so is accepts all the same parts as a more common 350. Look in any catalog for chevy small block parts pre-'86 & it will say ALL 283-400.
The only thing to consider is the old saying, no replacement for displacement. That 350 you are offered can very easily be made into 383. Of course this is if your budget allows. I hate it when that little thing called money gets in the way of my plans.
The only thing to consider is the old saying, no replacement for displacement. That 350 you are offered can very easily be made into 383. Of course this is if your budget allows. I hate it when that little thing called money gets in the way of my plans.
Pick that baby up quick i had one in my monte ls, its the king of all chevy small blocks and kinda hard to find in other words "its better than a 350 so get it"
It depends on which 327 it is and which 350 it is. A mid 70's 350 in stock form is a dog (155hp in RPO LM1 form), but a earlier engine is not. 327's could be had in 2bbl form in cars like the Biscayne and as the base V8 in 67-68 Camaros ( replaced by the hideous 307 in 69 , IIRC). 327's could also be had as the highest HP factory rated Gen 1 Small Block in the 1964 Fuelie Vette with 375 hp, and the 350 could be had in 360-370 hp LT-1 form in 1970. Even pedestrian 4bbl 350's from 1967-1970 had 10.25:1 compression in RPO L-48 form in Novas and Camaros. So, it really all boils down to what you have in front of you and what you plan to do with it once you get it. Oh, one other thing: in the late 60's/early 70's Chevy switched it's accessory drives and how they were mounted. Early heads do not have the bolt hole provisions on the ends for use with the later brackets. The early brackets used the exhaust manifold for the alternator bracket and the later ones are all bolted to the heads using the 3 drilled and tapped holes on the ends. The last vehicles with the old style brackets from the factory were the 1972 Chevy and GMC pickups, but everything else phased in the new brackets over the previous several years.
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