Southtowns27
Well Known Member
Hi everybody, my name's Andy. I was talking to a good friend of mine and he told me that he had a 427 W motor that had been in storage for many years. His father owned a repair shop back in the 60's and 70's and had picked it up somewhere along the line. This was about 2 years ago and I had never heard of a 427 W motor. I just knew of the 348 and 409. I did a little research and found that the 427 W motor was a stroked 409 and was referred to as a Z11. I thought that sounded pretty cool, and being a racer, I've been after him ever since wanting to buy it. Well, I had to stop over at his house earlier today. He told me that he no longer had room to store it, realized he would never have time to do anything with it, and decided that it needed a good home. He gave it to me...yes, GAVE it to me. My jaw hit the floor. I'm picking it up next week. It's totally disassembled and unfortunately the heads got lost somewhere along the way. I checked the casting number on the block and it came up as 3830814. Is this really a Z11? Regardless this is still a cool motor. I know SBC's inside out and backwards, but like most people, know absolutely nothing about the W's. My plan right now is to build a street legal retro drag car....we'll see how it all pans out. I think the first step is to get the motor to my race engine builder. So now the real questions. What do I tell him to do with it? What should I do about heads? Cam? Reciprocating assembly? Induction? Etc etc.. I really am lost. Also, how many of these were made and during what years? Are there any hp and tq numbers for it? Thanks in advance for any info!!! This is going to be a loooong process and I'm sure I'll be asking lots of questions along the way.