Estate Sale 427 Tear Down

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I posted pictures of a 69 DZ 302 engine awhile back and received positive response so I thought I would try it again.

I bought this 427 engine from a guy who bought it out of an estate sale. He was told it was a "427 out of a Corvette". I looked the engine over and saw it had a 1966 top end and a 69 block. The block has a CE code on the front pad and has never been painted. I originally thought it was a engine out of a 66 Corvette or Impala that had the shortblock replaced under warranty. As I look further, I am not sure.

The has a service dated 67 L88 carb dated 69. It has a 63 Corvette tach drive distributor. The heads have also been ported as shown by the rounded exhaust ports. The engine came with a 69 dated Muncie M20 counter replacement transmission and scattershield that supposedly came out of the same car and came with the headers shown. To me, this points more towards a hot hot built back in 69 with parts someone gathered along with a dealer purchased shortblock. I'm hoping the shortblock is early L-88.

The engine has obviously been mothballed for a long time and still has an embossed AC oil filter that someone set down on the crate it was sitting on [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] . I am hoping is was not pulled due an explosion or failure. I plan to take it apart later today. Any guesses on what we will find?


Jason