1972 427 truck motor

[bulldog]

would this motor work good with 456 gears and 46 inch tires  and does any body now anything about them

[old school truck dude]

Are you talkin about a tall deck 427? Tough as nails. Probably got a steel crank. Beefy all the way around. WILL NOT FIT in most pickups due to the height in the rear, it hits the firewall. You can make it fit, just beat on it, lol...  Has a way different shaft in the distributor - gotta be careful on that part and make sure you got the right stuff. They used to come with points and condenser and I took the shaft out of that and put in an HEI. My personal favorite for big blocks. Thats an OLD SCHOOL motor, lol  

[BigFrank]

well all the farmers around here run em they are good engines  if ya dont go over 4500 rpms thats when they start detonation  but most have steel cranks and 4 bolt mains  keep the rrrrrrrrrrsss down and ya be ok the 427 are tall decks so to run a  aftermarket alluminum or a stock bb intake ya gotta use spacers   or put a sh#@%#$^# load of money  in it and they turn em into a 632 ci  or some where around there

[Chevy Racer]

If its a tall deck I got one in my truck now.  Torque for days but no high RPMs.  Got with a lower gear the torque will twist whatever tire you run.

[old school truck dude]

Hit the link 

http://www.hotrodders.com/kb/search?cx=001342922408472755920%3Ajcuupicr5d4&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=427+tall+deck&sa=Search&siteurl=www.hotrodders.com%2F#1506

[bulldog]

so would you guys run this motor i can get it for 500 bucks runs great how much horse is this stock

[Chevy Racer]

so would you guys run this motor i can get it for 500 bucks runs great how much horse is this stock

Not alot of horse power but torque is good.

[BigFrank]

thats cheep  id buy it

[KORNBREAD]

From what i found they are rated at around 220hp (not to bad) but over 400ftp (nice!!) real tourq twisters.

[old school truck dude]

Heck yeah Id buy it!

[Chevy Racer]

Heck yeah Id buy it!

x2 if you buy it and want to trade it off for?  Let me know.

[bulldog]

ok i bougth it picking it up saterday i have some 781 bbc heads going to put on it and a cam does anyone now were i can get a spacer so i can put on a aftermaket intake on and any suggestion for me on this

[Chevy Racer]

E-bay sells spacers fairly cheap.  I have a new set of Crower push rods for it if your interested.

[bulldog]

will this motor do all right with the stock pistons

[Chevy Racer]

It will be just fine.  Like I said before, if you don't want it let me know and we'll figure out something on it.

[bulldog]

whats done to your 427 do you think i should change the heads or no

[Chevy Racer]

whats done to your 427 do you think i should change the heads or no

Mine was a factory rebuilt +.060 motor.  I changed the carb and put on a full Mallory ignition system, with some custom headers I built, and it twists axle shafts like its going out of style.

[73chevytruck]

theres tall deck motors are awsome, have a ton  of torque i had a 366 tall deck in my 75 k20 running a 4sp and 38's could pull anything i hooked to the truck, and the pistons are 4 ring , has 2 compression so you can run nos on them stock.  and leave the stock heads they let them run just fine. i loved mine but they dont like rpm's and i do lol

[bulldog]

ok im going to leave the heads on it and put a cam in and lifters and roller rockers carb intake and run it can i just use a tall deck distributor or do i have change the oil pump

[old school truck dude]

No, youll have to either buy a dizzy for it or use the shaft you got and put it in an HEI housing. Look at the bottom of the dizzy shaft and shine a light down the hole in the motor, make sure that stuff is gonna hook up. Did it come with points or just no dizzy?