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<blockquote data-quote="cjjtulsa" data-source="post: 3972104" data-attributes="member: 6146">I&#039;m a die-hard Ford guy, and that&#039;s one of my biggest criticisms of Ford - they never put their best on the street.&nbsp; Now I know the SOHC never made it into production vehicles (due to issues of trying to warranty that timing set up for one), but they had the tech to run with and away from the competition, but always went limp.&nbsp; Hell, even the vaunted 482CJ had to be forced on them by the public, due to Hot Rod magazine building a similar engine, running a poll, and then showing Ford what their buying public wanted.&nbsp; Chrysler and GM had no problem dumping Hemis and 427s in passenger cars, and not just full sized units.&nbsp; The fact that Ford surprisingly slipped a few 427 side oilers into 66-67 Fairlanes and Comets is a shocker, and I&#039;m sure it wasn&#039;t easy to order one.&nbsp; Love my old Fords, but they were the Ruger of car companies: &quot;you don&#039;t need anything more than a 10 round mag&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cjjtulsa, post: 3972104, member: 6146"] I'm a die-hard Ford guy, and that's one of my biggest criticisms of Ford - they never put their best on the street. Now I know the SOHC never made it into production vehicles (due to issues of trying to warranty that timing set up for one), but they had the tech to run with and away from the competition, but always went limp. Hell, even the vaunted 482CJ had to be forced on them by the public, due to Hot Rod magazine building a similar engine, running a poll, and then showing Ford what their buying public wanted. Chrysler and GM had no problem dumping Hemis and 427s in passenger cars, and not just full sized units. The fact that Ford surprisingly slipped a few 427 side oilers into 66-67 Fairlanes and Comets is a shocker, and I'm sure it wasn't easy to order one. Love my old Fords, but they were the Ruger of car companies: "you don't need anything more than a 10 round mag". [/QUOTE]

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