If there’s ever been a new engine that attracted widespread notoriety, it’s the new 427 hemi overhead-cam V-8 designed and developed by Ford as part of its continuing total performance theme.

The result was Ford's 427 SOHC. Chrysler's 426 Hemi resulted from years of research and development, culminating in 1964, as a response to Ford's domination of the NASCAR circuit the previous year.

unlike the HEMI. The package also included Ford's extremely strong 9-inch rear end, which included 3.89:1 gearing and an open differential. Ford was as serious about keeping the Ford Fairlane 427 ...

Developed during a crash, 90-day engineering program in 1964, the 427 SOHC engine was Ford's response to the Chrysler Hemi's dominance in NASCAR during the '64 racing season. Based on the ...

Similar to the marketing of the aluminum front-end 1965 426 Hemi Plymouths and Dodges and Z-11 1963 Chevys, the 1964 Ford Thunderbolts were brutally fast and lightweight. The 427 Fairlane put out ...

The IRG Ford vs. Mopar Series travels ... The category was filled with Max Wedge and Hemi Mopars of the 1960s, plus a pair of burly Big-Block 427 Fords—a 1964 427 T-Bolt and a 1966 427 Fairlane ...

The results at Daytona were predictable, as the Hemi-powered cars routed ... while making tons of horsepower--Ford engineers set out to modify the 427 along the same lines. From the drawing ...

so engineers rushed to develop a new engine that could remain competitive against the gargantuan HEMI. Photo: Ford Motor Co. The answer came in the form of an equally humongous, 427-ci (7.0-liter ...

and Ford's bombproof 9-inch rear end housing a 3.89:1 open differential. With figures that made it as potent as the fearsome HEMI, the R-Code 427 was available only on the Fairlane 500.

The Ford Fairlane 427 was Ford's entry into the growing market ... No automatic transmission was offered, unlike the HEMI. The package also included Ford's extremely strong 9-inch rear end ...