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[Rich Biebel]

Wow Dave.....Don't you wish you still had that car! "Mystery Motor" I think they were called.......I was never clear on what one of those had for an engine.....Was it a 396/427 type engine? The 348/409 design was really not very good ....

[BadBanana]

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

Wow Dave.....Don't you wish you still had that car! "Mystery Motor" I think they were called.......I was never clear on what one of those had for an engine.....Was it a 396/427 type engine? The 348/409 design was really not very good ....

You're right Rich the 348/409 type was not a great motor - at least for NASCAR. It seemed to be OK for drag racing..
Many years later, when making as much compression ratio as possible became important in modified motors, Ralph was convinced that a 409 type (maybe destroked), might make a terriffic piece because of the flat head design and the combution chamber being in the cylinder. As far as I know it was never tried.