Chevy 327 300 hp

[nhramnl]

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

My memory from those day of working on and looking at friends cars with a 327/300 says AFB carb.....

Made for a very cool car back then.....327/300 4 speed in a '63-'64 Impala SS......

With a decent rear gear they were pretty snappy !!! LOL

I was just a kid back in '63, but I remember very vividly claims that a 327/300 (say, in a Biscayne or BelAir) would give a 409/425 all it could handle. I later owned a '63 Biscayne 327/300, 4-speed, 3.50 posi and absolutely loved the car. Everybody remember the little factory tach in the "eyebrow" housing, in the middle of the instrument panel? 327/300 and 409s only, and cooler than hell.

[Rich Biebel]

Not many 409's around back in my UTE but a good running Small Block would give the 409 all it could handle....

Only one I recall was a '64 Impala with a 409/340 or some HP rating like that, and it was not a real fast car.

Good running SB Vette's were the shizzle, to me anyway....Nothing could run with one...

Once Z/28's came out it was tough to top one.

I graduated HS in 1965 so I was right in the thick of the Muscle Car era and it's how I got addicted to DRAG RACING.....could not resist, it was all around me !!!

[Ralph A Powell]

On the street the 409’s were turds as they came detuned they came with double heads gaskets to lower compression and those boat anchor pistons

[Kenney Kelley]

The 62 Bubble Top was a nice looking car whether it had a 409 or a 327. i think NHRA lowered the 300 HP to now 265 hp for 1962. Cars only not the Corvette. So that might help and set the suspension up like a G-Body so it don't twist and it might work. Kenney Kelley

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Would the 327/300 have been available in the 65 Nova? That might have been a real land based missile.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Greg Reimer 7376

Would the 327/300 have been available in the 65 Nova? That might have been a real land based missile.

Yes! Never saw one though..Would have been a rocket alright.
However, @ 265 for Stock, I'd take the 4 GC version @ 241.

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Greg Reimer 7376

Would the 327/300 have been available in the 65 Nova? That might have been a real land based missile.

I have seen four in my lifetime. Two on the streets of Little Rock '65-'68, one at Lakeland in Memphis in 1971 and a match race between a 300 hp '65 Chevy II and a 271 high perf '65 Mustang at Ozark, MO in 1966. I was too young to have any detailed memories. Other than the Chevy II spanked the Mustang pretty hard. It was a dealership put on.

[Greg Reimer 7376]

The only difference between the 250 horse and the 300 horse is the intake and the carb in '65. Now, the #579 intake is accepted on the 283/220 horse, if it is on the 327/250, then, the only difference is the carb. It might be a real easy way to have a couple classes covered. It would be easy horsepower to just switch carbs.

[dondon]

Originally Posted by Greg Reimer 7376

Would the 327/300 have been available in the 65 Nova? That might have been a real land based missile.

didn't herman chapman run one in the 70's?

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by dondon

didn't herman chapman run one in the 70's?

250 hp... Also, Bobby Warren, Ricky Klarr, Elisha Boyd, Joe DeLorenzo, George Duff, Chuck Gallager...several more.