Great sounding engine. The 327 Chevrolet engine is Awesome . The first engine I built was a 327 , when I was 19 years old , with the help of my neighbor mechanic. The engine went into my 1968 Nova . That was 35 years ago. I'm in the process of building another 327 from a 1966 Chevelle. I'm going with either 10:1 flattops or 11:1 pistons , big cam , solid lifters and some other goodies. The 327 engine is my favorite engine.

Wish u were my neighbor. Cool

Old-school Chevy thunder music to my ears

That's one sweet sounding 327 you have there. There are so many ways to go when you modify these motors. In 1968 I too had a 57 2 door hardtop Chevy I was proud of. Original 283 four barrel was the thing that got me from stop light to stop light in those days. I found a 327 300 horse motor from a wrecked 67 Super Sport and bought it for $250. Back then I had more money than sense and decided to let the local Chevy parts manager order my factory parts for me to rebuild it. You would be amazed how cheaply this way was over aftermarket parts. I had the pistons and rods from the 302 motor....11 to 1 dome top and the wild off road type Z 28 cam that had a very rough idle. Solid lifters , factory aluminum intake and an 800 Holley. Hedman headers ran to a set of homemade exhaust pipes fashioned from old 3 1/2" wide driveshafts. I ran cutouts for the strip runs. I cut 3 seconds off my quarter mile times at the local dragstrip after making the swap from the 283. I still have that 283 in an old shed wrapped in a tarp. Bet it's worth a small fortune now since it was running fine when I took it out. No-it's not for sale guys. Back then our idea of a good time was cruising the main street of our town on Sat and Sunday evenings. My 57 won it's share of stop light races and always turned heads. Hardee's still had the Big Mac with sauce for $1.00 or you could go to McDonalds and get 6 of their thin ass cheeseburgers for the same price. You could fill a 22 gallon gas tank for about $2.25. The gas was pumped for you, your windshield cleaned and all your underhood fluids checked by a friendly attendant working for $1.50 an hour. Those were the good ol days for sure!!

Brings me back to my muscle car days. Pure music!!!!

Beautiful work sir, I hope to be you when I'm older 🧡

That was a killer video of sounded like a was standing behind both engines. Thanks man that was cool.

Good old video I'm a big fan of the 327. If I can't get one I go 396.

I could listen to that all day ! Nice sounding motor 👌 👍

Quick reving. !!!! Very sweet ... I love the long throw of the 327.

Wow that 327 does sound good.

Thanks for taking the time and effort to get accurate sound! It sounds great!

That lil humpty sounds so smooth and strong ....you just cant beat a set of good worked up hump heads mam they are awesome bro great job

Such a simple motor meat and potatos. Love it!!!

I love the old school engines that being said everyone is going to the LS engine conversion. More HP and more toque. My LS1 and LS3 are just beasts. I do love these old engines and actually have a set of 202 camel hump heads and I have a 400 small block 4 bolt main engine with steal crank. I just can’t let these go because they are a piece of Chevrolet history.

Sounds great! I know from personal experience it sounds a lot better in person, too. That's almost exactly how we built the 327 in my old El Camino in high school, I miss it.

Love ol 327's. 👍🤠👍

That 406 cub that the lick! I built ap stroker 383 /w 450hp old school but with holley sniper EFI love it I my scòut2 35" tires 456 chevy 1tòn running gear. Bad ass )! But change to 33" and an 406 stroker coming up soon!

Thanks for all that work so we viewers could hear. Luv'n it.

Awesome engine.I have a1968 327 with a top roller set up.It sounds the same.Everybody knows that sound on my street...great video. Keep them rolling..

sounds awesome,runs smooth,you got it tuned well.

I know I'm watching this at a later date ,but she sounds good and revs great !!

My 99 ext cab S10 has a 5sp built 355V8 and the trusty 4 barrel carburetor setup to make it dependable

Great running motor's, it's been a long time since I heard a 327 small journal engine run.

Sounds awesome. I love the 327's. My 63 Impala has a 327 thing sounds sweet

Great job Eagle Al. Sounds wicked!!!😎

Nice work. That motor runs sweet! You got it dialed

Sounds great.

Sweet! I'm building a 67 Small Journal right now.

Throttle response baby and yeah this video is great but it’s no justice like standing in the garage with it and super nice 57 love the old original hot rods!

I do believe you nailed it! Great sound great video! Nice 327! Nice 57 also!

Sounds great... I'm picking up a small journal 327 for a 302 build for next year

Beautiful. I can imagine a '63 Corvette with 327 , 350 hp, 4 speed, $3500 ! New !

Sweet; takes me back to my teenage years.

Really nice vid! Thanks for sharing that!

Man you sure know how to get them engines sounding amazing!

Your ad brought me here. She sounds very healthy!

Nice building one myself 097 cam doublehump heads I know it will be nice. Going in 57 vette that I have Owned since 1981.

Most people dont know how wicked those 327s can be. Some would run circles around big blocks

Sounds excellent!!! I've got a sj myself and I absolutely love these motors!!

Your 57 is beautiful

nice tankz for the feed back. i got same yr block goin to swap 906 vortecs on it

My mate had a Holden Monaro 327 Bathurst and I had a HQ 350 Monaro cammed big carb but his 327 was a freak motor, nothing in the neighborhood could touch it. I've always wanted to get a 327 because it sounded awesome, went like stink and revved like a 4 cylinder. I wish I'd seen this before I bought my fucking boat a year ago

The 327 small journal was all the rave from about 66 thru the late 90's. These motors had the right combination of bore & stroke with the 462 heads. I beat up alot of big block cars with these lil screamers. Great motor to hot rod around with. High RPM screamers. Z/28 302. & 327 Sm. JL were the funnist to drive around with. If you wanted brut strength you went with a 427 454 tire shreaders. Good video. Flashback

Sir your engine sounds great no matter where you put the camera

great video my friend!! the only mistake i think was made here was the dual point distributor!

Love your your engine test stand.

Both great sounding engine and tunes.

Sounds nice

I think this camera captured it. Sounds healthy. Nicely done, sir.

Sounds just like mine , it moves my 55 hardtop very well , 4 speed with 9" 3.70 gear

High rev lil engine.. 👍👍😎 badass

Thanks for showing. I have a 67' 462 double hump I am rebuilding currently. Mostly stock - I'm an older dude now so I guess I'm a cruiser - lol

Really nice. It would be even better with 340HP 11: 1 pistons, just like the good ol' days!

That's cool, I have a 1966 small journal 😀😎😀

It sure is nice you can rev the engine like that and your neighbors don't complain. I live out in the country with a neighbor far away who complains and complains when i rev my engine.

Hey Everyone. I have been beatin' on a .60 over small journal 327 that came im my 69 nova ss (clone) when I bought it 30 years ago! Great engine.. This one has always had Trw forged (mild pop up) pistons and balanced bottom end .with of course the forged steel crank . I run it hard with an old 4-speed and 12 bolt 4.56 s. . On a shoestring budget my best 1/4 mile is 12.88 @ 106 mph

Wow, that is exactly what I want for my Impala

Sounds great!

Sounds amazing!

That 327 sounds real good

Damn she fired up with a quickness!

Sounds great. I am building a very similar engine now. Less cam 218 at 459” but dart ss iron eagle 165cc heads with 1.6 stainless rockers and 30 over. I am hoping for around 325 hp. Numbers matching motor for my 67 Camaro coupe. Sure hope it sounds somewhat close to this.

Those valve covers though ... I have a set of these on my '67 El Camino as well. It has the TFS Twisted Wedge G1 heads on it, and these are the only covers that clear the valve train.

Hey lou, I had a large journal with a big three crank on the 9 cam

Sounds great 👍🎶🎵🎶

327 sounds awesome.

Sweeeeeettttttt!!!!!!! Camera doing a fine job I think you said 108 separation that cam plenty power rattle cam ......

Sweet bro

Would like to hear all four barrels opened up to hear it transition, I'm sure it does fine, that's a vary responsive engine combination. Good build I'd say.

So SWEET! 😍

That would so trigger AOC...

Ok man you found the right vid camera...

i love this motor

Holy crap that things gonna knock it’s stand over!

sounds great..

That Zeppelin sounds good.

Coool

Sounds great! Can you help me build mine!

Led zepplin playing at start, fits good.

True that LS is stronger, but they do not have that top note, which is where the fun is.

Hi Al, great sound and look. Let me know if you still have it or another 327 like it as I’m looking. Thanks, Tim

Used to have one in a s10

HA! - They always sound mean as hell with no flywheel mass on 'em!! Heeheeheehee!!

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wow that's a screamer! thats gonna be awesome in somebody's hot rod.

You build a sweet motor 💥👂👍 and that 57 is awesome

Sounds great. I doubt those headers would fit my 66 Chevelle.

They Rev really quick with no load on them But sounds sweet

Sounded like an aggressive dog lmao love it

Thanks

Got one out in the shed. Pulled it from a rusty 68 shovel. It had a factory 4-speed, no console, manual everything . Not sure if the engine has correct heads and intake. It has a square bore cast iron intake with 2.02 straight plug fuelies. Unfortunately, I had the engine rebuilt and they tossed the old cam. That may have given me a clue. It's definitely a small journal 327.

10/10

I have a 302 abc with pop ups 291heads victor jr intake I haven't tore it all the way apart but it would pull front tires on 50 Chevy car 4 speed

love the rumble of that one.

Great engine for my PACER

Nice.

@Eagle Al's 57 My grandfather has a 57 Chevy Bel Air with a small journal 327 from 1966. It's pretty mild, has an edelbrock 600cfm carb, comp 268he cam with .444 lift, 260 duration and 110 lobe separation. Bored .30 over, Brand new flat top pistons and rings, seals, bearings, timing chain, everything. Has high flowing heads from the 80's, I forget what they are exactly, also ported and polished. Brand new valve train. Has the stock intake which I'm looking to replace in the future. But the big thing is the exhaust! This ol girl has the same exhaust from the 70's... I thought those mufflers on this engine sounded mean. Do you have any suggestions as far as exhaust components go? I'm looking for some great tone and performance. Thanks! Love the vid and the engine!

i got 3 of these one built nuts out one with just a 585 l with 312 D i like the sound of the cam but the built one has the big cam. we pulled the built one out of a 60's dragster then blue print it and bell automotive built it .traded a 71 cst blazer for the parts and labor that i got for 500 the shop said this would have cost about 25,000 to have it dun ported the 202 heads to 204 and all the ports polished the heads and motor ported all the oil drains just to get the oil to drain faster 13 quart oil pan but they told me that it would do 11,000 all day long i had it past 15000 and the motor never blew. it had 1200 hp with pump gas no nitro. raced it a lot ,still running after 20 years we had 12.5 to 1 and then shaved the heads the cam bearings were line bore with bigger cam bearings custom made roller cam so it would fit the bigger bearings hey had to do this to get the cam in it

Sounds beefy....thanks