The 427 FE Sideoiler: Powering Ford To Victory At LeMans
Unlike other displacements in the FE-series, the 427 version – which was actually a 426, take that Chrysler! – was the only race engine in the lot.
With the “Ford v Ferrari” movie opening in theaters this weekend, it might help to review some of the details which delivered victory for Ford at LeMans in 1966. There’s the GT40 itself, of course, the will of Henry Ford II and his need to crush Ferrari, massive engineering and financial resources of Ford, renegade race car drivers, California hot-rodders, Carroll Shelby, and last but certainly not least the venerable Ford 427 FE Sideoiler engine. The motor that started it all.
The 427 FE Sideoiler: Powering Ford To Victory At LeMans
Related – Part of Ford’s 1966 Le Mans podium sweep, this GT40 Mk II could set an auction record