Re: OT: 1964

Posted by Dean on September 23, 2018 at 11:23:58 from (68.39.250.30):

In Reply to: Re: OT: 1964 posted by smalltowner on September 23, 2018 at 10:23:29:

I owned a yellow 64 Impala SS convertible with 327/250 and Power glide for a few months. Immediately thereafter, I owned a Palomar red metallic (burgundy) 64 Impala SS hardtop originally equipped with 327/300 and four speed transmission. Both had black interiors. Those of you in the know will remember that the 327/300 was under rated and was a sleeper in the day. I shut down my share of tri power GTOs with the 327/300 in my big Impala without modification other than a 4.11:1 Posi traction gear.

Over the course of a couple of years, I built the 327 as far as I could go and still drive it on the street. Mondello heads, Crane SS-330 cam and kit, TRW 12.5:1 forged pistons, Edelbrock C36 manifold with 2X4 AFB (409) carburetors, Hooker headers, Mallory Rev-Pol ignition, 4.11 Posi traction gear, etc. It would wind to 7,500 and above. I power shifted it at 7,000. I remember once missing a gear, watching the Sun 10,000 RPM tach coming back down past 9,000 when I was first able to glance at it.

It was a big, heavy car with a small block and small block emblems-a real sleeper. I shut down my share or 396 Chevelles and Camaros, 389/400 GTOs, 383s, 390s, etc. I never lost to a GTO, Road Runner, 390, etc. I had the good sense to not run 396/375s or HP 427s.

My finest hour was in the fall of 1969. A guy with a new Mustang SCJ 428, bought for him by his father, finally caught up with me at the local drive in. I could see the headers beneath his car and had tried to avoid him for a time. His Mustang was lighter and his engine over 100 CI larger. Unable to avoid him any longer, I agreed to a 3 out of 3 match race on the black top north of town. One could street race in the day.

The Mach I was a C6 automatic and, to be fair, he had 4 people inside. I had only myself and my then girl friend. His mouth told me that he had a 4:67 Detroit locker gear but his performance surely did not confirm this. Three out of three. The first time I pulled him out of the hole and won going away, the next two, he was less confident and launched first but I ran him down. I burnt a piston that night (even with Sunoco 260) and retired the 327 shortly thereafter.

The 3.25" stroke SHP 327 was a winder (as was the 302/302). With proper heads, cam and carburetion, it would run you down. After retiring the 327, I bought a new SHP 350 (LT-1) short block to replace it. I was working at the local Chevrolet dealer at the time and bought it right. I put my top end on it and put it in the 64. Despite the additional cubic inches, it never ran as well. Even with the identical top end, it topped out somewhere between 500-1,000 RPM less. Still a strong small block but not the same.

Pardon, my reminiscences.

Dean

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