Now, the story of how the Ford 427 came into existence makes it ... It was so potent it got banned outright, making it the first engine ever banned from a NASCAR competition.

Every Ford EcoBoost Engine Ranked Worst To Best The V8 engine in the Ford Fairlane 427 was adapted from Ford's NASCAR and LeMans engine, also known as the "side-oiler." It got this name from an ...

Of course, the heart of this exciting era was the high-performance V8, which often started out as an experimental race engine ... Photo: NASCAR Archives Then, the experimental 427 returned ...