Help from the blue oval brigade needed

Recently picked up the Revell/Monogram engine kit of the Ford 427 V8 engine for a project in the pipeline, involves topless American Lady :naughty:

I have managed to wire the distributor but cant find details of where the spark plugs will sit, found a number of pics on google but there seems to be a number of versions of this engine.

Can anyone help with a diagram or a good picture?

It has been my experience that spark plugs usually thread into the engine block somewhere. Hope that helps....

J/K Finding the location of spark plugs is one of my biggest problems too: Sometimes they are on top, sometimes they are right on the sides, sometimes they are underneath, sometimes between the header outlets, etc. Adding plug wires is one of the simplest, yet most obvious detailing step, but it's hard for a know-little like me to find the right location.

Well the spark plugs actually thread into the heads. With a 427 I think there were a few different head configurations depending on if it was a SOHC (single overhead camshaft) or not. On a SOHC the plugs were at the top of the head (between the intake and the head) On a regular 427 the plugs were at the bottom side of the head (where the head meets the block) Here is a page on the SOHC engines with some good shots http://www.geocities.com/infieldg/v8sohc427.html
This page has a nice shot of a regular 427 with plug wires on http://www.fordcobraengines.com/427_Cobratrky.htm

Hope this helps you out.

Mike.

Ford 427 plugs screw into the heads kinda low on the sides next to the exhaust manifolds. If you're gonna build one of those big block terrors then let me direct you to the board you need for all the answers to your questions. These guys not only build the '49 to '72 stock car racers but there are some on the board that either worked on the real cars, their dads worked on the real cars and one even owns the full size '65 Holman Moody Galaxie (with the aforementioned 427) that Fred Lorenzen won the '65 Daytona 500 in. If you can't find what you need to know there then you didn't need to know it. LOL

http://www.randyayersmodeling.com/modelingforum/viewforum.php?f=15

Tell'em LUKE'57 sent you.

Here's a shot of a Holman Moody 427 that might help.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v69/mitchum/history/427.jpg