Ford Built a HEMI Killer — Then NASCAR Shut It Down

Could Ford's 427 Cammer actually beat the legendary 426 HEMI?

Ford built the 427 SOHC Cammer as its radical answer to Chrysler's 426 HEMI — one of the most feared American racing engines of the 1960s.

With single overhead camshafts, hemispherical combustion chambers, massive high-RPM potential and race-bred engineering, the 427 Cammer was designed to fight the HEMI at the highest level of American racing.

But there's a problem.

The Cammer never got the same opportunity to build a NASCAR record that the 426 HEMI did.

So how fast was the Ford 427 Cammer really? Was it actually a HEMI killer, or did its legend grow because it never got the chance to prove itself?

This is the story of the *Ford 427 Cammer vs Chrysler 426 HEMI* — the engineering, horsepower, NASCAR controversy, racing potential, and the very different legacies of two of the most legendary V8 engines ever built.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 — The Engine NASCAR Feared
01:44 — Why Ford Built the 427 Cammer
03:32 — What Made the Cammer Different
05:29 — Why the 426 HEMI Was So Dominant
07:06 — Why NASCAR Said No
09:02 — Cammer vs HEMI: Which Was Better?
11:05 — Final Verdict

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