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Originally Posted by Tomcomm

Seems Shelby's first attempt at a big block was to drop-in a 427 BB in place of the 327 SB, performed by his guys in Southern Calif.

Shelby never tried a 327 SB in the Cobra. The Cobra started out with the Ford 260 SB, then went to a 289 SB. Owners of the 260 cars could get the factory to replace their engine with the 289. They did try a 390 FE BB in one early chassis as an experiment. He then went to the 427 side oiler when he completely redesigned the car. There is almost nothing in common between the chassis/suspension/steering/bodies of the SB Cobra's and BB Cobra's. They never put a 427 in a SB chassis.

Darryl