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429 Swap
Hello all,
I'm a new member, I have a 78 F250 4x4 I'm planning to swap out the 400 with a 429. Can anyone help me out on the engine ID? I've looked at several web sites but still not sure what I have. I want to make sure when I take it to the machine shop I know what I'm giving them. Thanks for any information I get.
Block - D1VE 6015 AA
Rear of Block - 2Z516302
Front of Block passenger side - 1H28Z - 1F23R or Y not sure
Heads - D2VEAA
I'm a new member, I have a 78 F250 4x4 I'm planning to swap out the 400 with a 429. Can anyone help me out on the engine ID? I've looked at several web sites but still not sure what I have. I want to make sure when I take it to the machine shop I know what I'm giving them. Thanks for any information I get.
Block - D1VE 6015 AA
Rear of Block - 2Z516302
Front of Block passenger side - 1H28Z - 1F23R or Y not sure
Heads - D2VEAA
Mountain Pass
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This might help ya, although the example used is a different year,....
So basically, you have a 71 block and a set of 72 heads.
C9VE-B
C is for the decade of the '60's.
9 is for the particular year of that decade, 1969.
V is designated for Lincoln cars 1961 and up.
E indicates the part was released for production by the Engine Division. A is for chassis, B is for body and E is for engine.
B is the part level suffix, and tells you the change level of the particular part. "A" signifies a part as it was originally designed, B indicates it was changed once, C twice, and so on.
You can use the same information on your cylinder heads.
C is for the decade of the '60's.
9 is for the particular year of that decade, 1969.
V is designated for Lincoln cars 1961 and up.
E indicates the part was released for production by the Engine Division. A is for chassis, B is for body and E is for engine.
B is the part level suffix, and tells you the change level of the particular part. "A" signifies a part as it was originally designed, B indicates it was changed once, C twice, and so on.
You can use the same information on your cylinder heads.
Laughing Gas
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What he said ^.
The heads you have are extremely prone to detonation, it would probably be worth your time to look for anything else as many consider those 72 heads (1 year only) to be the worst ever for the 385 series engine. It is an open chamber cylinder head while all others are closed chamber. Spend some time on 460ford.com forums and you can learn alot.
This book
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0895860368...M9D7ED1ZTNPZWN
is very well written about these engines including identifying parts and their specifications.
The heads you have are extremely prone to detonation, it would probably be worth your time to look for anything else as many consider those 72 heads (1 year only) to be the worst ever for the 385 series engine. It is an open chamber cylinder head while all others are closed chamber. Spend some time on 460ford.com forums and you can learn alot.
This book
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0895860368...M9D7ED1ZTNPZWN
is very well written about these engines including identifying parts and their specifications.
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1973/76 F100 460 / 1973/78 F250/350 & Econoline 460 / 1975/78 F150 460 / Some 1979 F150/350 & Econoline 460.
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FYI:
D9TE-6015-AB block casting number External Balancer = Some 1979 F150/350 & Econoline 460 / 1980/97 Econoline 460 / 1983/97 F250/350 & F(Super Duty) 460.
No 460's in: F100's after 1976, Passenger Cars after 1978, F150's after 1979, none in 1980/82 F250/350's.
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