Relax, Tex. I've read a lot of the same stuff you have. It's like, "Don't shoot the messanger!!"

I would be talkin' feces going into a junk yard............IT SAYS RIGHT HERE THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE 4 BOLT MAINS!!! oh, it doesn't? i have to go now.......

 

fasttexan, it was not my intent to slam you nor my intent to make you feel that way, and if I did, I am sincerly sorry. I do appreciate the fact that you atleast presented your source of information, and all I was trying to do was point out all the fallacies, and plan outright wrong information the author of that article was publishing. Remember just because it's published in those mags doesn't make it so those guys are just as if not more susepible to the urban myths as anyone. My guess is that the guy that wrote that has virtually no experience with big block fords or he would have known for instance that SCJ, and CJ engines used different heads, and that the SCJ heads were not a DOVE casting (I used that one because it would be very easy for anyone to do minimal research and see the truth in it, and infact probably most people with very much experience with these engines already know it.)
I have done searches for those casting numbers on the internet, and all I ever find is that someone heard this rumor, not one person can actually show the blocks with those casting numbers that I have found.
Please forgive me for making you feel like I was slamming you I am truly sorry for that.
Rob

 

BTW I just did another search on teh network54 385 series forum, and found unknown number of posts on this very issue, and found 3 different guys swearing up and down they had multiple of these mythical blocks, yet when it was requested that the posted pictures if they had them you had one of two responses first was well I know a guy that knows this guy that has a friend hows uncle nows a woman who is married to a guy whos cousin once working a junkyard that had a couple. or they wouldn't respond, and never heard from them again till it was brought up again, and then they would swear they had one until someone asked for a picture, so if they actually have one whats so hard about coming up with a picture, and that goes here too even if you know someone that knows someone that has one of these elusive 4 bolt truck blocks post up a picture, heck you will end up just as famous as the guy that captures big foot.
So here is the challenge find, and take a picture of a D7TE, or D8TE block with 4 bolt mains (and it must be clearly legible casting, and in the same picture showing the 4 bolt mains from the factory meaning it will have thick webs), or a unrefutable picture of you with big foot( the ape like creature not the truck), and I will personally pay for a club FTE membership for you.
By offering this I am putting my money were my mouth is so lets see em

 

maurader, tried to send you a PM and my computer died in the process so i don't know if it went through or now so I'll post it, and the same goes for tex. My comments were not directed at you but rather toward the guy who started this thread, posing a question and then telling people they're wrong when he's given a factual answer. Hope you didn't take it personally.

 

My feelings aren't hurt. I just got the impression that people thought I was arguing that the 4-bolt 460s did exist when in fact I've concluded the opposite. After three years watching on Ebay I've seen at least one of everything go by and not one of these supposedly plentiful D7/D8 blocks has appeared. Given the amount of other misinformation contained in that article (as pointed out by Monsterbaby) I think the author must have been on one hell of a trip or some old timer had some fun with him. Or maybe he's a Chebby man. At any rate, it's a shame because clearly a lot of people have seen that article and taken it as fact. Like I said before, let's find him and kick his butt!

P.S. Monsterbaby, I think your money is safe with your challenge.

 

Group hugs for everyone......... I'm with M/B as to the fact that Tex showed a source....I would of argued it as fact, after all it was in print.


Ivan.........you're terrible..............just kidding, we're cool


The '70 CJ I called on today was sold ........was hoping to score a semi-precious 4 bolt 429.

 

Well I think I might have just figured out how this urban legend got started, and how a certian person on this thread thinks he has seen 2 of them, and that on another thread it was mentioned that they have taller deck hieghts.
In a conversation I was just having with mustang70, he mentioned the 534sd engines having 4 bolt mains, and my guess would be someone is confusing the 477, and 534 truck engines with a 429, please understand these engines have nothing in common with any 385 series engine with 2 exceptions first they are a ford engine second they are an internal combustion engine, and that is the end of the comparison.

 

What casting numbers showed up on these big boys? If there's a D7TE or D8TE anywhere I'll give you the cookie.

 

maurader, if you still want a real 4 bolt 429 CJ I am going to put mine up for sale in the next week or so on e-bay. I am running it through the jetter to get it clean before selling. The top end is there now and I need to pull the short block apart before taking it over to the shop. PM me if you want some more info.

69 ragtop

 

You have a PM.

 

are they both 429 cubic inches????

will the cylinder heads interchange ???

 

JF,

If you're going to quote somebody, at least read the quote.

MB clearly says, "these engines (superduties) have nothing in common with any 385 series engine". So, to answer your question, nothing will interchange.

 

ok what is the cubic inch of the motors

 

once again please read the post the CID is clearly posted in that post.