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Nov 19, 2001 | 12:53 AM

ludis

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C9AE rods

I was at a wrecking yard and found a 1979 F600 with what claims to be a 370 (a small bore 429). The engine's been rebuilt. I pulled the oil pan off to take a look at the crank - it was a cast crank.

While looking at the bottom end, I noticed the rod part number prefix. It was C9AE. I didn't think much of this at the time - I was expecting a D9TE or D9HE prefix. When I got home, I looked up the rod number in a book. C9AE rods are supposed to be for BOSS 429 engines!

So, are these rods valuable? If so, I could go grab them to resell. Eventually, the yard will sell them as scrap iron to be melted down into Toyotas or something.

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Nov 19, 2001 | 08:37 AM

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That's right. Those are the rods used is 429 "T" Boss engine. Good stuff. You could get a fair price for them around about $ 150-200 dollar range, maybe alittle more. Most people would prefer to get aftermarket rods sence they will handle higher revs, I wouldn't spin the "T" Boss rods pass 6500 rpm. Polish the beams and install some wave-lock rods bolts and you will have a good low budget rod.

Nov 21, 2001 | 05:29 AM

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sorry to burst your bubble but they are just regular production rods. boss 429 used a much heavier rod than these. don't believe everything you read in these so called ford books most are wrong and don't know. i've got a set myself and they are just standard rods just like the C8VE, and another one i can't think of the part number right off the top of my head. so don't get to excited,, not boss rods..... CJ.........

Nov 21, 2001 | 08:03 AM

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ludis

Do the rods have a square or oval head rod bolt? Is the cast # C9AE or C9AE-B?

Cobrajet

I have two set of C9AE-B rods , I haven't seen the C9AE rod, but if there like the C8VE rod, your right, just standard production stuff. C9AE-B is a Boss T rod and The C9AX-B NASCAR rod is the heavier one with the 1/2 rods bolts. Your right there is alot of incorrect literature out there. A good place for the correct info on what is Boss is bossperformance.com 509-448-0252.

Nov 21, 2001 | 10:16 AM

wtroger

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The rod caps don't always meant a lot my factory 89 Ford 1-ton came with the c9ae rod caps but the rods are d6ve (1976 Lincoln)so you probably really do not know what you have until you have the the hole rod assemble out to verify dimensions.

Nov 23, 2001 | 07:00 PM

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I've now realized that the C9AE I read was on the rod _cap_, not the rod itself. Further, the ***E number implies it is a casting/forging number. The caps in question could have been machined to multiple different service part numbers.

I went to a different wrecking yard to get a 73-79 pickup 460 oil pan. I got one from a 79 460. (Same year as the 370 mentioned above.) This engine also had C9AE rod caps. It used bolts with football shaped heads. I'd agree with the poster above that these are just garden variety truck rod caps.

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Nov 23, 2001 | 10:15 PM

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Correct , the C9AE is the rod cap number .
Look on the rod beam itself .
If the number is D6VE-AA with square bolt heads , it is a car rod.
If it is D6VE-BB with football shape rod bolt heads , it is atruck rod
that is = to the Boss '9 T rod .
I have 2 sets , 1 is polished real nice ... too bad
it is inside (hope they stay there) , no one sees them