If you could.
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Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Van Isl, BC, Canada
All in all I agree with you Kris, buildin' a 429 for that kinda power wouldn't be good for the street, if you got it anyways. And I'm definitely not an engine builder, although I'd like to give her a go. I just wanna have a sweet 429/460 
instead of a 351M.
instead of a 351M.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: MA
76f350spercamprspeal, your sig pic is friggin huge.. can't we get some limits here? half of every page is taken up by that ad.
The one thing I'd change in my truck? Built AOD behind the 460.
The one thing I wish FORD changed.. factory tach cluster.
The one thing I'll most likely change in my truck soon? new grill shell and extras for it.
The one thing I'd change in my truck? Built AOD behind the 460.
The one thing I wish FORD changed.. factory tach cluster.
The one thing I'll most likely change in my truck soon? new grill shell and extras for it.
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From: Southern Oregon USA
Can you build a 429 to make 600 hp? Yes. Its been done for 40 years. Streetable.... yeah, maybe a bit on the wild side. As tame and street manageable as a stroker, definetely NO. As easy to 600 as a stroker? HELL NO! More cubes= more potential. But nobody claimed that it would be. Why don't you see anyone doing it? Why should you when you can start out with a stroker BB with 100+ more cubic inches.
Look what GM has done with the LS7, over 500 horses with fuel mileage and great street manners with an OHV pushrod 7.0L V8. Technology has come a LONG way.
My point with my engine build is that I got 430 horsepower out of a relatively mild 429 while admittedly not really knowing what I was doing. I built it when I was in high school with the help of a mechanic that I worked with (not at school). I had under $2K into it with parts and machine work. I'm sure that someone a lot smarter than me with more resources should definetely be able to do better than that.
Jason
Look what GM has done with the LS7, over 500 horses with fuel mileage and great street manners with an OHV pushrod 7.0L V8. Technology has come a LONG way.
My point with my engine build is that I got 430 horsepower out of a relatively mild 429 while admittedly not really knowing what I was doing. I built it when I was in high school with the help of a mechanic that I worked with (not at school). I had under $2K into it with parts and machine work. I'm sure that someone a lot smarter than me with more resources should definetely be able to do better than that.
Jason
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From: Rappahannock County,VA
I gotta simple one. I just want mine set up somewhat like my 96. Leave the 460, mate it to a zf5, leave the np205 then into a dana 70 or 10.25 dually rear and a dana 60 front, then put 79 cab and chassis ton springs on the rear and a nice flatbed and a nicer cab. I have practically everything but the rears just need to find some rears and she'll be sweet!
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From: Kasson, Minnesota
In the next month or so, I'm going to have my 521 stroker dyno'd. It is going to be a street/strip build. I have aluminum trickflow street heads, forged pistons, small cam (not a roller), edelbrock performer intake, DUI distributor. The downfall is, with the smaller cam, my compression is 10.5:1. So, pump gas is out of the question. I don't want a bigger cam. So, I had a custom 750CFM E85 Carb built from QuickFuel. This was not my original plan, but I'm not turning back now. Of course, I'll have around $8K or so invested in the engine. So, not a cheap build. I'm not really concerned with fuel MPG. I will eventually put in an OD system so I can drive at a reasonalbe speed without running at high RPMs.
I think If I had to do it all over, I probably would have just built up the 400 that was in there.
I think If I had to do it all over, I probably would have just built up the 400 that was in there.
