429 or 460?
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429 or 460?
So i want to put a 429 or 460 in my 79 f100 2wd with a c6, so either or will be fine is there any advantages to a 460 over a 429, and vise versa? I found a 429 for 600 bucks dove-a block, dove-c heads, intake is a 4-barrel 4-DOVE-9425-B with carburetor , is that a good deal? or would a 460 be better?
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Well this is the way I look at it. More cubes = more power. A 460 is basically a 429 with a free stroker kit. If you do a search you can find a lot of info on this. Nothing wrong with a 429 at all, GREAT engine.
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The dove-a block and the dove-c heads are worth that asking price just as cores. I buy all dove-a blocks that I come across. Dove blocks are the easiest to put 4 bolt mains on, and some even have boss bulkheads that allow installation of a four bolt front main cap. If the block has an A inside a box cast into the front of the block on the driver side, it has the boss bulkheads. If you want to go bigger down the road, a 460 rotating assembly will drop right in. As will any number of stroker rotating assemblies.
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The dove-a block and the dove-c heads are worth that asking price just as cores. I buy all dove-a blocks that I come across. Dove blocks are the easiest to put 4 bolt mains on, and some even have boss bulkheads that allow installation of a four bolt front main cap. If the block has an A inside a box cast into the front of the block on the driver side, it has the boss bulkheads. If you want to go bigger down the road, a 460 rotating assembly will drop right in. As will any number of stroker rotating assemblies.
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But one thing about the stroker kits is that most of them are designed for to come up to zero deck height on a D1VE block which has a taller deck height then the earlier blocks. That means if you put a kit of that nature in a D0VE block that the pistons will come out of the block, just got watch for that. I had my D1VE square decked down to D0VE block specs.
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