429 identification?

gjgkeb said:

hello all, hope someone can help me!
i am trying to identify what my motor came out of so i can order the right parts.everone i talk to at the auto parts stores say that they can't identify or get the right parts because it could be a "special" or a "thunderjet".
here's what i know so far
C9VE-B on the block and C9VE-A on the heads. it also has 9A16 stamped on it.
intake has C8SE-9425-B stamped on it
thanks :beerbottl

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You have a very early 1969 base model engine. If it is a 429, then it is as much a Thunder Jet (not Cobra Jet) as any other 4-barrel 429, and is factory rated at 360HP. Might be a 460, too, but the only way to tell the difference is by unbuttoning the pan...unless the tag is still on the intake manifold.

1969 429 and 460 longblocks are made of 100% identical interchangable componenetry except for the crankshaft and pistons (which are exclusive to each of the engines). Even the bore is the same on both engines.

Paul

thanks for the info! i do know its a 429 because i have the pan off and can see the markings on the crank.
Any recommendations of a good place to get parts?

Hi I have only just joined
I have just put a 429 in an XB coupe finding parts and getting answers was very
hard,but the best I found for parts and info was SOWKOS performance centre
in Adelaide .

thanks, but do they have a website? or maybe a phone number?
trying to get this thing together "RIGHT" if you know what i mean

gjgkeb said:

thanks, but do they have a website? or maybe a phone number?
trying to get this thing together "RIGHT" if you know what i mean

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i have never even heard of adalaide?

gjgkeb said:

i have never even heard of adalaide?

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There is life out side the american continent Virginia riest:

gjgkeb said:

thanks, but do they have a website? or maybe a phone number?
trying to get this thing together "RIGHT" if you know what i mean

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I would type in Ford Racing in your search engine and go from there. The catalogue has plenty of parts and info and not everything is race specific.

atec77 said:

There is life out side the american continent Virginia riest:

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I think he meant "marmalade". It's in Grandma's cupboard.

C9VE-B should be a 1970 429CJ engine block, C9VE-A should be a 1970-71 429CJ, SCJ and Police cylinderhead. Sounds like a nice engine!
I have this info from Tom Monroe's "How to rebuild Ford V8 engines" published by HPBooks, ISBN 0-89586-036-8. It's pretty old so I don't know if it's still published.

linkmkiv said:

C9VE-B should be a 1970 429CJ engine block, C9VE-A should be a 1970-71 429CJ, SCJ and Police cylinderhead. Sounds like a nice engine!
I have this info from Tom Monroe's "How to rebuild Ford V8 engines" published by HPBooks, ISBN 0-89586-036-8. It's pretty old so I don't know if it's still published.

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The alpha-numerical data in the book you are quoting is very incorrect and very inaccurate.

• Contrary to your post, the casting number for a CJ & SCJ block is D0VE-A, not C9VE-B.
• Contrary to your post, the casting number for a CJ & SCJ head is D0OE-R, not C9VE-A.
• Contrary to your post, the most common casting number for a PI Head is D2OE-AB, not C9VE-B.

Paul

Ehm, oops?
In that case, forget what I wrote and let me just stick to what I know...
Have any books been published recently with correct info?

coop 75 said:

Hi I have only just joined
I have just put a 429 in an XB coupe finding parts and getting answers was very
hard,but the best I found for parts and info was SOWKOS performance centre
in Adelaide .

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G'day, just caught your thread. I'm currently in the throws of installing a 460 into my XB coupe. Any pitfalls other than springs and shock towers that you are aware of? I heard a rumour last night that there are some rear end twist issues, but its the first I've heard of it.

Luv the coupes.
Lee.

Would C8VE-E heads be on a 1970 429 Torino Cobra Jet?
AND would the block have a casting# under the front of the heads with 064 casted?

Thanks!
Mike at [email protected]

SPARKER said:

What are these heads, a number is missing

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You have tagged on to a 13 yr old post .Better to start a post of your own as those members are no longer on the forum for a reply .

It looks like a number is missing from the casting. I think it happens sometimes. I think it should be DOVE - C

Wonder how that happends?

Saw your tag, if you have facebook u might like a car I restored.

Cheers

SPARKER said:

Wonder how that happends?

Saw your tag, if you have facebook u might like a car I restored.

https://www.facebook.com/ParkRichDesign/media_set?set=a.10203699248020203&type=3

Cheers

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Im not certain but I guess when they set up the casting they are able to interchange numbers according to the casting and I suppose a worker may simply forget one or put in an incorrect one sometimes. I will take a look at the link.

Thats a very nice car and nice resto you have done on that CJ. They are quite rare. The heads on that should be DOOE-R. Hopefully there are no casting mistakes on those heads.