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Postma98
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Posted: 27-May-2017 at 8:01AM |
Hey guys, i have a base model 429 and am curious as to what is different between it and the 429 cj, scj, and boss. Thanks in advance.
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Nuggets
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A 429 is a 385 sereis not a 335......
But CJ and TJ have difference cams and springs, SCJ is a totally different animal with massive ports and valves, CJ and SCJ would also be factory 4bbl carb Boss 429 is a semi hemi shotgun motor, different block and heads
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Barnaby
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Rockatansky
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base 429 had the smallest ports, CJ & SCJ had the same but slightly larger ports and the Boss 429 I've heard it said that a tennis ball can pass through the intake port with the valve removed, IDK? Jon Kaase has updated & modernized the 'Boss 9' heads to work with std production & aftermarket 429/460 blocks http://www.jonkaaseracingengines.com/html/kaase_boss_nine_-_semi-hemisperical_big_block_ford_cylinder_head.html
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Power Surge
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The MAIN difference between the regular 429/429 Thunder Jet, and the CJ, SCJ, and Boss versions were the heads. But there are lots of other mechanical differences.
Standard 429 - two-bolt mains, 2.09/1.65 valves, 10.5:1 compression and a 600 CFM Autolite 429 CJ - 700 CFM Rochester carb, slightly smaller combustion chambers and 2.24/1.72 valves in the heads, a compression bump to 11.3:1, and stronger main-bearing webbing, improved rods/bolts 429 SCJ - the pistons are forged aluminum instead of cast, a 780 CFM Holley carb, solid-lifter cam and adjustable rockers Some CJ and SCJ blocks got 4 bolt mains. Can't tell by casting number, you have to physically look CJ and SCJ heads are the same...and have massive sized ports Boss 429.... motor built specifically for NASCAR use, but put into passenger cars to be qualified for racing use. Massive hemi style heads. 69s were closer to the actual race version, 70s were tamed down a tad
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Sal Mennella
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Nuggets
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Th and check shared the same block. No main webbing difference
In fact my 429 tj is factory and has a boss block with ultra thick webs and mains. Blocks didn't change they just used what was available and if needed 4 bolted them |
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Barnaby
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Power Surge
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Very incorrect. There are most definitely different blocks, and no way your stock Thunderjet came with a Boss 429 block. Standard/Thunderjet 429/460 blocks were cast with either a C8VE or D0VE number. Early CJ/SCJ motors used a thick web D0VE block, and had the 4 bolt main caps added. In 71, Ford cast two more 429 blocks. Base engine blocks were cast with "D1VE-AA" (no middle number), and the CJ/SCJ blocks were cast with "D1VE-6015-AA". Again, 4 bolt caps were added to the CJ blocks. One of the confusing things about 429 block ID, is that since the 4 bolt mains were added after the fact, casting numbers alone can't tell you if you have a 4 bolt block. However, if you pull the pan and you DO have the 4 bolt caps, then you definitely have a CJ/SCJ block, as the 4 bolt caps were only added to thick main web blocks. The Boss 429 block was cast with a C9AE-E number, and was visually much different than other 429 blocks.
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Sal Mennella
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Nuggets
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Want a bet?
Theres a Boss hybrid block that left the factory and was used in passenger cars.....its denoted by an A cast into the front of it. These also exist without the A depending on the plant, only found in blocks up to D0VE-A designation they shared the C9 front bulkhead and beefed up mains/webs alongside a strengthened rear It is essentially a Boss block with standard oiling passages |
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Barnaby
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Nuggets
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Load of pics on this one
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Barnaby
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Power Surge
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It really sounds like you're trying to pitch your case for being able to say you have a Boss 429 block. Yes, the "Boss bulkhead" blocks use front, rear, or front and rear Boss end core castings. The only thing that gives you is more meat in the 1 and/or 5 main area, and that's only an advantage IF you convert the block to 4 bolt mains, since the majority of boss bulkhead blocks came in 2 bolt passenger car engines. You do NOT have a Boss 9 block. And pointing this extra casting anomaly out on top of the other different block castings, further contradicts your original statement that all 429s use the same block and there is no main web difference.
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Sal Mennella
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Nuggets
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Not really, I didn't even know what it was until I got curious and googled it......just a happy coincidence that it is but it was in a passenger car and was a TJ.
The Boss bulkhead block is essentially the same as a Boss block which is what I'm getting at with the thicker main webs and extra meat for 1/5 mains....really good if you run a blower off the crank as it stiffens the whole lot up given the extra force on the crank snout a blower drive creates Either way you could have had the same block used in a CJ or TJ, therefore the blocks are the same......my friend has a Boss bulkhead block which was a stock CJ motor but just doesn't have the A pad cast into it. Main webs are all the same thickness, blocks look identical As far as I can tell Ford like Land Rover just use what they have to hand at the time the car is being built |
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Barnaby
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Postma98
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The casting on my head is a 'D3VE-A2A' cant get to the block casting number as is the exhaust manifold is in the way.
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D3VE heads are larger chamber smog era heads from 1973 up to early 80's, remove starter motor if you want to check block casting......
Edited by Nuggets - 28-May-2017 at 12:05PM |
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Barnaby
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Rockatansky
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possible some of those wanky blocks were intended for industrial use, they were used in tow-behind air compressors as a 4cyl engine and a 4cyl compressor with a reed valve head on one side. every other plug wire was trimmed short & terminated to ground and i forget what they did with the carb & intake, i vaguely remember a 1 sided 2bbl carb it was a long time ago since I've seen one. marine use is another possible
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californiajohnny
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the air compressors i've seen used 302's
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Quick question. I have a 429/460 with this ID on the block. Cannot really tell if it is an 8015 or a 6015 because of the layers of paint. Any clue what it is? 1971 model year, but no other knowledge of what it could be. Thanks.
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Joe
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Power Surge
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Looks like an 8, but it should be a 6, because 6015 is the basic number for a block. That SHOULD be a CJ/SCJ block. Is it 4 bolt main?
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Sal Mennella
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Thanks Sal.
I have not looked under the pan. The pan bolts are loose, but I've not had the time to look under it. Just wanting to make sure it is not something more valuable than a standard 429/460 before I make a decision on keeping it or selling it. |
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Joe
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aquartlow
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Joe,
PULL THE PAN!! You may find something "good". This may give a good bit of info. As you know, not all internet info is correct, here's a pic of a D1VE-6015-AA block(note no thick webs and no 4 bolt mains), still could be a great engine block.
Edited by aquartlow - 29-May-2017 at 1:24AM |
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As far as the statement "Ford used whatever was at hand" goes, typically, Ford didn't use "lesser" blocks to build performance engines. (Warranty and fraud reasons), but "Better" blocks were sometimes used for "Lesser" engines, especially if they had a bunch and they had been superseded by a NEW "Better" block.
Also remember that these engines and cars are pushing 50 years old. That's a long time for Warranty Service Replacements, Engine swaps, meatball rebuilds, and Alien Encounters. The engine in my T-bird came out of an 86 Lincoln Mark VII, and looked undisturbed when pulled. Turns out it's a 1993 Service replacement block, no VIN stamp anywhere. That was a 15 year old car when the engine was pulled, now triple that timeline.....
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429s were very commonly used for stationary industrial motors, with PTO drives. I remember when I was a kid, the farm around the corner from my house, had a 429 inside a fence that powered the irrigation system.
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Sal Mennella
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Big Bird
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My buddy has one of those tow-behinds at his barn. Half the engine is an engine, the other half is a compressor. Basically a valley plate and a log intake with carb on one side, and another log intake on the other side with a filter to feed the compressor side. At the rear, where the transmission would go is a generator head. This used to go to construction sites in the 70s and early 80s and power the site.
Distributor only has wires for the cylinders that are engine cylinders, but it's not a Ford engine.
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i just remembered i know a guy that has a Ford powered wood chipper
lots of industrial uses, besides some mid-sized trucks from the era had gas engines and air brakes, they had a pretty serious compressor mounted on the front of the engine that may've caused Ford to want to beef the front bulkhead
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Big Bird
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There was a truck version, I think it was a 370, gas motor with a 2V carb in a lot of midsize straight trucks (stake beds, box trucks). We had one at a place I worked and it's diesel twin. Every year, someone put the wrong fuel in them. Trucks were virtually identical on the outside and both had the square fuel tank on the side with the manhole-size filler cap.
Another reason for weirdo varieties would have been the late 60s PS pump built into the front of the engine. I'm sure that needed the front beefed up.
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