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Forum Name: Big Block Engine Forum
Forum Description: 429 and 460 engines
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Topic: Engine part stampings

Posted By: Kent Nunn
Subject: Engine part stampings
Date Posted: 22-May-2003 at 5:35PM

I'm rebuilding a 73 429, or what I was led to believe was. The intake is marked D3 which is definitely a 73. However the exhausts are marked C9. Were they also used on a 73 engine? Also with the cyl. heads, one is marked Dove C, and the other is marked C9VE-A. What's with that?

Kent

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BigSky

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Posted By: Kent Nunn
Date Posted: 24-May-2003 at 6:38PM

So much for the 73 engine! Looks like I ended up with a
69 460 punched .030 Whoo whoo! No cyl ridge, so the guy
wasn't lying about the rebuild. What does the .030 over
make it now (cubes). Can anyone recommend a good cam for
this? Should I jam in some flat tops or can I safely mill
the heads for increasing the compression? The heads I
mentioned were casts C9VE and DOVE Are the chambers good
enough to not bother? I want to use pump gas.
Oh yea! I'm assuming the "V" in the code stood for
Lincoln. Is that correct?

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BigSky

Posted By: Kent Nunn
Date Posted: 27-May-2003 at 6:19PM

Just an update!

After much deliberation (checked the stroke) it turned out to be a 429 after all

Still looking for suggestions as to more horses!

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BigSky

Posted By: administrator
Date Posted: 29-May-2003 at 7:05PM

The guy that runs this place:

http://www.reincarnation-automotive.com/index.html - http://www.reincarnation-automotive.com/index.html

Knows an quite a bit about the 460's. You may want to contact him. He can tell you exactly what each head style means and which ones you want. I don't know where in Canada you are, but he is in the Seattle area and does custom tuning, etc as well. His name is Scott Johnston.