Ok so scrounging through the buy and sell and see 79 f250 429 $1500 I give the guy a ring. its 4 hours out of town but i go for a look with some tools and cash. I get there and first thing i check is the stroke and ya its a 429. the number i found on the block was c9ve-b my book tells me thats a 69 429/460 block. the numbers i found on the heads just above the middle exhaust ports were c9ve-a my book tells me thats a 69 429/460 head. now the guy told me they were cobra jet heads. i bought the truck anyways got it for $900. I got the truck home and pulled the valve cover and it has adjustable rocker arm studs and pushrod guideplates (according to my book exclusive to the cj and scj heads unless machined for this)
My questions to you guys are where do i look for more numbers to identify what these heads are or do i need to pull the manifolds off and check port size?
I did a compression check on the engine and it came out low on a few cylinders. i oiled up the cylinder and it came up, so rings right?
I havent decided what im going to do with this truck/engine the truck is no hell but its a runner im eaither gonna save the engine for my next car (mustang posibly) or freshin it up and put it in my pickup (77 3/4 tonn 4wd)
gbm is getting back into the car scene, just took a little break to get life in order. but got the house and the shop now so...
-gbm-
My questions to you guys are where do i look for more numbers to identify what these heads are or do i need to pull the manifolds off and check port size?
I did a compression check on the engine and it came out low on a few cylinders. i oiled up the cylinder and it came up, so rings right?
I havent decided what im going to do with this truck/engine the truck is no hell but its a runner im eaither gonna save the engine for my next car (mustang posibly) or freshin it up and put it in my pickup (77 3/4 tonn 4wd)
gbm is getting back into the car scene, just took a little break to get life in order. but got the house and the shop now so...
-gbm-