FORD 429/460 ENGINES:
HOW TO REBUILD
By Charles Morris
From SA Design
"WORKBENCH HOW-TO" Series
Get your Ford and its
385 Series 429- or 460-ci big-block engine, also known as the Lima engine, back
in action using this comprehensive rebuilding guide.
In this revised edition
of How to Rebuild Big-Block Ford Engines, now titled Ford 429/460 Engines: How
to Rebuild, Ford expert Charles Morris covers all the procedures, processes,
and techniques required to rebuild your powerplant. Step-by-step text provides
details for determining whether your engine actually needs a rebuild,
preparation and removal, disassembly, inspection, cleaning, machining and parts
selection, reassembly, start-up, and tuning.
Also included is a
chapter on building the special Boss 429 engines, as well as a bonus chapter on
the Ford 351 Cleveland, Ford's little brother to the big-block.
Ford was unique in that
it had two very different big-block engine designs during the height of the
muscle car era. The original FE engine design was pioneered in the late 1950s,
primarily as a more powerful replacement for the dated Y-block design. What
began as a torquey engine meant to move heavyweight sedans morphed into
screaming high-performance mill that won Le Mans and drag racing championships
throughout the 1960s.
By the late 1960s, the
FE design was dated, so Ford replaced it with the 385 series in displacements
of 429 and 460 ci, which was similar to the canted-valve Cleveland design being
pioneered at the same time. It didn't share the FE pedigree of racing success,
mostly due to timing, but the new design was better in almost every way; it
exists via Ford Motorsports' offerings to this day.
Beginning in 1971, the
429 found its way between the fenders of Mustangs and Torinos in
high-compression 4-barrel versions called the Cobra Jet and Super Cobra Jet,
and it was one of the most powerful passenger car engines that Ford had ever
built. If the muscle car era had not died out shortly after the release of
these powerful engines, without a doubt, the 429 performance variants would be
ranked with the legendary big-blocks of all time.
If you are planning to
rebuild a Ford 429 or 460 engine, are in the process of a rebuild, or just want
to learn more about Ford's storied engines, this book is a must-have item for
your shelf.
Published by SA Design -
# SA162
Softcover - 144 Pages
Condition - New
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