Hello from germany

Hy!

My name is Stefan, I am 26 and came from Heidelberg germany.
I am driving a 30 model a roadster with a 429 in it.
This engine is the reason for my registration here.
I am looking for every information I can get about it, because it is a little bit difficult in german boards.
I own this car nearly since 2 years and maby this or next year I want to rebuild it.
The information of the seller was, that it is out of a 1971 Torino and that it is a 429CJ engine.
But I am not sure.
So maby someone of you can help me identifying this engine exactly.
Therefor I have some codes of the intake, block and the nameplate.

So long!

Stefan

Welcome to the site !!

Post up some pictures and Casting Numbers and we'll help you figure out what you have.

Hy!

Here some codes:
Intake:
DOVE*9425*B
F4 007

Block:
DOVE-A

Nameplate:
*29 71 7
3 Ford K811 J
* is probably a 4, but I can not read it

Hope you can find something!

Sorry, pic wasn't uploaded!
But there is a link to a german board, where I wanted to check the codes with some pics.
Dr.Mustang.de

The DOVE Intake Indicates that you have Small Port Non-CJ heads, What are the casting numbers on the heads?

You probably have a Thunder Jet (Regular) 429 / 460

The DOVE-A 2 bolt Block was used in regular and CJ engines and the same casting number with 4 bolt mains was used in some CJ and all SCJ engines.

Unfortunately I can not find the code of the heads at the pictures I have made.

The car stands far away at the barn of my mother, so I can not take a look at the heads at the moment.

So that means it is a regular 429cui?
I think this engine has about 360hp and 480 torque?

Thank you so far!!!

Yes 360hp standard 429 engine, nothing wrong with it, they run great. It's just not a Cobra Jet Motor.

CJ motor has DOOE-R Heads and a QuadraJet DOOE Intake Manifold.

Your heads will probalby be DOVE-A, B or C. or might be D2VE or D3VE's if the motor is not origional.

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Thats the information i am looking for since 2 weeks!
Are there some more thinks I should/could know?

The reason for my interest is, that I thought....a real CJ which is completely original, should stay original....
because this engines are selten rare...but in fact I don't even know how rare the different versions realy are.

but now I know that it is a regular 429 wich is called thunder jet?
an engine where it is not a shame to put some after market parts in it???

For a street rod application the Thunder Jet Motor will work fine. With the right parts and work you can get well over 600hp from it in a race application, 500+hp in a street application is pretty easy too.

You have a good base to build a hot street or race engine from.

and welcome to the site.

Welcome BBF brother.

Guten Tag,Welcome to the best BBF website hands down Stefan. Enjoy your stay.--- RED

welcome aboard Stefan! the most BBF knowledge on the net!

Coon used every bit of his german up there, welcome Stefan, hope you find everything you need to know, where in Germany are you?

wow! many answers!

in the german bord someone wants to trade my engine with a 460cui out of a cobra replica.

but i think this thunder yet is a good base.
it will be the third engine i rebuild. i boght even a book how to rebuild a big block with some special tips to not only put a holley carb and a edelbrock intake on it....

but i think there will be many questions even with this boock
does any one know something about how many engines was build?

@342g
now i am living in heidelberg, many military bases of the us army are there...

Sinner motorS wrote:wow! many answers!

in the german bord someone wants to trade my engine with a 460cui out of a cobra replica.

but i think this thunder yet is a good base.
it will be the third engine i rebuild. i boght even a book how to rebuild a big block with some special tips to not only put a holley carb and a edelbrock intake on it....

but i think there will be many questions even with this boock
does any one know something about how many engines was build?

@342g
now i am living in heidelberg, many military bases of the us army are there...

Yea I was there many moons ago, my home base was in Bamberg, but I was, on the 7th army football team, and we were on about every military base over there.

nice!

before i went to heidelberg, i thought there will be many old us classic cars...but nothing!
many escalades and other big suv's....

Welcome aboard Stefan Kind of cool to hear from people from the other side of the pond

You're a member of the best BBF board with a ton of knowledge and some great guys