Originally posted by SCSTRANSPORT
I AM LOOKING AT BUYING A 1996 AND OLDER FORD PICKUP THAT HAS A 460 IN IT. MY QUESTION IS THIS IF I BUILD A 1969 429 LONG BLOCK CAN PUT THE TOP END FROM THE 460 AND THE ELECTRONICS ON THE 429?? WOULD THERE BE ANY KNOWN COMPLICATIONS WITH THIS THOUGHT??
To answer your question: The fuel injected motor (1987-up) 460 parts will indeed bolt to the 1969 429 shortblock.

Please note: There are some complications that can possibly arise from mixing the carbed & EFI'd motor components. The EFI heads and intake are diffenret from the carbed heads and intake, and so the EFI intake manifold must stay with the EFI heads, etc. Noone I know of makes an aluminum intake for the EFI heads. Also, there are different versions of the EFI heads (E7TE & F3TE) and they have different flow characteristics, etc. Same with the intake manifolds (E7TE & F2TE, the latter being better). The crank from a carbureted motor will not fit into the crankcase of an EFI block (D9TE-AB).

There is more, such as pistons, etc, but I think you get the idea. Personally, unless I wanted EFI componenets for some reason, I would probably not buy the EFI motor but instead keep an eye out for earlier 429/460 stuff from carbureted engines. As you know, I have plenty of this stuff if you need it.

Paul