Thread: 429 info

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Originally Posted by cruiser1

Hello, I just bought what i was told was a 70's 429 and I was hoping i could get verification from someone who knows the block and head codes etc. Going to build it up for my torino. Here are the numbers:

Block DIVE-A2B
Head: D8VE-82A

Any help would br greatly appreciated

Thanks

Those numbers are not casting dates, they are engineering revisions. Your D1VE block was used in production from 1971-1978. Your heads are D3VE-A2A and were used from 1973-1985 or so. Therefore, assuming that you engine has not been "bastardized" since leaving the factory, we can surmise that your engine was produced between 1973-1978. For the most part, those years are all pretty much the same engine so any more detail is particularly necessary or useful.

If you must know the actual year of production, it may be more closely pin-pointed by getting casting dates, which are alphanumeric, such as "3B24," or "6C7." One easy place to find such a casting date is on your intake manifold just behind the carb pad...or inside the engine is the heads (under the valve covers) or the block (in the lifter valley).

Paul