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Guess I got lucky, found my 428 in a 1968 T-Bird with the suicide doors in a junk yard in Richmond CA.....$385.00 complete.....a 428 is easy to identify because of the external counter weight on the flywheel/flex plate...you can knock out the middle core plugs and you will find 428 molded into the casting.....then there are specific casting marks that are found in that FORD rebuild book.....
After I got the engine home, I threw away everything but the block and crank.....$6,785.00 later I have a 428 that is .030 over with a ten-ten crank, balanced and decked with Edelbrock heads, Eagle rods, Canton road race pan, Comp Roller Cam, roller rockers, stands and HD shafts, Performer RPM manifold, aluminum water pump, 750 Holley, Lakewood scatter shield steel, fly wheel...etc etc....I'll probably spend another $500.00 on misc items to finish it up.
I would think based upon several articles I should have at least 475 hp...a truck load of torque and a good dependable 6,000 rpm ....
none of these expenses can be disclosed to any female remotely connected with this project.....
JAY
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