Help with 429 block id

[Paul Kane]

Originally Posted by Bernica

All my docs confirm what Tom is saying.

C8VE and C9VE just show up as "429/460-all applications"
D00E-B = "429 CJ AND SCJ Before 8-30-70"
D10E-CA = "429 CJ AND SCJ After 8-30-70"
DOVE = "1971 and Includes 429 CJ, SCJ and Police w/ 2 and 4-bolt mains"

The above appears looks to have been sourced from a book authored by Tom Monroe, titled, "How to Rebuild Ford V8 Engines."

Important Note: While the book does offer decent step-by-step basic assembly of a bone stock Ford V8, the Engineering Code and Spec Tables at the rear of the book are filled with numerous errors are ought not be trusted. In this particular instance, there is no D00E-B 429 CJ and SCJ, nor is their a D10E-CA CJ and SCJ. These two errors are only a couple of the many, many others.

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by Paul Kane

The above appears looks to have been sourced from a book authored by Tom Monroe, titled, "How to Rebuild Ford V8 Engines."

Important Note: While the book does offer decent step-by-step basic assembly of a bone stock Ford V8, the Engineering Code and Spec Tables at the rear of the book are filled with numerous errors are ought not be trusted. In this particular instance, there is no D00E-B 429 CJ and SCJ, nor is their a D10E-CA CJ and SCJ. These two errors are only a couple of the many, many others.

Nope, that all came from my Warner Roberts book which I got before Ford shut them down. Yes, I know and have Monroe's book too and agree.

[Paul Kane]

Originally Posted by Bernica

Nope, that all came from my Warner Roberts book which I got before Ford shut them down. Yes, I know and have Monroe's book too and agree.

Interesting, I've never heard of the Warner Roberts book. Regardless, there are no D00E-B or D10E-CA 385 Series engine blocks (those engineering revisions more closely align with SBF blocks and heads).

The standard production 385 Series cast iron block casting numbers of which I am aware are: C8VE-B, C8VE-F, C9VE-B, D0VE-A, D1VE-(various suffixes and configurations), D9TE-AB and D9TE-BB.