The Ford Boss 429 and 429 Super Cobra Jet engines were at the top of the performance big block Ford mountain in the late 1960s and early 1970s. While those engines were being shoehorned into a ...

While the FE-series big-blocks seem to get all the press, Ford’s 385-Series (429 and 460) are serious torque monsters and have been used in everything from Lincolns to F-series trucks and are ...

Perhaps the best is the Ford Racing Cobra Jet head, designed by Ford big-block guru Jon Kaase. These heads offer the most promising flow potential of all the aftermarket 429/460 heads.

Mickey drives his big-blocks, too. He has drag raced a '71 Mustang 429 CJ convertible before. This one hasn't been on the track yet, but he will at least drive the car to cruises.

It initially came in two different sizes, which were 429 ci and 460 ci. While the former was used in the bulk of Ford's offerings, such as the Thunderbird and Mustang, as well as Mercury's range ...