cioccoj

Hi,
from your experiances what is involved in putting a 429 or 390 in a small block 302 original car, please do put any parts nessesary for the swap
Thank You, Joe

r.barn

429 - 390?

is that a chebby motor you want in there?

Cleeman99

the 390 weights so damn much it isnt worth the time

90mustang5.8

ya but whats faster

a modded out 302....or a modded out 390....think about that 1

86 5.0L

please tell me you kid?

bds95stang

i would say go for it mostly because it would be cool and unique. an they are definitely not chevy motors

Cleeman99

ya true but still the 390 weights alot

r.barn

ok, then what the hell is a Ford 390?

I've heard of 393W windsors, or 408W or 427W's
but you lost me on 390 and 429

What are you guys talking about??????????/
I have a 351W ( the base for the 393,408,427 ) and the swap was a breeze

67mustang302

Big blocks. The 390 was in some 67-up Mustangs. 390's are decent, but yes, heavy. If you go for a big block you might as well do a 427 since it can wind high and make wicked power, ot just go all the way and plop in a 460. 429 would be pretty cool though. As far as modded out? Big lbocks are EXPENSIVE to build for high performance depending on what you do, and there's also a weight factor as well. You can make a 302 FAST, you can also make a 429 FAST. Which will cost more? Depends on what you need/want.

Cleeman99

ok the 390 is a big block that was in trucks and some mustang not sure of the yeari belive and the 429 was a ford FE big block and theres the 429 boos in the old mustangs but both are big blocks, also ford did make a hemi big block it was eithier the 427 or the 429 i think it was the 429 i remember my dad telling me and about it when he got his first car they made one. but his first car was a 1966 cheville SS with a 396 bored .030 but my uncle has it in his garage now never drives it