Re: 460 SCJ factory engine

gt350hr March 6th 2015, 12:25 pm

Sounds like a 460 Police interceptor engine. D2OE-AB heads but no solid lifter cam. Ford did put some "special" engines. A friend in Florida has a ( for real) 4BBL 400 ( loaded with XE part numbers) from a Florida police car.

Paul Kane March 7th 2015, 3:46 pm

Mike_R_SCJ wrote:My family has had a few 1973 460 police interceptor engines. They are unique. They do have the D20E-AB heads, but also have unique pistons. They are TRW forged pistons with one large valve relief and a D shaped dish. They also have CJ type connecting rods. Also, an oil cooler and high flow exhaust manifolds, very similar to CJ/SCJ on a 71 mustang.

The parts they did NOT have, which a 1972 429 police interceptor had, were a large port intake manifold and aluminum finned valve covers.

The oil cooler adapter used on both the 429 and 460 PI engines was the same one that is used on 71 Mustangs with a 429 SCJ.

This is correct and describes well the differences between the 1972 and 1973 429 PI engines. Dlister very likely has a 1973 429 PI engine.

By the way, the 1971 429PI (pre-D20E heads) was basically an SCJ long block, all the way down to the D0OE-R heads.

supervel45 March 7th 2015, 7:10 pm

gt350hr wrote: Sounds like a 460 Police interceptor engine. D2OE-AB heads but no solid lifter cam. Ford did put some "special" engines. A friend in Florida has a ( for real) 4BBL 400 ( loaded with XE part numbers) from a Florida police car.

I have seen a picture of the XE 400 4BBL intake. Looked long and hard for a picture of a 400 4v engine or car, with no luck. Post em if you got em.

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