BOSS 429 write-up in HOT ROD

Junes issue of HOT ROD magazine has a write-up about Dave Freelander's BOSS 429, they also mention Adney Brown, John Lohone, and Jon Kasse in it. I believe this was the same engine Dave had for sale awhile back and was in the Engine Masters. If he hasn't sold it yet, I'll bet the price just went up, now that has been in and on the cover of the ROLLING STONE HOT ROD magazine

What are the galvanized pipe nipples and caps in each head by the exhaust for, are these into the water jackets?

I got my issue the other day and was wondering the same thing about the little pipe nipples.Maybe one of our experts will chime in.
Bob

Those "pipe nipples" are to drain the oil from the top of the cylinder heads when a stock 429/460 BLOCK is used. The oil returns of the regular blocks are above the lower valve cover sealing area and removal of the valve covers spills a bit of oil down the outside if you don't drain that oil first.

Holly shee. It made Hot Rod !?!?!?

congrats dave (and everyone else). thats pretty cool

dfree383 wrote:Holly shee. It made Hot Rod !?!?!?

Very

Congrats Dave I was fortunate enough to rub it a little bit when I was in Philpot at the shop. Good lookin Engine. Happy for ya. Maybe it will help the sale. Also look good in a resume

Oh no Freeloader is gonna get a big fat head again.

Congrats Dave & looked like a better article than Cramero Craft's

Now to find it on the magazine rack.

Tim,

It shouldn't be to hard to find there's a picture of the Boss 429 on the cover in the top right corner.I found it at Walmart,Later Mark.

After 30 years my ambition has finally been realized(to be in hot rod magazine was my yearbook ambition ) ............ I can die in peace now ....

See Adney ..hard work and dedication DO pay off !!! Congrats to all involved ..very cool deal!!

hotrod just cant get enough of dfree!! david friebuger rants about and second guesses dave's motives behind going with a 429cid engine and not a stroker (in his editorial) (i don't know what month the issue is but they just put it on the rack today)

way to go dfree383 two months in a row in hotrod!

p.s. you went with a 429 to comply with engine masters challenge rules did you not?

congrats to all who had a part in the engine!

If Mr. Freiburger was paying attention to other magizines he would have probably noticed that the motor in question in fact was built for and finished 11th in the 2008 popular hot rodding emc. Of which the rules require the displacement to be as factory built for the heads.

To this I will add that yes bigger inches will infact make more power and yes it could haver been built into a 598 for about the same money that the average person on the street would pay for the stroker kit. In fact it may end up their...... But I will also add that it makes more than adiquite power at 432" to send a set of drag radials to the smoke gods........ So what's the real down side for a pump gas street motor???? You'd smokem faster with a 598???

Congrats Dave, and you know since that thing is sitting around collecting dust, I'm still willing to shove it in my little ranger and get it a little dirty for you. You can even take it out on the maiden voyage in the mud!

Hey Freelander, You gonna be signing autographs at the Bash? I heard there was a special table set up just for you...

Yep, it's good to see the BBF getting some respect. It seems like it's becoming one of the 'cool kids' now, along with the lsx.

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/engine/hrdp_1006_ford_boss_429_engine_buildup/index.html

Heres the artical for anyone who doesn't get Hot Rod.

the only down fall I see in those heads is the fact it leaves a couple quarts of oil in the valve covers which takes away from the main oil pan....capacity... do these heads work on a factory Boss Block? My Boss Block has both sets of oil Drain holes... but I would prefer the lowers......to keep the oil in the pan...


all in all Dave Nice Article, be proud you got an engine in Chevy rod..... without a Blower or Turbo, or 27 stages of Nos


Randy

The oil in the heads isn't a big deal, without using external drain backs, just over fill the pan slightly and your good to go. Or run 2 drain backs the holes are already their and tapped.

I would run an origional block, (To Valuable) Get an A460 Block, You already know the benifits of the hugh bore and new metal.

yeah Dave but I have an original and everything to build it, you know as well as I do People are To Cheap to buy the stuff they all want it given to them for free...., before I give it away I will assemble it and sling the rods out the sides.... then cut it nto peices and take it to the Metal recycler....


Randy

Sell it for what you can get for it to a collector and move on.....