429 or 460 big block

[95Splash460]

I have a 1995 Ford Ranger splash extended cab with a 3.0 v6 and a 5 speed manual tranny. How hard is it going to be to put a big block in this car I am going to strip it so all unwanted stuff is gone. So I am starting basically from scratch am I going to be able to fit the engine?

 

[Frank The Tank]

429 boss semi hemi, all the way.

Frank

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

429 boss semi hemi, all the way.

Frank

Have you ever seen a SOHC 427? Now THAT is cool.

 

[Frank The Tank]

Have you ever seen a SOHC 427? Now THAT is cool.

used heads for them are 6 grand!!!

I think he should forget the big block all together (you won't be able to plant the rears without 3k lbs of molten lead poured in the bed)

and just buy a crate 427 aluminum small block with a blower, huffing nos, and a warranty......... (that would be cheaper than our last two ideas)

Frank

 

[fx2prerunner]

ahhh I think the question was will it fit? I know there are some big block rangers going around, there is a gen2 in my town with a 460 so it can fit, I dont know how much work it will be. I think a 429 ranger would be pretty cool though.

 

[superdave1984]

Yes there are some on this board that have done it. Do you already have the engine and tranny? If not I have a 429 (not boss) and C-6 that are in my way.

 

[Bruce]

429 and 460 is the same block...there is a guy over at TRS that has a 545 in his ranger.

 

[Will]

A 460 is a 429 with (help me with the math) 30-ish more cubes.

It's a great motor. Really, it's the same motor (in concept--valve arrangement I mean) as a 454, except a 454 has more stroke and a 460 has more bore. The 454 lasted longer in production and the 460 was replaced with the modular motor 6.8--which I also like--more actually.

But go for the cubes is my main point.

 

[wizkid00104]

Have you ever seen a SOHC 427? Now THAT is cool.

Ooooooo... NASCAR Engine!!!!

 

[wizkid00104]

I think he should forget the big block all together (you won't be able to plant the rears without 3k lbs of molten lead poured in the bed)

Frank

Why is this an issue Anyone who puts a big block in a Ranger doesn't have traction at the top of their list

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

A 460 is a 429 with (help me with the math) 30-ish more cubes.

It's a great motor. Really, it's the same motor (in concept--valve arrangement I mean) as a 454, except a 454 has more stroke and a 460 has more bore. The 454 lasted longer in production and the 460 was replaced with the modular motor 6.8--which I also like--more actually.

But go for the cubes is my main point.

The difference between a 429 and 460 is the crank and wrist pin location on the pistons.

The 429 is my choice simply because of the fact that it will be a better revving engine because of the shorter stroke.

 

[redneckracerx]

429 and 460 is the same block...there is a guy over at TRS that has a 545 in his ranger.

Does anyone else find this odd? I thought we we're on TRS? His S/N is bigblockranger

website http://www.bigblockranger.com/

And a pic cuz his truck is TITS!!!

 

[Will]

The difference between a 429 and 460 is the crank and wrist pin location on the pistons.

The 429 is my choice simply because of the fact that it will be a better revving engine because of the shorter stroke.

That's not a fact, it's a theory. It's not that much more of a stroke so the difference is negligable unless you are shooting for 7,000rpm--and even then I think a balanced 460 could do it. I could also theorize that a 429 has to spin faster to get the same air into it as a 460 and the 3" main bearings are are making more friction and wasting power making the 460 better even at the same flow rate.

The only fact is that the 460 is going to make 25 more ft# with the same heads on it because it has a larger displacement, it will have it's air going fast at a lower rpm (although will it be noticable with such a small difference in stroke?) which makes a carberator work better and fills the cylinders more completely at low revs and that a basically stock 460 head with a camshaft in the 230* @ .050 range will pull to 5,500rpm while keeping enough low rpm grunt to light up the tires with a 3.0 axle in a '64 Galaxie.

 

[Frank The Tank]

Why is this an issue Anyone who puts a big block in a Ranger doesn't have traction at the top of their list

VVVVVVVVV see below

"Drag Racer"

Frank

 

[BigBlockRanger]

The 429 is my choice simply because of the fact that it will be a better revving engine because of the shorter stroke.

I don't know, from a stop sign my 545 (read: long 4.5" stroke) went from idle to 7000 almost quicker than I could yank the shifter into second. Plenty damn quick for me. lol