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bibbs68
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posted 01-15-2003 12:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bibbs68   Click Here to Email bibbs68     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Okay, here is my ignorance showing. Well, I guess just the fact that I don't know much.

Is there a standard 428 or were they all cobra jets?

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posted 01-15-2003 12:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SteveLaRiviere   Click Here to Email SteveLaRiviere     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yup, you could have gotten a regular 428 in granny's Country Squire wagon. But even they had balls.

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posted 01-15-2003 12:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bibbs68   Click Here to Email bibbs68     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What are some quick tell tale signs of which engine would be in this 66 p/u I am looking at?

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posted 01-15-2003 12:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Actually there were 5 different 428 engines.
Six if you count the hybrid 67 dual quad Shelby GT-500 with was nothing but the standard 428 with a 427 medium riser dual quad set up.

65-68 428 hydraulic cam, Autolite carb T-Bird, Galaxie, etc 345 HP engine

65-68 428 solid lifter, aluminum intake, Holley carb PI special and early 1968 Shelby GT-500 355 HP

68.5-70 428 CJ 335 HP

69-70 428 SCJ 335 HP

and 69 Canadian 428 SCJ 335 HP (different heads and compression)

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posted 01-15-2003 12:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SteveLaRiviere   Click Here to Email SteveLaRiviere     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The 428 is a tough engine to ID from the outside.

There are regular 428s, Cobra Jets, and Super Cobra Jets.

Here's a handy page: http://www.428cobrajet.com/id-block.html

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posted 01-15-2003 12:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cobravenom71   Click Here to Email cobravenom71     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Isn't it true that Ford actually 'somehow' slipped a few 390's between the fenders of some cars that were to supposed to recieve a 428?
I have heard several times that some of the GT-500's came with 390's 'masquerading' as 428s.

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Yes there were several 67 GT-500's that were shipped with the original "S" code 390 that Ford put in them. Shelby bolted on the dual quads and let them go so delayed orders could be filled. An unexpected demand for 428's in the new for 67 T-Bird and a huge contract with the Feds took FoMoCo by surprise and Shelby was on the bottom of the list for recieving engines. Most, if not all went to Hertz.

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posted 01-15-2003 01:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mustangboy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by bibbs68:
What are some quick tell tale signs of which engine would be in this 66 p/u I am looking at?


Unfortunately there aren't any.If everything is stock maybe but a 428 wouldn't be stock in a pickup so don't count on that.I bought a 390 out of a 66 t-bird,it had all the correct numbers,even had the little metal tag bolted on the intake that said 66 390.When I tore it down a couple of years later it was a 352 with a 390 intake

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posted 01-15-2003 01:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The only tell tale feature on a 428 in a vehicle is that they all had 4 bolts per exhuast port on the heads for the manifolds/headers.

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posted 01-15-2003 04:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for seaweed     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Didn"t all those big blocks have 352 stamped on them reguardless of what C.I. they were.??? S.

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posted 01-15-2003 05:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes

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posted 01-16-2003 12:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for mustangboy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Moneymaker:
The only tell tale feature on a 428 in a vehicle is that they all had 4 bolts per exhuast port on the heads for the manifolds/headers.


This is only true for the CJs.The standard 428s only had the regular 2 bolt pattern on each port.

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posted 01-16-2003 03:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rory McNeil   Click Here to Email Rory McNeil     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thats right, the big car 428`s used the same heads as the 390`s. Easiest way to check for a 428 is to do a stroke check, with a wire, or screwdriver in the spark plug hole. Put #1 cyl. on TDC, stick the wire/screwdriver in the plug hole, & make a mark where it touches the bottom of the valve cover flange, Now, slowly turn the engine 1/2 a turn, untill the piston won`t drop any lower, then make another mark. Measure the distance between the marks. 352& 360`s will be 3 1/2"`s. 390 will be 4 3/4"`s, & a 410-428 will be roughly 4"`s.

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posted 01-16-2003 12:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ryan Wilke   Click Here to Email Ryan Wilke     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Rory,
That's a simple enough way of doing it! -- much easier than pulling a head off to measure the stroke!

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posted 01-16-2003 05:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
?????
How's come I got some C7AE-D 428 heads that done come off of a 67 po-lice car that have 4 bolts per exhaust port???????
Hmmmmmm
They are small ports similar if not identical to a 390 GT head.

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