Boss 429 engine, a cool car or muscle car picture by: Morven

Boss 429 engine

Only 1359 Ford Mustang Boss 429 models were built for NASCAR homologation of the enormous engine you see here. It wasn’t raced in a Mustang, but in a Torino Talladega; but Ford (possibly correctly) figured it would sell better in a Mustang on the street. The enormous heads meant the engine wouldn’t fit in a Mustang without serious modification; the front wheels were moved wider so that the suspension towers would clear. Ford did tame down the engine for the street; possibly too much, making the Boss 429 Mustang in stock form generally slower than some other models. A little modification, though, in the direction of racing form, and it’s a fire-breather.

A good car with this engine is worth in excess of $100,000. So many people surrounded this one at Donut Derelicts that I couldn’t get a good shot of the car, so I contented myself with a shot of the engine that in racing form ate Hemis for breakfast.

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