Boss 429 engine
January 27th, 2009 admin
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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