Whats a 428 ford engine worth?

[GM Guy]

we have been offered a 428 ford engine. shed stored, turns over, it was an irrigation pump engine in a past life, so it has a hand clutch and I think its on a stand.

what should one be looking for (date codes, etc) to determine value, or is the value pretty uniform no matter what it is?

also, are 429's worth more? same guy has a car engine, but his son decided he needed to take some of it apart, and its laying on its side outside, but I dont think much was opened up (I know the distributor was tore apart)

any input appreciated, thanks!

 

[WarWagon]

This will be a worked hard and worn out engine. There is no harder work than pumping water. Full load, max RPM, and full throttle 100% of the time. Expect extreme taper in the bores that will require going oversize pistons to rebuild from that kind of hard work.

You know as well as anyone that the oink is the only thing left in that engine. :hihi:

 

[ak diesel driver]

if that is the industrial version it has a steel crank. if you can find somebody looking for an FE engine it might be worth something otherwise the 429 is way cheaper to build

 

[ak diesel driver]

what makes you think it's a 428 you can't tell from the outside.

 

[GM Guy]

I think the original owners are selling it to dad's buddy who offered it to us. taking their word for it.

Are there any casting codes that could tell what it is?

 

[ak diesel driver]

when I built my 428 I did quite a bit of reading and afaik there is no way to tell what size. Does it have cross bolted mains?

 

[dragogt]

This may help you out some, do you have any numbers off it?

http://www.fordification.com/tech/engineID-V8.htm

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[Pepperidge]

This may help you out some, do you have any numbers off it?

http://www.fordification.com/tech/engineID-V8.htm

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lots of good info there...