Ford 460 Performance

Ford 460 Performance Chronicle of my 429-460 engine project. The engine was originally a 1971 10.5:1 360 hp 429-4v. A true 400 hp engine, 500+ lb. ft. torque. 1971 Ford LTD.

Ford 464 10.5:1 static, 8.9:1 dynamic compression. Cobra-jet block, enlarged and radiused oil pump passages, stock oil pump, stock 460 crankshaft, stock balancer, balanced rotator, polished rods, h612cp pistons 0.004" under deck, stock deck Dove-C heads ported with 4v Cleveland valve package, Stainless full-roller rockers, Cleveland pushrods, 110/275lbs spring package .550" max lift, Comp cams xtr

eme 4X4 hydraulic flat camshaft 218 226@ 0.050" .514"/524" 111lca 107 icl in at 105 icl(2 degree advance), Comp cams full billet steel roller chain set with thrust bearing, Edelbrock standard performer intake with full crossover heat, 80 gph holley fuel pump with custom fuel return system, holley 650 double pumper with custom 1:1 secondary linkage and modified for ford kickdown, Stock "large dump" ported C8 thunderbird manifolds, Crane cams optical ignition box with re-curved stock distributor, stock coil and wires, full dual 2.5 exhaust with X-pipe and Straight-through mufflers, 1985 mustang gt dual snorkel air cleaner, Cool spark plugs, 170 water temperature, Careful ignition timing curve and setup, semi-rigid fan, stock radiator. Car has 2000 stall, c-6 using the stock ac condenser as a transmission cooler, a 3.70 gear set and Yukon 2-spring dura-grip, 28 spline axles with the hd housing and C7 carrier, speedometer re-calibrated with a 22 tooth purple speedometer gear, 27" tires, and weighs in at 4319 lbs dry.

We'll see what kind of performance gains and sound I get from these very well-made FPA headers. I've been eyeing these ...
08/27/2025

We'll see what kind of performance gains and sound I get from these very well-made FPA headers. I've been eyeing these for over a decade and with Stan closing up shop soon for retirement I knew I had to have a set.

11/26/2024

"Normal" acceleration... when you have 464 inches under your right foot. About half throttle.

11/26/2024

Quick jump on the throttle.

Put the Mitsubishi Diatones away and got the Jbl Studio 190's back out. Sounds good coupled with a Dayton audio 12" sub...
12/03/2023

Put the Mitsubishi Diatones away and got the Jbl Studio 190's back out. Sounds good coupled with a Dayton audio 12" subwoofer.
System driven by a Nad 2600 with a Nad 1240 preamplifier.

Current exhaust as described in "dusted off the old LTD" video.
11/26/2023

Current exhaust as described in "dusted off the old LTD" video.

09/05/2022

Woke her up.

06/29/2020

Dusted off the old LTD...
I have done some repairs and maintenance on the car, including a totally new exhaust system from the exhaust manifolds back. Car had dual 2.5" with an h-pipe and 2 chamber Flowmaster-style mufflers. Sounded nice but was loud as heck, which was cool for the time being!

Now the car has an all-new 2.5" dual exhaust, X-pipe with Flowmaster Flow FX mufflers, and mandrel-bent Chevelle tailpipes (which fit with no modifications). The sound is quieter and the car is faster, especially in the midrange torque and high-rpm power areas. It is a definite "seat of the pants" improvement and probably to the order of 25 peak horsepower. It is seemingly universally accepted that Flowmaster chambered mufflers like the car used to have can cost power. I probably have another 30 or so horsepower potential with the addition of headers. My current manifolds are port matched, however. I am definitely happy with the new exhaust!

02/18/2018

Ok! I know this isn't Ford big block related but, my son and I just installed a larger intercooler and charge pipe kit on my 2015 Ecoboost Premium with performance pack. Not a power adder, but it's protected from spark knock and detonation for those hot summer days and other modifications that I might be adding soon.
Filmed by Elijah Schaeffer!

09/30/2017

Well, I finally got the car down the track tonite. Never having the car at a track and this being my second and final run of the night, I think it went well! This is Friday night test and tune so just ignore the black mustang blowing my doors off... lol614 reaction time
2.083 60 foot time
5.901 330 foot time
9.101 at 76.52 mph 1/8 mile
11.865 1000 foot time
14.194 at 96.75 mph 1/4 mile
I was sandbagging on my very first run ever and not knowing how my car reacts resulted in the lackluster reaction time. The car was short shifting at 4500 rpm so I believe it had 13 second run capability. I planned to manually shift at 5200 rpm on my third run but we got rained out.
Keep in mind this is a 4500 lb car with exhaust manifolds and a 650 cfm carburetor and is actually built quite mild.
I had a great time with my Dad Ken Schaeffer and my son Elijah Schaeffer. Elijah took the video with my cellphone. The interior video did not turn out because the camera was lagging and the video and audio were way out of sync.

09/24/2017

So here is the deal with my carburetor failure this past Friday night at the drag strip...
It was 95 degrees, probably 300 underhood, and the main body surface to front metering block on my Holley warped. This caused the primary boosters to drip excessive fuel at idle, making idling impossible. I'm going to mill the main body at work and head out next Friday. Temps are only supposed to be in the 60s next Friday.

Address

Gibsonburg, OH
43431

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Ford 460 Performance posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category