Shanons Engineering is proud to offer four versions
of the Ford Eliminator 429/460 block depending on your performance application:
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“Premier“
The Premier Block is engineered for the serious racer wanting all the goodies!
- Capable of 4.700“ bore diameter with a nominal .200“ wall thickness
- Siamese water jacket design with additional jacket volume for water to assist cylinder bore cooling
- Unique 'Solid-Ladder' valley tray with crosshatch stiffening, designed for unbelievable top end strength
- All five crankshaft caps are all machined from 8620 billet steel
- All five crankshaft caps have a 4-bolt configuration
- Splayed caps #2, #3 and #4 (straight 4-bolt configuration on caps #1 and #5)
- Caps secured with chrome moly studs, bolts, washers and nuts
- Machined for dedicated oiling to main bearings and oil grooves in main journals
- Machined for 18-bolt cylinder head configuration
- Machined for roller cam bearings
- Screw-in freeze plugs
- Oil galley threaded to accept 1/4“ pipe plug restrictor
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“Ultra“
The Ultra utilizes the same block casting and machining as the Premier but is configured with nodular iron bearing caps and grade 8 fasteners.
- Capable of 4.700“ bore diameter with a nominal .200“ wall thickness
- Siamese water jacket design with additional jacket volume for water to assist cylinder bore cooling
- Unique 'Solid-Ladder' valley tray with crosshatch stiffening, designed for unbelievable top end strength
- All five crankshaft caps are nodular iron
- All five crankshaft caps have a 4-bolt configuration
- Splayed caps #2, #3 and #4 (straight 4-bolt configuration on cap #1 and #5)
- Machined for dedicated oiling to main bearings
- Machined for 18-bolt cylinder head configuration and oil grooves in main journals
- Machined for roller cam bearings
- Screw-in freeze plugs
- Oil galley threaded to accept 1/4“ pipe plug restrictor
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“HP Billet“
The HP Billet has the same block casting and cap configuration as the Ultra, but with a full water jacket (not Siamese), standard heavy duty lift valley and machined billet caps at #2, #3 and #4
- 4.500“ maximum bore diameter
- The water jacket does allow coolant to pass between the bores, as does the production 385 series engine
- Caps #2, #3 and #4 are machined 8620 billet steel (nodular caps used on #1 and #5
- All five crankshaft caps have a 4-bolt configuration
- Splayed caps #2, #3 and #4 (straight 4-bolt configuration on cap #1 and #5)
- Machined for dedicated oiling to main bearings and oil grooves in main journals
- Machined for 10-bolt cylinder head configuration
- Machined for roller cam bearings
- Screw-in freeze plugs
- Oil galley threaded to accept 1/4“ pipe plug restrictor
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“HP Sportsman“
The HP Sportsman has same block casting and machining as the HP Billet except for the main bearing caps. The HP block is configured with all cast iron caps.
- 4.500“ maximum bore diameter
- Water jacket design allows coolant to pass between the bores
- All cast iron main caps
- All five crankshaft caps have a 4-bolt configuration
- Splayed caps #2, #3 and #4 (straight 4-bolt configuration on cap #1 and #5)
- Machined for dedicated oiling to main bearings and oil grooves in main journals
- Machined for 10-bolt cylinder head configuration
- Screw-in freeze plugs
- Oil galley threaded to accept 1/4“ pipe plug restrictor
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