Quote Originally Posted by mooneye777
A C9ve-B block is a 2 bolt main 429 CJ for a 69 or 70 torino.
No, it is not. It is a widley used passenger car block, usually used in 1969 model year passenger car vehicles that had 385 Series engines (which the 1969 Torino did not). CJ/SCJ blocks are almsot always casting "D0VE-A."

Quote Originally Posted by mooneye777
Slightly larger thermact-air boss, being used for passenger cars D0VE-A is a less revised version and very similer to the D0VE-C's The cylinder heads used from '68 to '71 are interchangeable.
Valve sizes are 2.09" intake and 1 65" exhaust.
The Thermactor bumps are essentially unchanged over the years. Tom Monroes book is filled with incorrect techincal data; please do not refer to it as gospel because it is filled with erorrs.

Paul