1970 SCJ Falcon

[mockingbird812]

So the drag pack (with more agressive gears and engine upgrades) denotes the "S" in SCJ?

Thanks Diego

[442w30]

Yes, the Drag Pack makes the Cobra Jet "Super!"

So here's my bone to pick with the article on Sefton's Cobra:

The 429/360 - the Thunder Jet - was not available in 1971.

And the other two 429s were Cobra Jets - the C-code without ram air, and the J-code with ram air.

The Super Cobra Jet never received its own engine designation per the VIN, so I don't consider it a separate engine. In Mopar Land, you just specified 4.10 gears and then you got the Super Track Pack, so the CJ/SCJ really is not much different except that it was packaged differently and with some heavy-duty engine parts added.

And, of course, the SCJ wasn't built for the Torino in 1971, as Marti Auto Works has determined.

[442w30]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 442w30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
So here's my bone to pick with the article on Sefton's Cobra:
</div></div>

Meant to say the article on his car!

[mockingbird812]

Pretty inclusive info for a non-Ford guy. Thanks Diego.

[mockingbird812]

What was red line (according to FoMoCo)for CJs and SCJs in 1970?

[442w30]

Dunno. A good site to check out is TorinoCobra.com. Their forum should be able to give you an answer.

[442w30]

http://www.428cobrajet.org/cj-vs-scj.html

That's for the 428 SCJ above.

For the 429 SCJ, the 1971 Mustang shows mechanical lifters:

http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA...Mustang-16.html

I suspect the '70 Torino would be the same way, but ya never know.

[Tenney]

Good info, thanks!

Recall a local kid's Dad buying up bone-stock cool Fords and Shelby's during the gas crisis, one of which being a mint Calypso Coral drag pack '70 SCJ/R Torino C6 column auto and it had solid lifters. Ran pretty strong.

[442w30]

As a rule of thumb, you can check the axle codes to determine whether a car is an SCJ because the VIN won't say a thing other than if it's a CJ. However, it's not 100% accurate because it's quite possible there are some anomalies out there (for example, there are some documented Thunder Jets with 4.30 gears which wasn't available, but the Drag Pack wasn't available with the TJ either so it was just a gear and not a &quot;pack&quot; in that case).

Confused yet? :-)