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RandomHero
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would race.
302s are getting kind of hard to find. Been out of production for a while.
302 cheaper than LS? lmao. i can get a 300hp fuel-injected LS for <$1000, with low miles, complete with transmission and all computers and wiring.
or you can save your money and buy an EFI Ford 302 for $500 (will probably come with the car attached to it), and spend a couple grand getting it rebuilt and up to 300hp.
yep, the old ford sbf is the clear winner when it comes to cheap horsepower.
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or you can save your money and buy an EFI Ford 302 for $500 (will probably come with the car attached to it), and spend a couple grand getting it rebuilt and up to 300hp.
yep, the old ford sbf is the clear winner when it comes to cheap horsepower.
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Look, much as I have a place in my heart for the old 302 and 351, the newer engines are actually better engineered for making more power, and yes to a degree that affects mods you can do to the point that you'll still make more power with the newer engine.
Having said that... I love the fact that I sold my still-running Bronco with 200K on it and the 5.0 had compression so low it never sounded like it'd catch when you cranked it but it always did. That engine had been overheated a handful of times and run out of oil once by my ex. Ten years of service out of that truck; the old 302 was a hell of an engine. I'd like to see another engine run with a failed fuel pressure regulator dead-heading the system (kind of hard to do with the new returnless, but...), running the engine off 100psi and dumping so much fuel into the engine that the crankcase is half filled with gasoline. That's something I've seen on the old EFI 302s and 351s. Couldn't believe it when I saw the first one.
Damn it, now I'm feeling all nostalgic, which means I'm old. Thanks.
Having said that... I love the fact that I sold my still-running Bronco with 200K on it and the 5.0 had compression so low it never sounded like it'd catch when you cranked it but it always did. That engine had been overheated a handful of times and run out of oil once by my ex. Ten years of service out of that truck; the old 302 was a hell of an engine. I'd like to see another engine run with a failed fuel pressure regulator dead-heading the system (kind of hard to do with the new returnless, but...), running the engine off 100psi and dumping so much fuel into the engine that the crankcase is half filled with gasoline. That's something I've seen on the old EFI 302s and 351s. Couldn't believe it when I saw the first one.
Damn it, now I'm feeling all nostalgic, which means I'm old. Thanks.
Yeah, but damned if they didn't run. And the 4.9 always felt smoother than the 8s to me for some reason.
Fast cars are fun and all, but overall they're just a waste of money. Give me something I can drive for ten years without having to fix on a regular basis and I'm happy as it gets. Fast cars are always breaking.
Fast cars are fun and all, but overall they're just a waste of money. Give me something I can drive for ten years without having to fix on a regular basis and I'm happy as it gets. Fast cars are always breaking.
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RandomHero
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youre in SA, im in SA, lets get a chumpcar/lemons racer going.
The 300cid inline six was pretty decent for sure, had one in an old 88 F-150. The top end was gone on mine though, valve guides wore out, valve seals probably didn't exist, and I had no desire to fix it. I'd just let it run out of oil, pressure gauge would drop to zero, and THEN I'd start looking for somewhere to stop for a couple quarts. Sometimes I'd have to drive 4-5 miles with no oil pressure 
Never did kill the bearings, oddly enough. Sold the truck for twice what I paid for it too! But an inline six (and a V12 by association) is inherently balanced, so they run smooth as glass. V10's, V8's, V6's, I4, I5, etc. have an unbalanced firing pattern.
One of the big reasons the Windsors, and the Clevelands for that matter, lasted so long was Ford kept the RPMs down. That's the primary reason diesels last so long - they don't spin very high.
Do I smell a SA vs. Houston Lemons challenge?
Never did kill the bearings, oddly enough. Sold the truck for twice what I paid for it too! But an inline six (and a V12 by association) is inherently balanced, so they run smooth as glass. V10's, V8's, V6's, I4, I5, etc. have an unbalanced firing pattern.One of the big reasons the Windsors, and the Clevelands for that matter, lasted so long was Ford kept the RPMs down. That's the primary reason diesels last so long - they don't spin very high.
Do I smell a SA vs. Houston Lemons challenge?
RandomHero
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SA gonna cheat and run a BMW E30
