'78 302 with 60k miles...
05-21-2008, 05:35 PM
#1
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'78 302 with 60k miles...
My boss has an old mercury somethin or another with a 302 in it just sittin in his yard...
He said the body's all rusted out but the engine should be fine with a little work...
He'll give it to me free if i just tow the damn thing off his property...
Is a 302 that old any good?
Thanks,
-Coop
He said the body's all rusted out but the engine should be fine with a little work...
He'll give it to me free if i just tow the damn thing off his property...
Is a 302 that old any good?
Thanks,
-Coop
05-21-2008, 08:05 PM
#2
D.R. THE PATHETIC DORK
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RE: '78 302 with 60k miles...
it's nothing special and it's a flat tappet with non h.o firing order so it'd need a h.o firing order on the cam to work in a efi fox...but it'd be a okay motor to put in any carbed stang with the right performance parts added
05-21-2008, 09:56 PM
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RE: '78 302 with 60k miles...
Aight cool...
Appreciate the help man...
I joined cause I got a 6erbut I don't know **** bout carbedv8's...
Yeah I know...
hahahaha...
BUT...
In my defenseI AMbuildin a strokedand cammed4.2l from the block up...
But it's fuel injected...
Anythingelse special Ineed to know about the carbed302?
Does it have a compatible stroker kit and forged internals I can get for it?
Help please...
I'm not a noob to the forum...
But I am pretty clueless when it comes to older engines...
[&o]
Thanks again,
-Coop
Appreciate the help man...
I joined cause I got a 6erbut I don't know **** bout carbedv8's...
Yeah I know...
hahahaha...
BUT...
In my defenseI AMbuildin a strokedand cammed4.2l from the block up...
But it's fuel injected...
Anythingelse special Ineed to know about the carbed302?
Does it have a compatible stroker kit and forged internals I can get for it?
Help please...
I'm not a noob to the forum...
But I am pretty clueless when it comes to older engines...
[&o]
Thanks again,
-Coop
05-21-2008, 10:39 PM
#4
D.R. THE PATHETIC DORK
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 30,863
RE: '78 302 with 60k miles...
ORIGINAL: coop7
Aight cool...
Appreciate the help man...
I joined cause I got a 6erbut I don't know **** bout carbedv8's...
Yeah I know...
hahahaha...
BUT...
In my defenseI AMbuildin a strokedand cammed4.2l from the block up...
But it's fuel injected...
Anythingelse special Ineed to know about the carbed302?
Does it have a compatible stroker kit and forged internals I can get for it?
Help please...
I'm not a noob to the forum...
But I am pretty clueless when it comes to older engines...
[&o]
Thanks again,
-Coop
Aight cool...
Appreciate the help man...
I joined cause I got a 6erbut I don't know **** bout carbedv8's...
Yeah I know...
hahahaha...
BUT...
In my defenseI AMbuildin a strokedand cammed4.2l from the block up...
But it's fuel injected...
Anythingelse special Ineed to know about the carbed302?
Does it have a compatible stroker kit and forged internals I can get for it?
Help please...
I'm not a noob to the forum...
But I am pretty clueless when it comes to older engines...
[&o]
Thanks again,
-Coop
05-22-2008, 03:31 PM
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RE: '78 302 with 60k miles...
Wuts the disadvantage of the flat tappet?
Andwut exactly ish.o firing order?
Wut would be some good mods to do?
Price is an issue,
but I can save...
I'm not in a rush to get it done.
I wanna do it right and I would prefer to do it to it's full potential.
How many horses am I lookin at bein able to safely push out of the block?
Blown or n/a...
-Coop
Andwut exactly ish.o firing order?
Wut would be some good mods to do?
Price is an issue,
but I can save...
I'm not in a rush to get it done.
I wanna do it right and I would prefer to do it to it's full potential.
How many horses am I lookin at bein able to safely push out of the block?
Blown or n/a...
-Coop
05-23-2008, 03:04 AM
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RE: '78 302 with 60k miles...
ORIGINAL: coop7
Wuts the disadvantage of the flat tappet?
Andwut exactly ish.o firing order?
Wut would be some good mods to do?
Price is an issue,
but I can save...
I'm not in a rush to get it done.
I wanna do it right and I would prefer to do it to it's full potential.
How many horses am I lookin at bein able to safely push out of the block?
Blown or n/a...
-Coop
Wuts the disadvantage of the flat tappet?
Andwut exactly ish.o firing order?
Wut would be some good mods to do?
Price is an issue,
but I can save...
I'm not in a rush to get it done.
I wanna do it right and I would prefer to do it to it's full potential.
How many horses am I lookin at bein able to safely push out of the block?
Blown or n/a...
-Coop
H.O. firing order is the 351W firing order.
You are always better of with a roller, just like you said save and do it right once.
05-23-2008, 10:03 AM
#7
M.A.D. Motorsports
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Location: Indiana
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RE: '78 302 with 60k miles...
I am running a flat tappet motor with a set of 78 heads and it runs pretty good. The compression is lower than a H.O. bc of the bigger combustion chambers and most likly the stock cam has a low lift (below .400). I would rather have a roller motor so I can use a trick flow cam I want. But for now I am just gonna buy a new cam and install my GT40 heads. Then I am gonna do everything the right way when I build my 351w!
05-23-2008, 11:11 AM
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RE: '78 302 with 60k miles...
Car craft magazine came out with an article about 6 months ago or so on a 78' 302 build up out of a ranchero. And using stock crank, cam, lifters and the smog dog heads built a 250hp engine which is respectable enough to wrap someone around a tree. All they pretty much did was dump all the emmisions b.s.
05-23-2008, 06:30 PM
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RE: '78 302 with 60k miles...
Aight cool...
Appreciate the help guys...
I like the 5.0 section...
U can ask a question without gettin flamed by 50 ppl...
lol
I'll look into that article...
Thanks again...
-Coop
Appreciate the help guys...
I like the 5.0 section...
U can ask a question without gettin flamed by 50 ppl...
lol
I'll look into that article...
Thanks again...
-Coop
