302army187

see thats one of my issues. (not trying to highjack)

the guy i got the car from, was a very old man, very cool, and down to earth, collects cars basically to look at them.
and he told me that the engine was freshly "rebuilt" so does that mean its a 306 now? or is it possible to keep it a 302.


and most likly ill have to disassemble the hole engine to figure out what it really is right?
(i trust the guy that it was re-built, but it was hard to get any info out of him, as he was about 78yrs old, and repeated himself alot)

Stella94GT

yea its possible to say its rebuilt and still be a 302, he could have done a h/c/i swap, which i gusse means its rebuilt.

Rajun_Cajun

This is one of those threads that just makes me say....

Hit the search button buddy! It is your friend. You treat it well and it will treat you even better....


Thats all I have to say.

302army187

well it has cobra valve covers(maybe heads? who knows), and the car has the stock gears(2.73's), but has some wicked top end rush, but its not to crazy.

idk, imma get it dynoed, then do gears, then go from there.

prob a tear down during the summer, becase ill be riding my motorcycle alot, and ill go from there

dougiefresh26

my block's bored 30 over... you will need machine work line hone, bore, you might as well deck the block if you have it there... it really doesn't make that big a difference i suggest considering forged pistons if your pulling it apart

mjr46

why pull it apart guys??? if it runs fine leave it alone!!1 if it ain't broke don't fix it!!! take it to the track,,,, the 1/4 time and mph will indicate how stock it is!!! = done end of discussion

irish1

If you want to know what has been done, pull a head off. If pistons tops are pretty dirty and do not have a .030 on them it is a 302 still. Lots of people claim their car has a fresh 302 in it, probably half of them actually do. I picked up a 302 awhile ago for nothing, it was just a stock 1989 mustang motor, tore it apart, cylinder bores were still nice, just needed a light hone and I rebuilt it completely. It is still a 302 and a very nice motor sitting in my garage, it is for sale to but thats another story. As far as boring a block I'm conservative. SBFs I will go .030 over, thats it, no more. If needed I'll go get another block, they are cheap.

Matt

5spd GT

A 302 is the stock stroke (3.0") and stock rods (5.090"), but the bore is bored, then finished honed .030".

This increases the cubes by roughly 4 cubic inches.

It increases compression slightly, and unshrouds the valve slightly. It is an opportunity to throw in larger valve reliefs and a slightly larger piston.

Stroking is where the power is at.

cholericfc

listen to mjr' he's the ****.... also, its not worth it unless its a 351 or a cobra jet motor.....your better off stroking ur current motor...

302army187

lol, i like your thinkin!

sooooo lets say 89 lx vert, automatic, at 5300 ft above sea level.
minor bolt ons.............. whatta ya think it will/should run with this :

professional products typhoon intake, 70mm bbk throttle body, and spacer, stock mass air sensor, bbk cold air intake, light weight pulleys, 3point strut bar on towers and firewall, cobra heads (or valve covers?) chrome EVERYTHING under the hood (including thouse expsive radiator hoses) aftermarket aluminum radiator, aluminum drive shaft(not confermed yet), shift kit, and "internal work" said this one shop that clamed they did $2000 in work to the AOD tranny. weld racing drag light weight wheels, bf goodrich radial t/a's rubber. rebuilt engine, and im sure im forgetting a few things