347 Build , New Block - Heads & Cam. Need Advice!?
 

Alright this is the deal 1993 Mustang GT.! 5.0 ,

Current mod's : 3:73'S , BBK CAI , TB , Holley SystemMax Manifold. Electric Fan , Ford Racing Radiator!!...


My Engine : Took a ****!!!! , Shortblock 302 , OIL Pump went bad & Destroyed my Bearing!.

Budget $3,000

MY GOAL!!: I planned on doing a 347 Stroker ! BUT , Budget is 3K , Decent Budget i guesS?

My Questions Are ?

BLOCK: What kind of block do i go with , Bare Block? Or Short Block Assembled like dss? Rember i need to save money for install lol.

HEAD & Cam? : Whats a good flowing head Under $1000 , My opinion was PATRIOT , BUT I WANT TO HEAR YOURS!!!

Overall i want to build a dependle street/strip car ! , I got 10k invested in mar car and im still now done and getting agrevated! so it has to be dependable . i would like to make from 375-450 HP Range!

Can i get this power with a 302 - HEAD- CAM ? .

I plan do be motor car , maybe some spray ? ... give me all your insights guys i need everything ! F

375 to 450 rwhp will be tough on a 3k budget....you want a well built 347 short block.....www.fordstrokers.com.... add a set of decent heads like afr 185's or trick flow 190 as cast heads and a decent intake and tune and all supporting mods and 380 rwhp will be a reality:) oh and 375 to 450 won't happen on a h/c/i 302 without a power adder

WHATS THE MOST POWER A 302 h/c/i MADE TO YOUR KNOLEDGE

^^^^^^^that question can have a range of answers, now take this statement for what it is, cause there will always be exceptions to the rule.......most average budget h/c/i 302's using the factory ford rotating assembley end up producing anywhere from 280 rwhp to 310 rwhp and the upper limit being with a dyno tune/ chip....this is the average......like I said were talking just bolt it on and go deal.....there are tons of tricks that can be done to up the level of hp but mods cost money:D.....I've never dynoed my builds as I have gauged them in terms of et's and my last h/c/i 302 in my 85 was a dome piston short block and the h/c/i on it was 11 to 1 compression and it ran 12.20's @112 so rwhp if I had to guess was most likely around 320 to 330:)

i have seen 306's in the 9's with around 600 hp , but those were strait race cars

and for that power and budget the only way would be a rebuilt shortblock,decent alum. heads,trickflow intake, and a decent cam and a good 100-150 shot and can all be had for 3 thousand on good budget shopping.

So , ? lol . What should i do , ? My blocks bareings or bad? Does that mean that i can used my block it has 160,000 miles should i just remove the block hot tank it clean it and throw a 302 assmbley back in new assembley? or just replaced the bareing ?

And bore it 0.30 over ? make it a 306 - AFR 185 With comp cam ? Can i get close to 400 then?

you're not going to get there without spraying 100-150 shot. plus the 306, hci

rebuild the block and through a supercharger on it, you'll be close to 350-375

So in order to get close to 400HP, Must do a 347 OR 331 + H/C/I .?

with a 160k on the bottom end I'd pull it and rebuild it and bore it .030.....but by the time you do all that you could probably buy a 306 ready to go for 1200 to 1400......a well built 306 with tfs fast as cast 170 cc or 190cc and custom cam will yield you a power producing combo, yeah it'll cost a tad more but what's worse..spending twice as much later on to redo a disappointing combo???.....afr 165's or 185's will work...when I used 185's on my 306 I had dome pistons and it worked well and I threw a 100 shot on top of that and ran 11.34 @ 120..........so if you plan to throw juice to your 306 combo then 400 will be possible with a 100 shot:)