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which engine sounds best

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so many decisions

Reply #15 –
Quote from: dudeman351;177295
yes any of the mail order (summit/jegs) has the roller cam kits. on thoes D00E heads do they have 6 intake bolts or 8 intake bolts?




would these work alright, kinda pricey tho...

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10002_763267_-1_10215


and they are 8 intake bolt style. does this matter? whats the difference(other then 2 bolts)? didnt even know there were 2 style D0OE's
1988 Thunderbird sport
2004 Ford F150 Lariat
2008  Chevrolet Cobalt Sport
2007 Suzuki DR-Z400S dual sport/Supermoto
1988 Thunderbird LX - sold
1988 Mercury Cougar XR-7 with GST kit - gone

so many decisions

Reply #16 –
thoes are bonified 351w heads. they had bigger valves than the 302. are the intake water passages "L" shaped?
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Reply #17 –
Quote from: grutinator;177302
would these work alright, kinda pricey


yup.
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Reply #18 –
Quote from: dudeman351;177304
thoes are bonified 351w heads. they had bigger valves than the 302. are the intake water passages "L" shaped?


awesome. i found out in another thread that these were the heads they based the newer GT-40 heads off of, and theyre pretty close to the same as the iron gt-40's other then rocker style and other little things.

and yes, the water passages are "L" shaped. once again i have to ask, whats the difference?
1988 Thunderbird sport
2004 Ford F150 Lariat
2008  Chevrolet Cobalt Sport
2007 Suzuki DR-Z400S dual sport/Supermoto
1988 Thunderbird LX - sold
1988 Mercury Cougar XR-7 with GST kit - gone

so many decisions

Reply #19 –
Quote from: grutinator;177273
well, i was almost thinking if i went 351 for the bird, i could get the 302 out of that(only 67,006) and do a H.O. conversion and through that in the cougar. so the cougar would still be a daily driver, but the engine would have less miles and more power. that sounds like a good plan, no?




Sounds like a plan. If you don't have emissions testing I'd suggest you do a carb on that 351. A 351 EFI can get expensive:hick:
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #20 –
there wont be emmisions, i'm gonna tag it historic and only drive it on nice weekends. i really dont want to go carb if i can, but your definatly right, EFI 351 stuff is alot more expensive then EFI 302 stuff. that will probably what i'll do, its easier to setup and work on anyways. i can already tell this project is gonna hurt my pocket pretty bad. but thats what it takes to go fast most of the time.


dudeman, any info on those "L" passages?
1988 Thunderbird sport
2004 Ford F150 Lariat
2008  Chevrolet Cobalt Sport
2007 Suzuki DR-Z400S dual sport/Supermoto
1988 Thunderbird LX - sold
1988 Mercury Cougar XR-7 with GST kit - gone

have you heard of pull a part

Reply #21 –
i went to pull apart today and found several ford v8's there was early 70's 302, some 351's i think they sell these 8's for roughly
$150- $175 complete. you have to pull them.

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Reply #22 –
What are you looking to do with it? All depends on what you wanna do. Street cruiser? daily driver? or hit 12`s in the quarter mile?
If you want to go fast Id say rebuild your stock 302 with a 331 or 347 stroker, big cam and heads. Or leave it 302 for daily driving with just heads and cam and intake. Did I hear something about a chevy 305?!?!
I had one of those 89 tbi 305`s and I wasnt impressed at all. I sold it for 400 bux with a th700r trans.
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Reply #23 –
well, you know, the faster the better, but im not building a race car. just sorta a weekend street/strip car, probably shoot for 13's. i still have the idea of a hopped up 302 in my head too. but a 351 also stands out a little more, i want some wow-factor.

the 305 was supposed to be a 306, i though a 302 .040 over was a 305, its really a 306
1988 Thunderbird sport
2004 Ford F150 Lariat
2008  Chevrolet Cobalt Sport
2007 Suzuki DR-Z400S dual sport/Supermoto
1988 Thunderbird LX - sold
1988 Mercury Cougar XR-7 with GST kit - gone

so many decisions

Reply #24 –
a .040" over 302 is a 308. a .030" over is a 306.
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