Posted by Merrill Fish on November 28, 1999 at 17:33:57:
In Reply to: 302 in PW? posted by tonyinoregon on November 28, 1999 at 03:17:19:
Consider yourself shot at. Sell that thing! Seriously, I personally wouldn't consider a F--- 302, regardless of state of build or tune, a viable choice for one of these beasts. It is a short stroke high revving engine, more suited to relatively light weight vehicles; its power and torque curves are usually too high in the rpm range to be useful in a heavy, low geared vehicle. On the oother side of the coin, consider that there are an awful lot of F--- pickups running around with the 302 giving yeoman service, but these are mostly half ton lightweights.
M