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    Is it possible to make 400hp out of 302 with just heads?

    The heads CAN though. Maybe not to 400 hp, but the heads an a SBF can make the difference by a far larger margin than any other single part.
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    cylinder heads for daily driver - kinda long -sorry

    What you need to change here is that cam. The reason you're having to give it too much pedal at 70 mph is the engine's rpm isn't in the power band of the cam. (which will be found at a much higher rpm with that cam) The lobe separation is right but the duration is way off for what you're looking...
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    Is it possible to make 400hp out of 302 with just heads?

    The 302 they used was a late 80's to 95 HO 302 from a Mustang. The key here is the combination of the HO roller cam and the AFR185 heads they used. The intake and carb had a role here too. You can also get close to this by using a short block from a 94-97 pickup or van and also with the...
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    Help timing a 460.

    I'm with Rbohm on the tunnel ram not being what you'd want for a regularly driven street car. Sounds to me like that POS car salesman needs a good old fashioned ass whoopin. If you'd like company to back you up, my son is also a Marine (but stationed at Pendleton) and he'd sure like to get a...
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    picked up a v8 exploder for $500

    The Exploder cam has only slightly less lift and duration on the intake side vs the HO cam. (256/266 Expldr vs 276/266 HO) lift is .422/.445 for the Exploder cam vs .445/.445 for the HO. Both work great with a carb. Both could benefit from a set of 1.7 rockers (increasing the lift by .030 at the...
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    Eleanor - Project

    Only if it's tuned for it. Running it in a car that's tuned for gasoline, thats not the case. Ethanol has less BTU content than gasoline. Susequently you get fewer miles per gallon with it than ytou do with gasoline only.
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    narrowing a 9 inch assistance

    I'm no expert, but it seems to me that if you mirror the measurements on the 9 that are on a stock rearend, then yes, one axle's going to be shorter than the other because of the centered pinion. I'm sure someone here can supply you with measurements of a stock rearend. Just make sure you;re...
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    narrowing a 9 inch assistance

    Center the pinion shaft.
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    Eleanor - Project

    Ethanol does not make more power than gasoline. That's all I got to say. And thanks to Petrobraz for stealing our deepwater oil drilling rigs.
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    Valve cover spacers?

    If you can't find em on ebay, try looking on Summit's site.
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    Valve cover spacers?

    I bought a set on ebay, something like 1" tall (don't recall the exact height offhand) for my 331. These are the best things I've never regretted buying. :nice: Had the same issues with the 83-85 Stang HO covers hitting the baffles. I made a set of studs for em from 1/4" threaded rod. Bolted em...
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    picked up a v8 exploder for $500

    The GT40P heads have slightly larger intake valves (1.84 vs 1.78) so that's really the only thing that's going decrease the piston to valve contact vs E7's. Be that as it may, the reason the 86 motor (along with the later Crown Vic/Towncar/Marquis 5.0's) didn't have valve reliefs was that the...
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    engine swap question

    The T-bird rear will be a coil sprung unit and too wide to work without narrowing. It may also have axles with a 5" x 5 bolt pattern. If he'll give it to you, fine, but I'd grab the Versailles rear regardless.
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    Break In Procedure/Oil For Crate Engine?

    Have fun dealing with people held up behind you in traffic.:rlaugh: There's absolutely no need to limit the rpms to 2000 rpms for 1000 miles. :nono:
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    engine swap question

    It sounds like a late 70's Lincoln Versailles 9". It will be a bolt in swap.:nice: Jump on it. Check the gear tag on the front, attached to the rear on one of the center section retainer nuts. Some of these came with traction loc. The gear ratios suck though, unless you're going for a Bonneville...
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    engine swap question

    If that 9 is that close to yours in measurements (width) and is a leaf sprung unit, buy it. It'll should be be a bolt in (your spring pads are 43" apart) and a half inch difference is nothing, actually if it's narrower, that's in your favor.
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    Break In Procedure/Oil For Crate Engine?

    No break in oil needed with a roller cammed motor. Use something like 10w-30 or 10-40 for the first couple of oil changes, then go to synthetic. Go 500 on the first change, then change it twice a year, regardless of mileage.
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    engine swap question

    If that 9 isn't a direct bolt in, $300 is about $200 too much. Cutting the shock towers isn't manditory, but if you want to keep your sanity, I would definately do this before doing anything else. I've "been there-done that" with a big block Stang and when I bought my current 77 Comet, that was...
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    engine swap question

    Lift the rear, put it on jack stands. Then get under it and see if you can fit a 9/16" socket and rachet on the two bottom nuts that retain the center section in the housing. If you can, then it's an 8" rear. If you can only get an end wrench on these two nuts, it's a 9".
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    engine swap question

    You will need to completely upgrade the suspension, brakes and rearend to be able to handle the big block's power and torque.
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