302 head casting numbers, tell me what i got

dastang2 said:

wrong, all roller engines are HO's. i owned a 91 tbird and low and behold, the intake plaque said 5.0 HO. any 302 without a roller cam is just a 302. yes i know the blocks after, what 85 or 86 were roller ready but not not all of them were equipped with the roller hardware.

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eric88gt said:

Ok, let me be more clear then, you could get a 5.0 HO in a later thunderbird, and it did have a roller cam. The 1987-1988 thunderbird had non-HO 5.0's and also had a hydraulic roller cam, if you honestly believe that ford never made a non-HO roller cammed 5.0 you are mistaken. (i've got 2 of them sitting in my garage BTW, one out of an 87 t-bird, one out of an 88 town car both have roller cams and are non-HO's)

And back to the topic of the heads, if you can't afford the afr's (worth the money) then try to find a set of gt40's or p's at junk yard. You should be able to find a set for under $300.

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dastang2 said:

ok i am not going to argue with you, the fact is, if it has a roller cam then it is an HO. i don't know who told you that it isn't but they are wrong to. and if it didn't say it was an HO on the intake, that doesn't mean it isn't.

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dastang2 said:

disregard the truck statement, as i checked the truck section and the lifter said H. but i still think that they had 3 HO's in different cars and used different lower intakes or different injectors or whatever made the hp ratings vary from 150-225. maybe the exhaust manifolds,cats and routing cut the hp down that low. who knows.

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