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bottom end strength of a 302

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abusedstang

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I want around 300-350 hp by changing out the heads/cam/intake and adding a supercharger along with the other little things required. Does anyone here think the stock bottom end with 141k on the ticker handle this without tearing itself apart?
 

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Do a leak down and compression test first. You will more than likely experience a good bit of blowby with the miles on your car. Also, you will make a lot more than 300-350 with H/C/I and a supercharger.
 

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Its not how many miles are on the motor that matters its how well taken care of it was. Mines got 129,000 on it and I just put down 370 RWHP untuned.
 
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