Have a compression and leak down test done fist. If you're in good shape you'll be ok. If the compression isn't up to pare you won't make the power you should with the topend kitIs it a bad idea to do an H/C/I swap on my engine now at 156k miles?
A "306" is nothing more than a 302 with an overbore. The stroke is not changed at all. There is essentially no performance difference between an equally prepared stock motor, and one with a .030 overbore.
Right, because your average hobbiest has a way better understanding of the fundementals of engine design and optimization than the engineers at Trick Flow, Edelbrock, etc do. It's so much more fun to create your own combo with random parts that aren't designed to work together, so then you get the fun of trying to tune all the quirks out of your "real machine."
OP: two reasonable ways to go to make your goals:
1) HCI swap with a stroker kit (either 331 or 347). Not sure you'll get there without increasing displacement, but others might disagree. I would recommend buying a kit where all the components were designed to work together, but you can prove your mechanical prowess by cobbling together your own creation if you choose.
2) Forced induction on your stock build: either SC or turbo. I dug into this, and for simplicity, I was headed toward a KB for my 95 instead of a turbo. No slam at all on turbo, other than it seems to be a lot more difficult to get set up and running properly for a dummy like me.
Oh and the Mexican block made me giggle, it gave me funny images in my minds eye. I also kinda roll my eyes when people mention the 500 hp block limitations. How many people who daily drive a 20 yr old car have 500 horsespower worth of money
wasnt referring to you then but more so the avg joe which you may or may not be. I was thinking more about the op since in a previous post he enquiries about the $1500 on3 turbo and since he was looking at that and I believe he is daily driving his stang that he like many wouldn't have the 10k to build a 500+ motor. I could be way off base, maybe he has a machine shop on his back padioI've heard the mexican blocks are stronger, but I never looked into it about any actual facts.
No idea, I currently could not build a 500 horsepower mustang.
Does it work hard except on Sundays when its listening to Tejano at loud levels while drinking beer?I have a 500HP Mexican 302 in my garage.
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