Max-G 66 Mustang

Rusty67 said:

My only negative comment is the choice of motor. The modular line of motors all suck compaired to a pushrod except the new 5.0 with its high technology awesomeness. A pushrod motor would make more power for the same money I would bet. The 4.6 4v in my Mach 1 is an ok motor but it still only makes like 300hp/tq or so at 7,000 rpm.

Really interested to see how the thing comes together tho.

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Interesting opinion. I always thought everything about the 302 was somewhat lame except the low cost. Most 302s from Ford made less than 200 hp. The mod motors made a lot more power with less cubes. Also, say I want to spend a bunch of money to make more than 200 hp with my 302 - the BLOCK can only handle 400-500 hp! Crazy! Mod motors can handle double that! So for an average, cheap build 302s are fine, but I don't see where they are so great that you would say a mod motor sucks by comparison. The mod motors make more power, can handle more potential power, they are more efficient, better packaging for boost.. just all around better motors unless cost is the over-riding concern.

I have a 302 in my convertible and it's fine. I'm not hating on 302s. Just saying they aren't the greatest motor ever.