The Ford Barn

KULTULZ · 02-08-2019, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by packrat5

Instead of messing around with worn this, and worn-out that, and shot whatever,and grubbing thru junkyards, (there is a reason it's in a junkyard, it's junk)

I was one that never had the money to buy new (in my formative years), especially considering the questionable quality of a reman. Thankfully, I had the ability to go to a yard or find bargains on used/new parts sales.

darrell · 02-08-2019, 08:28 AM

i bored lots of blocks to 060 without a problem.for an everyday engine its fine.i once bored a 260 to 4 inches without a problem.thats .200 over.and it didnt heat.later i read most dont last at that bore so i got lucky.

packrat5 · 02-08-2019, 12:09 PM

Yeah, I remember a few years back I did some stuff too. I once put 427 Chev pistons in my 2.3 Pinto engine. But the compression was too high, so I had to put them in upside down.That thing was really fast too. I sure miss those days, great fun.

KULTULZ · 02-08-2019, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by poolplayer1

I went over to the salvaged yard yesterday looking for a 302 for my car. They don't have any of the 1980's block in stock. The guy there said he has a 1995 ford with a 302 in it but it is fuel injection.Mine is a carberated type intake.

Your easiest and cheapest way out is to find a take-out as the man described. Strip the FI and hopefully sell it for a little payback. You will have to transfer some pieces of your present engine over other than the fuel intake.

Make sure he offers a good warranty. Hopefully he has a run-in stand.

What was the machinist's final say on the block?

darrell · 02-08-2019, 02:36 PM

how could i have forgotten that packrat thats what i did with the 260.no wonder it lasted.

packrat5 · 02-08-2019, 06:22 PM

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Yeah, we did that engine in high school shop class. We moved the crankshaft up to the top of the engine so the pistons would work upside down. The hardest thing we had to do tho was figure out a new grind for the camshaft, as it was now turning upside down also. My shop teacher got the idea from the Ranger engine. If an upside down engine could be converted to run right side up, why couldn't the opposite be possible?

02-08-2019, 08:28 AM	#22
darrell Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: p.e.i. Posts: 1,060	Re: 302 v8 Engine Question. i bored lots of blocks to 060 without a problem.for an everyday engine its fine.i once bored a 260 to 4 inches without a problem.thats .200 over.and it didnt heat.later i read most dont last at that bore so i got lucky.

02-08-2019, 12:09 PM	#23
packrat5 BANNED Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 301	Re: 302 v8 Engine Question. Yeah, I remember a few years back I did some stuff too. I once put 427 Chev pistons in my 2.3 Pinto engine. But the compression was too high, so I had to put them in upside down.That thing was really fast too. I sure miss those days, great fun.

02-08-2019, 02:36 PM	#25
darrell Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: p.e.i. Posts: 1,060	Re: 302 v8 Engine Question. how could i have forgotten that packrat thats what i did with the 260.no wonder it lasted.

02-08-2019, 06:22 PM	#26
packrat5 BANNED Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 301	Re: 302 v8 Engine Question. Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Yeah, we did that engine in high school shop class. We moved the crankshaft up to the top of the engine so the pistons would work upside down. The hardest thing we had to do tho was figure out a new grind for the camshaft, as it was now turning upside down also. My shop teacher got the idea from the Ranger engine. If an upside down engine could be converted to run right side up, why couldn't the opposite be possible?