Thread: Need Information On Later Model 302 Engines

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Allways good to see fords in fords,in Australia probably more common than in U.S.A. because ford motors were usually more easy to obtain then chevs. But far to many chev motors in fords for my liking.I've had a 283 chev in my 35 ford coupe died with less then 30,000k's on the clock , got it rebuilt then it dropped the after market oil filter adapter at around 4 thousand k's DEAD AGAIN. Built up a 350, touch wood was good.My 39 ford has a 283 in it, big end knock at 5 thousand k's,rebuilt it so far so good,but i'm starting to hate chev's . All this time my brother has had a 302 windsor in his 35 Dodge that been super reliable for 15 yrs whilst he's been to a lot more rod runs and hence k's on his rod with no rebuilds. For my current build projects in my 37 ford coupe ute,351 cleveland (aussie block), ran fine in donner car but valve guide smoke as was high klms. Will rebuild but tossing up wether to stroke it. In my other project 35 desoto airstream flat back, 5ltr ford windsor 1997 injected from XR8 falcon with aod and lsd diff,will use as much as possible from donner car!. 80,000 k's and ran great so don't plan on touching it except maybe dress up. Interesting it seems common over here to put ford donks in dodges (mopars) and i've seen a few ford donks in chev's too (ha ha). So no more chevs for me i hope because i haven't had good luck with them. Probably parts are cheap for chev's because they sell so many for rebuilds.