Thread: Hot cam and OD trans do not work together

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You can use an AOD with that 302, I do.
You just have to plan ahead. It takes gears and convertor working together with the cam / heads / intake / carb...

My cam is the ford motorsport X303 alphabet, meant for a 5 speed too.. the rear has 3.90 ratio, and the tires are relatively short ( 28" if I remember) .
The trans is modified (of course) some B&M some off the shelf and others, the Hi-Rev kits make the biggest changes. by shimming the springs in the governor
you can tailor the shift points, not always easy to do but it is possible.

If you have a cam with a huge overlap between I / E, then I wouldn't bother without installing a manual shift valve body and a higher stall convertor, the motor will need to rev a lot higher to make use-able power. Effective? No, but it sounds so cool right!?!?