Hey /o/, I have a Ford Windsor 302 V8 5.0 out of my dad's

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If that is from the Thunderbird "sport" models, the block is useless unless you put in the H.O. valve train. I went through the exact same shit back in the day when I had one.

If you're going as far as putting in the H.O. parts you might as well send the block out for cleaning/inspection/restoration and then throw a bunch of parts at it to make it a "real" 302 (around 320hp and 300 torque would be decently reliable). That block can be dropped into Lincoln LS VII's, Mercury Cougars, Mustangs, Broncos, etc. as long as they offered a version of the vehicle with a V8 around the same timeframe as that engine block you should be fine.

also ford explorer heads

>>15646012
Pretty sure 1966 cars with crappy non-everything you're talking about were a lot of fun out of that old block.

OP.
That motor has been thrown into everything from ranger pickups to Volkswagens to boats to sand rails to shopping carts.

Pick a direction and flow with it.

>>15646153
1966 was before smog, Anon.

>What can I swap it into?
the trash

>>15645949
Take the transmission too and sell it for a few hundred. It'll be easier to remove.

>>15646012

couple of questions if you're still in the thread

not sure if it's a sport model but it's an 84 elan. Most of my experience is with fuel injected BMWs so I don't know much about these old american ones. Also, turns out the engine is indirect-fuel injected, not carburated.

what is H.O. valve train? I googled it and not much came up, does it stand for high-output? How much would a valvetrain like that cost?

>throw a bunch of parts at it

like what? I'm guessing a new camshaft, forged pistons, glow plugs etc, but what else would get it to 320 hp?

>>15646153

I'm liking the idea of a 70s mustang as a gift back to my old man or my mom since they both like classic american muscle, but I'm wondering if an engine from 84 will "match" with a car from the 70s.

>>15646167

made me kek

>>15646213

I'll mention it to them, though they don't like the idea of parting cars out

>>15646362
H.O. had roller lifters and the 351w firing order, pedestal mount rockers instead of studs.
Also newer head design.
Really not as big of a deal as other anon made it out to be.

Engine will bolt up to everything in the older mustangs. Transmissions, accessory brackets will all lineup. Intake may need to be swapped of course but more than likely just the carb/throttle body swap.. And depending on what state you're in, you might need to find all the original smog crap to pass inspection.
You don't need 320hp.
Mustangs have been lighting up tires with less than 200 horses for 50 years.

>>15645949
Figure out what pistons you have, and if you have a good clean motor with good compression.

Then put a matching heads/cam/intake/carb setup on it, can't really go wrong. Also, 4r70w kind of sucks like any auto from the time, but its better than nothing and you could build it up after it goes poof on ya. Autos with a properly setup torque convertor are mean with the right tire and rear end gear.

What year is it? If it's a non roller block just scrap it. Either way the heads and cam are junk.

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>>15645949
you stick it in a capri of course you silly cunt

Miata with an LS

>>15650890
Fag car