HOW MANY MILES ARE 302'S GOOD fOR? Theres a 100,000 on 1 I want. is that okay?

 

My old man's '90 is pushing 180K, pulls a trailer regularly, and never smokes, ticks, knocks, or uses any oil. My buddy's truck is a year newer and had the motor overhauled at 115K. It's all strictly a function of how you take care of them.

 

It entirely depends on how you maintain the engine.

Have a compression test done on the engine. It will tell you quite a bit about the health of the engine.

 

Have to agree, mine is well maintained and have 256000. Stills beats the H*ll out new chevy's and dodge's.

 

Mine has well over 200000 and still runs strong.



Wiz

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mine rolled the babbit out of a cam shaft bearing at 330,000km's. it was in a ltd for the first 300,000 kms'...

 

My old 83 had 230,000 on it when i bought it, it had a valve job at 175,000, then it ate some rings around 250,000. Then i changed the motor. It never ran worse after the swap.

 

I just rolled over 240,000 miles on my 87 Bronco, still runs great. i have been waiting on the damn thing to die so i can swap it out with something with more power, but it just refuses to quite. and how can you argue with that.

 

my friends 302 in his 1970 ford has made the odometer roll over twice and is back up to about 66,000 and all he has done to it is give it a new set of gaskets a few months ago and it still is very strong
STeve
1970 f-100 Custom 302 2bbl 4 on the floor, my "economy" machine 1970 F-100 Sport Custom 390 2bbl 3 in the tree with factory overdrive.
1978 F-150 Custom turned into a dune buggy 300-I6 4 speed
Im a typical teen, i just have to change it!

 

My '80 302 had 135 - 150 lbs on all cylinders cold. I'm now changing the heads, which are worn out. Is that compression good in the first place?