Hey y'all...
We have a 1985 F150 with a factory carbed 302...We took off all the emissions junk (still rolling the stock exhaust meaning the cat is still in play) and We changed the 2bbl carb to a Holley 600 cfm 4bbl. The rest of the motor is a rebuilt bone stock block / cam / heads / exh manifolds on the factory (rebuilt) AOD transmission. Does anyone have some good parts lists for cam and head combos and maybe a good exhaust to match the new performance with a Thumping sound? We are not looking for the max race engine...More like a quality weekend runner that can light em up, sounds good, maybe some polished aluminum shining up the engine bay so we can go hit some car shows and show off a little. With the carb / intake change, we are probably up to maybe 180-190hp and its waaaay better than the stock 2bbl was...So, If we can get up to 250-275 hp (to the tires?)...or better...this thing will be a rocket ship for a long bed truck. We understand that without a dyno...we will never know for sure so its really just the "seat of pants" gauge we are utilizing...and that is ok...

I'm looking for you 1980's/190's 302 gear heads experience on this one. I am a child of the 70's...but I was just too poor to afford being able to tinker on the hot rodding growing up...so...any advice and help...maybe parts sources, we would be very grateful for...

 

For cam and valvetrain- Eskenderian... Howard & Crower is also very good as well. Head AFR. Intake Edelbrock performer or performer air gap may fit under your hood.