302 engine use
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302 engine use
Help. I have a chance to pick up a 302 out of a 74 Bronco. I want to install it into a 69 Mustang after I rebuild it. Will this be possible? Can you think of any problems I may run into. I just need a block to start rebuilding but was hopeing more of the parts, heads, crank, rods and accessory brackets would work. I asked a couple of Mustang forums but I guess the question is too tough for them. Ha Ha. Thanks JimP.
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I'm not sure about the accessories brackets working for you. I went the other way, and used an old car 289 in a truck. I used different alternator brackets, but everything else worked. The 74 truck 302 is most likely close to a 70 302 truck engine I rebuilt. I tore it down, because of lower compression on 2 cylinders. Two exhaust valves were sunk into the heads about 3/6th of an inch. Come to find out, they were junk anyhow. My 70 truck 302 had HUGE combustion chambers in the heads, and the pistons had a slight dish. Much lower compression then a Mustang 302 of the same year. Maybe you would want to find a newer set of heads with hardened valve seats and better combustion chambers? A good usable pair of newer heads is cheaper to me, then bringing old heads up to modern specs.
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The bronco oil pan will probably not fit your mustang. The bornco pan is a rear sump, your mustang is a front sump. You will need to change the pan, the pump pick-up, and one of the main bearing cap bolts.
The bronco pickup tube has a special stud as one of the main bearing cap bolts. You would not have to change this to a regular bolt, but I would go ahead and save the stud to put with the bronco pan, pick-up tube, and dipstick. You can sell this to a hot rodder, since they are always wanting to put a Ford in a Ford, and they like those rear sump pans.
The bronco pickup tube has a special stud as one of the main bearing cap bolts. You would not have to change this to a regular bolt, but I would go ahead and save the stud to put with the bronco pan, pick-up tube, and dipstick. You can sell this to a hot rodder, since they are always wanting to put a Ford in a Ford, and they like those rear sump pans.
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