Will this 302 pull my car trailer?
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Will this 302 pull my car trailer?
Some of my buddies don't think the motor I'm building for my 79 F150 will pull my trailer. The trailer is a 17 foot utility angle iron type which will have my race car on it. The car weighs 2680 pounds so the car and trailer is maybe 2 tons at the most. I'm currently dragging this to the track behind a 93 Bronco 4 x 4 351W and it does just fine.
The motor I'm building is a 74 vintage 302+.030 with flat tops, ported(by me) early 302 heads with 1.94/1.60 valves and 53 cc chambers, hydraulic cam with 215@.050/.484 lift, 3.50ish posi 9 inch, tri-y headers and 2 1/2 duals. I haven't decided on the intake and carb yet. I have the stock 2 barrel and intake and I also have an Edelbrock 4 barrel and a Performer RPM intake but I was thinking that might pull too much out of the mid range. My hot rod ran low 13's with these heads. I just rebuilt my C4 and I'm going to install an external cooler. I have a stock 11 inch converter and a 2500 stall 10 inch. I haven't decided on this either. The extra little stall might help it pull the trailer.
The motor I'm building is a 74 vintage 302+.030 with flat tops, ported(by me) early 302 heads with 1.94/1.60 valves and 53 cc chambers, hydraulic cam with 215@.050/.484 lift, 3.50ish posi 9 inch, tri-y headers and 2 1/2 duals. I haven't decided on the intake and carb yet. I have the stock 2 barrel and intake and I also have an Edelbrock 4 barrel and a Performer RPM intake but I was thinking that might pull too much out of the mid range. My hot rod ran low 13's with these heads. I just rebuilt my C4 and I'm going to install an external cooler. I have a stock 11 inch converter and a 2500 stall 10 inch. I haven't decided on this either. The extra little stall might help it pull the trailer.
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Will this 302 pull my car trailer?
Mac, For a puller you want to stay away from most add ons. You do not want to build rpms, you want grunt. Since the 302 is the smallest of the V8s it will pull the trailer, but not like your 351W larger engine. Stay with the 2 barrel and run duals, some head work could help. You will get there and use less gas doing it. IMHO 
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