Bronco vs. 1500
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Bronco vs. 1500
My friend has a '95 chevy 1500 with a 350. I have a '94 bronco with a 302. Both are stock except for exhaust. He has duals that split a the converter. My bronco is just cut off after the converter. He has glasspacks and tips. Would I have a chance in a race?
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As far as a race, -not unless his engine is very sick.
As far as a race, -not unless his engine is very sick.
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There are other things that figure into the equation other than simply engine size, e.g., gear ratio, transmission type, tire size, condition of the engine/drivetrain, etc. Now having said that, no, you don't have a chance.
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Originally Posted by dthompson
What are somethings i could upgrade or change to have a chance????
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How about adding a supercharger?
Having said that, if he has a faster truck, so be it. Just swallow your pride and accept it. Much cheaper than any mod to make your truck faster. Or try to find a match you can win, maybe a tug-of-war. 
Having said that, if he has a faster truck, so be it. Just swallow your pride and accept it. Much cheaper than any mod to make your truck faster.
Or try to find a match you can win, maybe a tug-of-war.
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If you really want to beat this chevy 350 you must trim a little weight,say about 3000 pounds.The 302 does not like weight.My experience tells me that 2800lbs. is the MAX if you want to do any racing and the closer you can get to zero lbs the better.The bore/stroke of this motor makes it a high reving engine with not much bottom-end grunt,and weight/gearing must be such to allow it to build revs quickly if you want to win any races.Don't get me wrong here,the 302 is my favorite motor,you can get big horsepower out of them and they are the best sounding engine come to out of Detroit.So if you have to beat this chevy and can't loss 3000 lbs,slap it 4x4 and take him to the muddiest road you can find.
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Will probably depend on the tires on who wins in the mud. The Chevy does have one big advantage over the Ford when going in the deep mud, it doesn't have a low hanging front differential to plow through the ground and slow you down