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Jun 29, 2000 | 08:03 PM

rayzor

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My 89 bronco has a 302 and a 4 speed. It runs good and idles fine, but seems to bog and stumble while taking off. There seems to be very little torque. Feels like it has a tired 4 cylinder under the hood. It does not smoke or make any wiered noises. Just really under powered. Could the cam have gone flat? And is the cam a roller type? Help!

Jun 29, 2000 | 09:03 PM

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I have an 88' with a 302, and it just does not have the power I would expect. Is this common?

Jun 30, 2000 | 04:37 PM

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clean your throttle body.......did this to my 351 and it made a world of difference! um, check you air filter and open your exhaust. (cut out the cats and put 2 1/2 inch pipe) also, tune it up with some premium stuff, ie. motorcraft wires, ac delco rapid fire plugs, good cap/rotor and even stronger ignition!

Jul 9, 2000 | 04:37 PM

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There was little change in the performance after I did a complete tune up. So I went and bought a code scanner. Maybe that will tell me what is going on. Another thing it is doing is after you stab the gas and then release it, it seems to take a long time for the engine to decelerate. Its in the shop getting painted right now so I will post the results of the scan in a few days. Still have to find where to plug it in now.

Jul 9, 2000 | 07:51 PM

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The test ports are on the drivers side inner fender. Next to the air-filter box.

Jul 16, 2000 | 07:22 PM

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The results of the scan really bummed me out. Bad computer. Not going to worry about it though. Getting rid of all that garbage soon. Thanks.

Jul 17, 2000 | 07:51 AM

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Ahhhhhh...I smell another BB 460 swap, good man!! Its the only way to go!!! Get the towers from any 80-95 ford truck (4x4) that had a 460, take your old towers out and replace with the double stud 460 towers..forget the L & L swap kit, not worth the $$$$