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As far as I know I have a 1978 lincoln 302. I am looking for different options for heads and wanted an earlier era head like a 60's for the smaller combustien chambers. Can anyone tell me if 60's and 70's era parts are compatible or interchangable? Thanks for the help
Oh Great, thanks for the help. When you say 351 W heads have bigger bolts do you mean longer or wider?
302 has 7/16" head bolts, 351 uses 1/2".
The '69-77 351 heads had 60cc combustion chambers and 1.84/1.54 valves. Some of the 302 and 289 heads had smaller chambers again but also use smaller valves, the extreme was the HP289 head with 49cc chambers and 1.67/1.45 valves. BTW. .the '78 302 heads has 69cc chambers and 1.78/1.45 valves.