I have read all the archives on my dilemma and now I am more confused then ever. I bought a 302 with throttle body injection and am trying to determine the exact year. The engine is a runner but I want to go with carburated intake. I know the benefits of TBI but am looking to replace a missing 302 in a early bronco. I want to get rid of all the TBI stuff on this engine and start building with the heads still attached. All of the lower end components of this engine are OK. I think. I am willing to take my chances anyway. I like the looks of the Edelbrock intake manifold,cam and lifter deal. My question is, will my idea of replacing the intake manifold,cam and lifters and getting rid of the current TBI distributor work? I have a Carter four barrel carb that I know will bolt to the edelbrock intake. I would like to use it. My other question is...I have read all of the threads about block ID and have determined that I have a 1980 302. The problem is I have read several post that say fuel injection didn't come about in the 302 until a few years later. If someone could shed some light on my situation I would be very greatful. The casting numbers on my block are just above the starter,as follows.. E0AE..below that is D3C.There is also a number 12 and a separate set of alphanumerics on a small tag that say 3b24. At the rear left cyl. bank is a 1 above the number 80 with a X below the 80. At the front of the left cylinder bank is a number 16 above a number 80. Any info would be greatly appreciated.The oil dip stick comes from the oil pan and the spot where the fuel pump mounts only goes in about an inch and stops. Obviously not intended for a manual fuel pump. Thanks again for any help.Mark.

 

It is possible to do what you want to do with the carburetion on the 302. If you get further into the engine repair what is in there and put it back. If you start mixing and matching parts from different years, pre '80 and post '80 302's you will get a good education and you will probably be frustrated beyond belief. Should be a good running engine when you get done, just don't mix and match.
Gary R.

 

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Gary,
Thanks for your info...I will be careful about mixing parts in relation to year of manufacture. I was some what aware of this but will pay very close attention now. I am also confused about flywheel choice. This particular motor was originally fitted with a auto transmission. I have removed the flexplate and now need to know about installing a flywheel. I know that the harmonic balancer determins what type of balancing the flywheel should have. I think anyways. Any info on this would be very helpful. I have already bought a bell housing for the manual clutch conversion and know two things. The bell housing will bolt to the back of my block and my np435 will bolt to it. I do not know what type and diameter my clutch assembly should be. The resorces of this forum is why I decided to take on such a project like this with my limited knowledge, any help I get is truly appreciated. In light of what has happend in the last few days, posting questions on the net about my bronco project seems almost callous, but this place is where I come to forget for awhile. God, Please help them see what they have done......

 

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 14-Sep-01 AT 09:37 AM (EST)[/font][p]The first thing you do is get the book "How to rebuild small-block Ford engines". The author is Tom Monroe. There is a lot of valuable information in it. The ISBN is 0-912656-89-1
As for the clutch question. I just installed a NP435 in my '89 F250. It mated up with the 11" clutch perfectly. The truck originally had a M5OD Mazda 5 speed. The only thing I had to change was the throw out bearing, and that was because the NP435 uses an external slave. The M5OD used an internal slave.
You can read about my (mis)adventure here:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/DCForumID27/478.html
HTH

Roger Lane
Test Analyst
Sr. Automated Test Engineer
IBP, Inc.