Single Vs. Dual Plane Manifold: Which Will Make More Power For Our Ford 302 - Engine Power S7, E21

Previously, our forgotten Ford powerplant pumped out stout numbers in the dyno cell. Our goal this time: even more power!

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PARTS USED IN THIS EPISODE

Derive Systems
Bully Dog GT Performance Tuner

School of Automotive Machinists
SAMTECH: School of Automotive Machinists

Summit Racing
Flotek 180cc Ford Cylinder Heads

Summit Racing
MSD Pro-Billet Distributor

Summit Racing
MSD Super Conductor Spark Plug Wire Sets

Summit Racing
Permatex The Right Stuff Gasket Maker

Summit Racing
Trick Flow Direct Bolt-On High Performance Cylinder Heads

Summit Racing
Trick Flow Mid-Length Headers

Edelbrock
Edelbrock Victor JR 302 Single Plane Intake Manifold

Matco Tools
MATCO Tools are the Official Tool Supplier to PowerNation

Quick Fuel Technology Inc.
QuickFuel 950 CFM Black Diamond Carburetor

The Industrial Depot
Tools, Hardware, Shop Supplies

[genemehl]

Come on guys, let’s get back to what everybody is waiting for, the 300 six build !!!

[Sheriff]

Really interested in the 300 inline project

[dude]

Feels like Sunday morning when I was a kid. Love watching this stuff. Have a little small block Chev. that I am working on refreshing and massaging for our 23 ft. boat. Hit 57 MPH last summer, Looking to do 62-65 this upcoming season!

[statenomad]

Still waiting to see more progress on the 300 ford

[Finite-Tuning]

Oh I love to learn new things, but I hate the cost normally associated with the learning curve! 💲💲💲

[dashawncox]

I love how you and Mike make it easy to understand what's going on with your projects. You elucidate very well

[jazamora]

Man those were some very nice and new parts that were just laying around lol

[thomaskirkpatrick]

950 cfm, that's about twice the carburetor that engine set up needs.

[karrpilot]

Ditch the archaic flat lifters and use a roller camshaft. The OEM did that over 30 years ago for a very good reason.

[keithbishop]

I am loving these builds. I grew up building engines with my dad and I can definitely appreciate the technical knowledge and attention to detail. Pat and Mike are the real deal! Speaking of Fords, I would love to see a Y Block build. Awesome show, guys!

[loganshotrodx]

Right out the gate; “we had a bunch of stuff ($7500 Christmas wish list) laying around & we thought hey, let’s build an engine!” 🙄

[rono]

You're over carbed on that big 950 should drop it down to 750 or even smaller carb

[scottbourret]

Excited to see where you go with the 300. I have a flathead 226 in my 51 F1. Have found very little info on that motor and folks upgrading them, so the 300 is very interesting to me. Still may swap out in time with a V8, but those 300's run forever. Even my 226 runs like a sewing machine. My Dad use to always get the 300 in his work trucks because of their dependability. Hope to see more details soon.

[Thumper]

On street engine dual plane much better especially down low which you skip over all of it starting at 3k.

[scootergeorge]

A 650 cfm carb would probably work better than the 950 on a 302 .

[Oldford]

When’s the other part of the ford straight 6 coming out???!!!

[vwtdinut]

Waiting on the 300 I6 Ford. Come on guys!

[dwaynenissen]

Hi guys, I'm from Australia and love watching some of the stuff you guys do, but I would love to see you guys do an Aussie 6 cylinder Ford Barra turbo motor, they can easily make upwards to a 1, 000HP+ when built and a few years ago there was one that made over 2, 000HP at the wheels.

[ibast]

Looks like it needed another 500rpm to peak out. And yeah, a carb comparison in the 600-750 range would be interesting.

And another vote for the 300/6 here.

[FordRanchero]

Possibly build a custom cylinder head for the 300 out of some old Cleveland heads like old racers used to do.