Ford 302 Small Block Becomes A 400+ HP Street Fighter - Horsepower S14, E1

Making power on a budget is the goal of HorsePower this time, as they take a Ford 302 Small Block and build it up to a 306 cubic inch, 400+ horsepower street-fighter.

[theMoney]

400 hp at the crank in a light foxbody 5-spd is all you need.

[FordRanchero]

RIP Joe, we'll miss you're awesome voice and character!

[perotekku]

6:40 "Cast Iron Aluminum Heads" man, am I going crazy?

[jasonhooey]

Neat! Cast iron aluminum heads, they must be super rare

[HammerHeadGarage]

I've been running a melling high volume pump for 3 years with a stock pan. Regular trips to 6200 plus and zero problems. Make sure you use a hardened oil pump driveshaft.

[ISABELLAKLINIKEN]

For those wondering about the oil system upgrade in the lifter gallery, it's covered in Horsepower S13 E16 at 16:25

[johnjohnsn]

Slight correction needed here. While he was somewhat correct when he stated the "302" had "shorter connecting rods" than the 289, the BOSS 302 utilized connecting rods that were the same length as the 289. In fact, the 1969 BOSS 302's connecting rods used the same forgings as the 289 HiPo, but instead of being "broached" for the HiPo's "square head" 3/8" rod bolts, the BOSS rods were "spotfaced" for the "football"-headed 3/8" bolts exclusive to the BOSS engines.

[gen-x-zeke]

It's weird. 400 hp used to mean something; even 300. I love the modest numbers and excellent reliability of these 302's.

[craigstewart]

Where can I get some of those cast iron aluminum heads? I was going to get steel bronze ones.

[Billhatestheinternet]

The trick the British use for the valve cover is to silicone it to the valve cover and then coat the bottom of the gasket with LubriPlate or just plain axle grease, which will in turn act as a primitive sealant in it's own right, all the while allowing for the assembly to be readily removed.

[indoornepenthes]

I rebuilt my 302 to a 306 with an edlebrock airgap and a 1406 carb pulled 379hp. Not bad for a garage build 👌 Melts rubber too

[GorillaCookies]

I've been looking for " Cast Iron Aluminum Heads " my whole life!

[CJColvin]

When the 5.0L Coyote V8 came out that took the little 302 as well as the Ford Modular V8 to a whole another level.

[MikeWolf-]

I always wanted cast iron aluminum heads, lol. I bet they make all the Horse Powers

[tomashton]

when you store any engine, for more then a season that has push rods, back the rockers off all the valves are closed, some springs mess up if you dont, plus it keeps junk out.

[zarbog]

The arts and crafts section was outstanding! Some very useful easy projects to make your life easier. They also build a pretty bad ass little 302.

[ethanbunch]

Rebuilding a 302 for my 91 F-150 and it's a very similar build to this one so this is very helpful for me! bore is at 4.060 with a 3 inch stroke bringing it to 312. Topping it with some new DSS -3 cc flat top pistons and an Edelbrock performer RPM camshaft, intake, and cylinder heads. I figured let them do all the work for me as far as mating a cam intake and heads. The compression when I'm done with it all should be around 9.94 to 1. Little saddened cause I thought I'd make around 400 based on the edelbrock numbers but your video shows that it might not be that much. Still I have been watching you guys for years and yall have just grown my love for working on engines and now I have the knowledge to build my own for a vehicle that I love dearly. Thank you so much and I look forward to building this back up!

[terraboundmisfit]

The 302 does have shorter connecting rods, but the longer stroke 3" vs 2.87" is what makes the larger displacement.

[AmericanTermite]

I COULD LITERALLY LISTEN TO HIM TALK ALL DAY ❤

[probike]

Would love to see this build again, but this time retain the efi and maybe a run with a edelbrock intake and a run with the trickflow and see if it can still knock out the 400hp.