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OK, well, i baught a 4 banger today because it was too good of a deal to pass up. Now, my question is, should i go with the EFI 302 or since i have to change everything anyway, should i just go bigger with the 351?
I heard that when you do swaps that the check engine light comes on, is there a way to stop that? I was thinking of getting a wiring harness from Painless and running a "Stand alone" engine management with the A9L computer. Since the painless harness is just the engine management, will that affect anything?? like my gauges or warngin lights?
Also, I will be driving this as my daily driver so i dont want to go with a carb. I really want to go EFI, i just dont know if the 302 would be a better option(eas of install) over the 351(possibly harder to install)
Anyway, any comments would be much appreciated.

This question (302 vs. 351 based engine) has come up several times over the past few months.

I hate to sound like a broken record, but in order for us to give you a solid opinion, we need to know what the car's intended use or purpose is. For example, daily driver, street machine, weekend warrior, all-out track only drag car, or somewhere in between.

It would be easy for me to say: Just drop in a 408 (stroked 351) w/ 11.5:1 compression and go have some fun, but that could be a bad combination depending upon the purpose of the car.

So, with that said, what are you looking for out of this car?

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Im looking for a daily driver that i can auto-x on the weekend.

I'd say go with an aluminum headed 331, it would be plenty fast and still pretty light.

People keep telling me that stroked engines burn out fast. Is that true???

The only thing I've ever heard is the 347 had oil problems, but most companies have redesigned their piston/rod combo to fix that. The 331 is supposed to be a good setup, I don't kow for a fact cause I haven't built one yet but anytime the topic's come up the 331 seem to be the top choice. I'd look at D.S.S. motors/rotating assemblies, they seem to be one of the better engine/stroker companies.

ok, cool. Ill look into that. The reason i chose to do a 4 cylinder conversion is because the 4 cylinder cars havent been abused like the V8 cars. Im sure you can find V8's that havent had much abuse, but your also gonna pay top dollar for it. So, i decided to go with a body that hasnt had that kind of abuse.

Also, about the "check engine" light coming on with the V8 swaps. Is that true, and if so, how do i correct that?

also, is there any difference in the unibody of a 4 banger to a v8? if not, i will go ahead with it.