what does it take to rev a 302 to 10K???

[MiracleMax]

are you talking reliably for a long period of time?


If your talking about kissing 10k for a couple seconds, then

Big carb
Single plane intake
Big headers
big compression

solid roller, small valves, heavy springs.

stock recipocating assy.


I've got a brand X motor that was low compression and basically the same as above. its seen 9,000 rpm + numerous times, a few seconds at the time.