Ford Motorsports 302ci 345hp long block

[nismo280]

jruppert, you should be fine is Washington as long as you keep your EGR system, your cats, and I'd reccomend MSD as a safety net, most people dont understand that if you have a better, more efficiant burn pattern on your power stroke you get a more powerful engine, and improved fuel economy, too. Washington sucks as for emissions standards, they will either plug into your OBD-II Port (not on your `94) or put it on a RWD dyno... but they wont even give you a HP readout... oh well, I might move out of King County to avoid emissions.

As for my buildup, I'll probably just bore my current block at a machine shop that I'm fairly connected with, and have them build the shortblock with hypereutecit pistons, H beam rods, and a forged crank. I'm a big fan of the Kieth black Hypereutectic pistons simply because they dont blow up like a baloon like the forged are notorious for. Granted, forged is the way to go for the most power, but I think hypereutectic pistons are great for maintaining power after 75,000 miles. A friend of mine build a 318 Chrysler with Kieth Black pistons... 100K later, he dyno'd with only 15 hp less than when the motor had 12k on it. I've got a blown 454 chev thats pusing 850hp with forged pistons, but I dont expect it to last 100k. I want a mild daily somewhere around 330hp in a stock, or .030" overbore small block ford. I have the 5.8 liter in my F-350, and I love the motor, it's a torque monster for a small block, but I dont want the mileage of a 351w, I want to maintain 25mpg highway... 3.73s, or 3.55s would put me right in that range with a built 302.

Thanks for everyone's input.


Tony