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I agree, not many people complain about the Ford 289, and definitely not the infamous 302. Mopar guys tend to trash the 318 pretty quick.



Why would that be Goody?

Tell us what engineering difference there is between the 302 and the 318 that makes the 302 a better performance engine?

Do you even know?



I would like to know the answer to this please.



Larger bore. It is a proven fact that a head on a 4" bore will flow more that the same head on a 3.91" bore. More equals more HP, period.

Smaller package. The 302 became a popular performance engine, for the most part, in the 5.0 age. If those guys could have easily fit the larger 351 in the Fox Stang they would have run it instead.

The 302 has a really small stroke, compared to a 318, so it's a high winder. If you wind it up high enough HP numbers look good, but area under the curve is poor. A 4" crank in a 318 is undersquare, not really a good thing, imo.

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