Boss 302s and Z28s smoking 340s? Not in my neighborhood. The Swinger 340 with 4-speed and 3.91s was king of the smallblocks. When the 351Cs and 350 LT1s came out it was more even.

The 302s were built for one reason only, to homologate them for racing that had a 5 liter limit.

They were cranky to drive on the street, needed 4.11s to be much of anything.

I was in high school at the time, I remember.

R.