The Ford 302 was a muscle machine engine.
The Ford 302 cubic inch displacement (CID) engine was one of the most usual American gift plants throughout the "muscle van" Period extending from 1968 to 1973. The engine was a V8, and owners and racers loved the endowment band and its throttle response. The vehivle's configuration was essentially a bored-out small-block Cleveland/Windsor 289 CID, and the first was quite impressive on its own. However once the Ending 302 powerplant was fleshed outside and integrated with a Larry Shimoda-style Trans Am Mustang item (Shimoda went on to comp the Chevy Corvette Mako Shark), matters got still extended astonishing for relay drivers moreover to the common. The automobile was built specifically to gold the 1969 Trans Am Championship in computation to compete head-to-head in the "Ponycar" marketing wars against the likes of the Chevy Camaro, AMC Javelin and Mopar's Barracudas. The Ford contingent was headed up by Bud Moore, and after almost winning the championship in '69, got the work done the closest year.
302 "F" 2V 1968-1973
The inventory 302 "F" variant was produced between 1968 to 1973, at which generation the column was closed. The power plant was offered as both a dealer upgrade showroom car and as a "crate" racing engine for direct use in the Trans Am Series. This is the engine that won the Trans Am Championship in 1970 and was a very impressive piece of power plant technology in its day. The power plant was configured as an eight-cylinder, 90-degree, overhead valve engine offering 302 cubic inches, 290 pounds-feet at 4,300 rpm, 290 BHP at 5,800 rpm or 470 BHP at 9,000 rpm (Trans Am Racing version).
302 "G" 8V 1968 Tunnel Port
The 302 "G" 8V Tunnel Harbour variant was produced in 1968 and was sold as both a dealer showroom trimming engine, or "off the shelf" racing effectiveness plant for appropriateness in the advancing sheet of the 1968 Trans Am Series. The engine was configured as an eight-cylinder, 90-degree, overhead valve, carrying 302 cubic inches producing 310 pounds-feet at 2,800 rpm, 240 BHP at 5,000 rpm or 420 BHP at 8,000 rpm (Trans Am narration). The higher compression of this version required premium gasoline (100 octane or better).
302 "G" 4V 1969-71# Boss
The 302 "G" 4V 1969-71# Boss variant was produced between 1969 and 1971 and was the "big dog" of all the 302 engines. This was the dealer showroom inventory engine and was the weakest of all of the 302 engines. The energy plant was configured as an eight-cylinder, 90-degree, overhead valve capacity plant with a complete displacement of 302 cubic inches. Horsepower ranged from 210 BHP at 4,400 rpm between 1968 and 1970, nevertheless the capacity dropped significantly in the 1972-73 imitation age to 141 BHP at 4,000 rpm. To dish out you some thought of how unimpressive this chronicle was, it ran on typical petrol (below 100 octane).
