
Installation
and Conclusion
With the engine completed, all that remains is to determine
if we met our goal of 400 HPpower. While we would
have desired to load the motor on an engine dyno and
report true flywheel numbers, unfortunately we
did not have access to an
engine dyno at the time of this article. Therefore our
next best option was to get the motor in a car and drive
over to a chassis dyno.
We decided that the lucky recipient of our new 302 would be
the editors 1967 Mustang coupe. A fairly typical street/strip
car, the Mustang had already been setup with a T5 manual transmission
and 4.11 gears. This would open up the opportunity to get
the car to the dragstrip and find out what sort of ET's the
302 could produce. In fact we were so confident of our 302
buildup that we termed our project car "Project 11.99."
The goal from here on out would be to break into the 11's
with this motor.
We dropped the motor into Project 11.99 and it immediately
roared to

302 installed in '67 Mustang.
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life. The solid roller surprisingly
made no fuss, and immediately settled down to a smooth
idle. Not having to break in the cam is reason enough
to go with a roller cam. We initally observed oil pressure
to be lower than we had expected, so we ended up replacing
the standard volume pump with a high volume. Initially
oil pressure wa about 20-25 psi at hot idle, and 55
psi max at high rpms. With solid lifters, this isn't
a problem, but we wanted more on the order of 10 psi
per 1000 rpm. Because we planned to spin the motor to
7000 rpm, 70 psi above 6000 would be a safer pressure
to run to keep the bearings adequately lubed.
After a couple days of driving time and break in we arranged
some dyno time at our local chassis dyno shop. Without giving
away the entire
dyno results, we'll say that we were pleased with the results,
and we left knowing there may still be a bit more power with
some track time and tuning. Be sure follow Project
11.99 closely as we'll have plenty of updates from the track,
as well as informative articles on optimizing the car and engine
to meet our goal of breaking into the 11's in the quarter mile.

Related Articles
Project
11.99 Introducing the Project Car
Project
11.99 Dyno Results for 400HP 302
Project
11.99 Initial Track Testing
Project
11.99 March 2000 Track Results
Project
11.99 June 2000 Results from the Track
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Part
I Short Block | Part
II Induction | Part
III Installation | Part
IV Dyno Testing |
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