ericmac450

Marc...do you think a Chevy 302 and a ford 302 are the same? HAHA!!!! Thanks for the laugh today it's been a long day at work so far, and that helped!

Oh yeah, even though I wish I did...I do not have a 69 Camaro...but I do know someone who does...

and one more point...you said a car that changes their tires are not stock anymore right? How long do you expect tires to last? Can't some one upgrade their tires??? I don't see why you would consider that non-stock...I thought we were talking about the engine here...

Could be that the 302 your dad's friend, or whoever it was, engine is not running very good...you said it was all origional right??? well that's a 33 year old engine...just a thought...

Black 91 Z28

The z06 has 30 years of technology on it's side, it's also lighter, better weight ditribution, better suspension, better tires, better gearing, makes power at a lower RPM. Though I don't think that would cause 2+ seconds of difference.
They also only wound the 302 up to 6000 rpm (per the article i cited before) that's 2000 more usable rpm range they didn't use. They had a factory red line from the factory of 6000. Why? I don't know. But they do rev higher.



This is becoming lock bait.

David

PS What does your car run in the quarter?

jocww

why are we talking about 302s when we should be talking abouta vette

Marc 85Z28

iTrader: (3)

No, the Ford 302 is a much better engine than the Chevy 302. There a dozens of Ford 302's running in the low 8's at over 170 MPH in the quarter. Granted they are full race, but you will NEVER see a Chevy 302 come anywhere near that.

Change to standard replacement tires, yes. Change over to ET Streets or slicks, no.

The engine has since been rebuilt, back in the early 90's I think he said. The motor runs fine, believe me

Black 91 Z28 - best ET was 13.85@100.2 - but a cold front had just come through that night and temps were around 60 with the track still warm, hum was 25% or so - kind of a fluke run. Car runs consistent 13.9-14.0 @ 99 MPH. That was before the DR's and I still had the crappy Edelbrock headers. It's no street rocket, but it'll hold it's own. I've got a Comp XE 274 and Performer RPM sitting in my room now, just waiting for the $ for a set of AFR 195's. Then I'll really talk some smack!

And I know the 302 will rev above 6000, the way his motor was screaming... I doubt he revved as high as 8000+ though. He's rough on the car, but he has A LOT of money invested and the last thing he wants to do is destroy that motor.

iroc22

Yeah this silly arguement has gone long enough.