Will 302 heads work with an Air-Gap?

For a streeter,I suggest, keep the cam.Keep the longblock.
It is my opinion that I myself would seriously enjoy that engine. Most especially in an early A, but also in any lightweight-swb A. With your 3.73s and highstall it will be RBF; Really Big Fun.

If, like 273 suggests, that it horsepower peaks around 5000, then it will want to be shifted around 5800 to drop in at 4000, with the A/T: for a powerband of 1800rpm.For a lil streeter,this is very sweet. But like I said earlier, that AG is just waking up; and it may be lazy at low power-settings when transitioning. Oh wait! The3.73s and a TC, will probably get you through that.