My home ported 302 heads....what do you see?

bschubarg said

Again... I'm just experimenting; doing what everybody is doing or what everybody tells you should do...isn't innovative.

I'm almost ready to get this beast running and so far no issues with clearances.

There are certainly two opinions on using #302 heads. I subscribe to neither.

My goal is taking this heavy Chrysler 5th Ave(#3780 lbs) with advertised HP rating of 140 and a 1/4 Mile time in the high 17 second to a #3450 lb(Currently) HP rating of ~275 and a 1/4 Mile in Mid to Low 14's.

Wish me luck....

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I'm all for innovation. If you want to innovate, you need tools to test with. That would be a flow bench and a dyno and then the track. If all the numbers don't add up, you need to learn why they don't.

Just rehashing a junk valve job without testing properly isn't innovation. It's mental masturbation.


I've tested many valve jobs. The LAST valve job I'd use is a 30 degree seat. Can't tell you how many Pontiacs I converted to 45* seats. The poncho purists all lose their collective minds. I tell them if they had a mind they wouldn't be screwing with Pontiacs, and I say that after I just did 3 hard days in a Pontiac sweat shop.