Another 302 Head Question
Lol I hear ya now. Those numbers are really an eye opener! Thanks a lot!
Now I'm in a predicament, that 2800 stall sounds real attractive but I do plan on occasionally towing later on; possibly for over 4 hours at highway speeds. How will the 2800 stall effect driveability? Even unloaded at highway speeds (2500rpm), it would have me revving much higher?
The 302's are still going to go on, I appreciate your opinion and understand completely, it's just something to occupy my idle time during school breaks while i'm home, like Christmas
No sweat,lol. My 2800 is circa 1980, with old technology. I actually worked at the place they were built and saw how the built it; it was real low tech. And I drove the crap out of it for many years and several cars with no transcooler.
I have no personal experience with the modern stuff, but there are plenty of guys on FABO that will chime in.
If you look at that graph again, you can see the torque curve is pretty good, so YOU might not need a 2800. I just recommend it cuz it's so darn much fun.
At 2400 for instance, that curve is still putting out 285ftlbs and
130hp. Which is still way better than 80,lol. If you keep the 3.54s it looks like this;
285x2.45x3.54x.8=1977 ftlbs to the road, which will still spin two typical width tires. And your cruising speed will be 65=2585 @zero slip, so I don't see a problem with a 2400, and a small cooler, but I wouldn't go any less.
With your cam and a bump in compression, your LA might be on par with this Magnum.
Those 30s you mentioned, wouldn't be other than a street tire or perhaps an LT type.....would they?