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The 302 was a dog until it was a 4BBL 5.0L in 1983.

My 289s (with 1969 351w heads and those stepped head bolts) when I was a kid spooled faster than any of my friends 302s, and kept up with most 351's.

Boss 302s were already collector items when i was a kid in the mid-late 80's so we never saw them on the street.

One night my little 66' with a 289 held onto a SS454 chevelle way longer than expected and it was a tie (1/4 mile) basically I got the jump on the light and he had problems with a bit of wheelspin and about 200Lbs of stereo gear.

Vintage 302's are mostly rubbish in the year 2010, the best 5.0L you can get is from a 1994-1995 Cobra Mustang.

Roller cam, 1.7 ratio roller rockers, GT40 heads -- all stock.

put a carb and a distributor on it and you can dress it vintage. -- very capable power plant.