Thread: 302" Redline
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Old 03-05-2011, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by CobraEd View Post
1) the ability to rev and produce power, and 2) the ability of the engine to hold together..

Very well said. With a stock 5.0 camshaft and cylinder heads, you won't make power very high, so there's no use in spinning it up. A stock 302 bottom end will take quite a bit of punishment, but there's no need in putting it through that unnecessarily.
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