Has the budget increased over $1200?? Do not go with a stroker unless you can afford good heads to go with it. Biggest bang for the buck will be heads, intake and cam. Increased cubic inches will do nothing without adequate flow on the top end. I like the idea of going with GT40 Y's, E cam and Air Gap intake. That should net you 50-60 horsepower or more. Stick with a 1.94 intake valve. Unless you are going to run a fairly radical cam, 2.02 is too big for a mild 302. Now if the the budget has increased I would go with a 331 stoker, Ed Curtis custom cam, Victor Jr. intake, Demon carb and AFR 185's. 400 plus HP easily. BTW, if you buy a stroker kit, get it from a reputable source like DSS. There are a lot of horror stories about bad stroker kits on the market. You can get a whole wealth of info about 302's from the mustang site
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