Old Ford Blue said:

So for no apparent reason my perfectly running stock 302 suddenly began knocking pretty badly. I had just replaced the 2bbl intake and carb with a 4bbl and it was sitting there idiling while i was adjusting the carb, sounded fine, no smoke no idle issues , nothing. When all the sudded it just starts knocking. plenty of oil, just changed it about 200 miles ago, nothing to indicate it was about to happen. oh well. That being said, ive now gotta decide what direction to go. The little 302 was definitly a healthy little bugger so i could go find a fresh bottom end and swap that in. or i could find a 351 to go in there. Ive also got a 68 GTA Mustang 390 on a stand... that would require motor ounts and a C6 to go in place of the 3.03 thats behind it now though....

lol of course most are gonna say go bigger its just gonna happen. Its up to you of course. Either way your pulling the motor. obviously a lower end rebuild would be easiest. BUt if you can find the parts for the 390 that would be a cool project too, unless you were planing on putting it in something else

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Old Ford Blue said:

...im kinda on the market for a 67-8 Mustang to
put the 390 back in so i think ill keep it for that.

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Old Ford Blue said:

From the sound of it its definitly a rod knocking and it didnt sound good at all. Definitly not just a timing issue. but im thinking windsor is gonna be the way to go. im kinda on the market for a 67-8 Mustang to put the 390 back in so i think ill keep it for that.

But if i go 351 can i run my 302 E7te heads and aluminum dualplane Ford racing intake on top of it?

Thanks guys!

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mudslut79 said:

Or you could just get a good running 390 there decent motors. That way you dont have to worry about changing motor mounts.

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