Okay im working on rebuilding the whole engine with forged pistons new rods so since im this deep in i figured id just get a new crank. But since my engine is an HO it has the windsor firing order. So does that mean windsor crankshafts will work in a 302?
Firing order comes off the camshaft. you may just want machine shop to check your crank, then decide on what to do.
hmmmmm... okay. I dont think anything is wrong with it. It only had a little over 60,000 miles on it and there is no damage any were inside the block or on the pisions so........
Well,,, new rods and pistons, tou should and need to have all balanced! I would have crank checked,,,
Ive been planing on taking it to one of my dads friends so they can balance and blue print it so while its there ill get them to check the crank..... will my f303 cam still work?
no im not adding any power adders and the engine the f cam is going into is a 86 HO engine.... so your saying it should work? correct me if im wrong. please do becuase ill be so bad if i put it all toghether and something is wrong. I cant affored to mess this up.
Your going to have to mock it all up together and check PTV clearance. Thats only way to be sure if everything will work.
The F cam will fit the block, but no one can tell you if it'll work or not. You have to check the clearance between the Piston and valves yourself. http://www.fordmuscle.com/fundamentals/pistontovalve/index.shtml EDIT: 74 GRABBER beat me to it!
A lot of guys run F cams when going with blowers or turbos because of the wide LSA. Running a carb I would prefer a cam with tighter lobes. If you got it, try it. It is a 25 year old design, though, and there are a lot better roller cams available now. For an N/A driver even the stock HO cam isn't bad.
FYI---the HO roller has a wider LSA than the F cam.(115.5 vs 114) And running one(a wide LSA cam) with a carb isn't a bad thing. In fact, the wider LSA helps tremendously with a carb. It makes the carb more responsive on the bottomend and there's really no loss of power on top that you can measure in the seat of the pants meter.
Personal opinion but for a street engine blueprinting is way overkill. Done properly it's very labor intensive and you won't notice it by the seat of the pants o'meter.
You won't notice a lot of hp from the blue-printing BUT it will make the engine smoother, last longer and it will like to rev up. Blue-printing takes all the imbalance out ofthe engine - not just the factory specs but the allowances for mass production. All the chambers will be the same, the deck height will be completely uniform, crank and cam bores will be parallel and straight. You will be able to notice the results of blue-printing. It also frees up the hp normally lost to the imbalance and mis-matched components sizes of a mass-produced engine.
