80s to 70s engine conv

i have a 85 ford 302 block and i want to make it a 70s carburated so i can put it in my comet and i need to no if theres anything different between the years thanks

 

Unless you use the serpentine belt set up off the 85...You will need a standard rotation water pump and front cover. As well as a front sump oil pan and pickup.
You will also need a 50 oz flex plate or fly wheel depending on trans choice...

 

I have an 85 block in mine. You can check out my webpage and see what all I had to do to make it work. Link below...where it says Della website

Convert it to roller cam and really wake that thing up!

 

You should read the tech article http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=36034 There are a lot of details to consider like fuel pump, dip stick, clutch linkage or auto column shift linkage, distributor gear, harmonic balancer, flywheel or flexplate, and oil pan/pickup.

 

the engine came almost complete the only thing missin was the oil pan and intake

 

...which is good, because it most likely had the wrong oil pan, and a fuel injected intake. You would have had to scrap them both and replace.

 

i have a 2 bll intake and a new oil pan butthere for a 70s block would they work

 

They'll fit but why would you want to put a 2 bbl on it. If you have to swap it over you might as well go with a 4 bbl.

 

i got the 2bll for free and i already had the carb

 

good reason!

 

Use the pan, buy a used 4 bbl intake. There is no reason to jump up to a 5.0 and use a 2 bbl intake.

You can get a decent intake for $100 or less.

And for a couple hundred more, or less (if you can barter and trade for parts, I got mine free!) upgrade to roller cam, roller rockers, and roller everything!

 

what kind of distributer can i use does it have to be an 85 or can it be a 70s

 

Why would you want to go from electronic to points?

 

Distributor gear needs to match the cam. So if you use the newer cam, use the newer distributor gear (and distributor, if you want).

I use an old points style distributor, with Pertronix installed, and newer distributor gear to match my newer cam. I just didn't want all the extra wire you get with an electronic distributor.

 

Is it a HO engine or a std output???

The '85 HO was 1st to use a roller cam and requires a steel gear on the dist(that's '85 5-speed ONLY, automatics used a flat tappet iron cam with CFI), the '85 Dist could be used from a 5-speed as it's a Duraspark....

Just in case it isn't a '85, all prior had flat tappet cam and ALL '86-up passenger cars had a roller cam(that's right HO or std output), trucks didn't get the roller cam till the early '90s... Std output & trucks use same firing order as the earlier 289/302(15426378), the HO has 351 firing order(13726548)...