Will this fit in my 1973 Comet

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    Are you positive its a boss??? Block has screw in freeze plugs and canted valve heads like a cleveland???
     
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    yes Im positive its a Boss by the numbers.
     
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    Wow, you could probably sell that and buy a completed car. :)
     
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    what he said!!! what a score!!!!!!!!
     
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    A true Boss 302 would be worth more than most Mavericks.
     
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    yep I would sell and have money to build a bad axx motor with money left over
     
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    If you are certain its a boss...Sell it...Or build it for your mav.Then when everyone sayes "NO Way!!" You can pop the hood and say "WAY" Plus it would really tick off the boss mustang crowd...:rofl2:
    Soo...could you post the numbers...:bouncy:
     
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    *cries* Wow.. that is just..wow that's awesome.
     
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    Aren't the heads and deck height a bit taller on those engines?
     
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    If it will fit I want a shacker hood and its gotta be better then a mustang Im lighter......and I think or cars a cooler theres to many mustangs out there...:thumbs2: Dont want to cut the car up though.
     
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    Hmm as far as I know, the only problem my inexperienced mind could come up with is that the valve covers would hit the shock tower braces, but those could be notched... I might be wrong though.


    On second thought though.. There was a gentleman a few years back at the Fabulous Fords Forever show at Knott's Berry Farm that had a Mav with a Boss in it... I'd look for that dude and ask him.
     
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    Yup they fit but...You have to talk to ratio411 about how its done.He has put clevelands in a mavs...boss install is like a cleveland install.I dont know if the 351 C swap headers will work though.Deck height is still different between thew boss 302 and 351 cleveland.Great score man!!! Hope you get in your mav.
     
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    BTW How much did you get that sucker for? I'll give ya a dollar over what you paid for it lol ;)
     
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