cdeal28078
Sorry I took so long to answer your question about fuel milage. You have to realize that I have a new crate motor. It is a 5.0 with fuel injection and that helps a bunch. My fuel milage from San Diego to Phoenix was around 17 mpg avg. I had about 200 lbs in the bed, 22 gal gas, and two passengers running 75 mph avg. Not great but a lot more power and smoothness.
fisheye
Rearend gears with a 302 and C4?
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- fisheye
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re: Rearend gears with a 302 and C4?
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re: Rearend gears with a 302 and C4?
I also have a 302 with fmx and 3.25 gears. Before the engine died I was getting @ 14mpg but that was on a 37 year old motor too. Good for daily driving and trips - not hauling.
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Re: re: Rearend gears with a 302 and C4?
You need to use the flex plate that is on your engine now.The later model 302s and 351s are balanced differently and the later flexplate will cause a large vibration.fordxxx wrote:Fisheye, what flexplate did you use with your '70 302/AOD? I was thinking of doing the same swap and figured a 351/AOD flex plate would be needed...is that true?
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