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fordpower
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Posted: 12-October-2015 at 12:55PM |
Is there anything special about a 302 crank.When I bought the car 5+ yr. ago the owner made a point to state it had a ford 302 crank.He was so adamant about it having a ford crank.
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Rockatansky
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around 1985? Ford changed the factory imbalance factor from 28.x oz to 50 oz
both the harmonic balancer & the flex / flywheel needs to match the crank only thing I can think of, maybe he found out the hard way
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fordpower
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All I know is he said if you rebuild that motor,that's a real ford crank.It's even written on it 302 ford.
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Rockatansky
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not like Ford didn't make 183 gajillion of them, good to know I guess
FWIW you can get an offshore POS that is not indexed accurately from one throw to the next and has out of spec diameters & taper right out of the box there is a lot to be said for OEM quality
Edited by Rockatansky - 13-October-2015 at 7:06AM |
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unlovedford
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A 4340 forged steel Ford 5.0 crankshaft will take about anything you can throw at it. Not expensive ($250-$400 on sale) and well worth it for a solid base. Stay away from the cheapo stuff, as saving a couple of hundred bucks may well cost you several thousand in broken parts and labor.
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Its a 2m early model with two piece rear seal. As far as I can tell most guys on a mustang thread I looked at said it was stronger than a 5.0 just have to grind down the lip for rear seal change damper and flywheel etc. I will put motor back in car as is.Its a 74 falcon 30 over flat top pistons with roller heads.
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