302 engin, it any good?

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  1. elliot

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    hi all I might be getting a 302 out of a 84 crown victoria (I think thats how ya spell it) with throttle body injection and I was wanting to know if its a roller motor or just worth bilding up at all thanks. BTW its not going to go in my mav ! :cool:
     
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    I am pretty sure it's not a roller....
     
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    I am thinking that I read somewhere that they went to the roller style in 1985, but I sure someone here can verify it.
     
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    That's what I was thinking, too.
     
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    Yeah, it was '85 they switched to roller. Honestly, if i were you, i'd wait and find a roller motor and spend a little extra on it. It will be worth it in the end, as a roller conversion can get expensive and the roller motors do make more power simply because of the roller cam.
     
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    well it will for free though :)
     
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    I had an 85 crown vic 302 once. The motor was nothing even remotely close to what is in my 86 mustang gt. IMO I would stick with the original motor, or do what it takes to convert the vic motor to the HO version.
     
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