found a boss 302

[warponyxlt]

i stopped and seen a guy about a dent side ford it was sittin in a field buy his house. I only stodded because i am lookin for a motor for project truck but he let me look at the truck. It is a flat bed with ugly paint but when i popped the hood there was a wierd lookin ford motor in there it had a funny lookin intake and big tappet pans the top end was pretty big he told me it was a 400 or a 460 or some thin like that but i myself know what them motors look like its no fe or a windsor either that is what made me look further in to it so i looked at the underside and seen the skrew in soft plug holes and remembered what the engine rebuilding book said about that. It is for sale but i dont have the money to get it dammit any ways that sucks its even gots the 4spd behind it good thing this guy dont give a $hit about it or know what is under the hood but I will get it I am determined to do so even if i have to get good and drunk with him and buy it with a case of beer and some cash an get it home that night p.s. no B.S

[fordman]

i always thought and i never really knew. that a boss 302 was a 302 with 289 heads. so its a larger head with off set soft plugs in the block? how does one look in the junkyard all stripped out? no covers cam or intake?

[1967AceStroker]

I think a boss 302 is a 302 with 351 cleveland heads on it, not %100 though.

[Happy_Camper]

Now that could be a real find. Yeah, a Boss 302 is a SBF with 351 cleveland heads, and a special intake.
Wow, If it has the original Boss toploader that could be a screaming find. If it still has the stamped data plates, you need to mortgage your children!
Good luck!

[averagef250]

I may be wrong here, but I was under the impression a BOSS 302 is a BOSS 302. The heads are Boss heads. The 351C 4V is a different engine that used similiar heads to the Boss 302. Basically, I don't see how you can say that the Boss 302 was made using cleveland heads because when the Boss 302 was made there was no such thing as a cleveland motor. The Boss came first, then the 351C 4V.

If it has screw in freeze plugs it's worth a few bucks. A friend of mine had a stock 69 Boss 302/toploader in a 77 Bronco with 33's and 4.56's. The Bronco was pretty rough to drive. The engine had a major lack of low end to get the heavy bronco going and had a throttle more like an on/off switch than anything else. The friend sold that Bronco to a 19 year old kid who wrecked it the day after buying it.

[warponyxlt]

they say you can make a boss out of a 302 with a specific year clevland heads that are machined in some way i think it is for the water ports to line up some thing like that but you dont get the 4bolt mains and the need for a one off manifold. The truck is for sail for two hundred bucks its got all i need to get my 4x4 going even has a steel floored flat bed and a wind shield. with a motor like that i would just sell it to fund other things going on in life but it cant be worth all that much i dunno I gotta round up the greenbacks to get it aye

[sgs]

I don't know what it's worth but it would be cool to have and the start of another project which will end up costing $$$.
If you don't want it, PM me. I would buy it if the $$$ is reasonable and work something out with you for a finders fee. I would stick it in a rat rod. I'm in Wi. Not that far from you. I just drove across Nebraska on 20. I could have gone North first.

sgs

[rubiranch]

I may be wrong here, but I was under the impression a BOSS 302 is a BOSS 302. The heads are Boss heads. The 351C 4V is a different engine that used similiar heads to the Boss 302.

I would agree with the above comment. The heads are simular but not the same.

[Happy_Camper]

I may be wrong here, but I was under the impression a BOSS 302 is a BOSS 302. The heads are Boss heads. The 351C 4V is a different engine that used similiar heads to the Boss 302. Basically, I don't see how you can say that the Boss 302 was made using cleveland heads because when the Boss 302 was made there was no such thing as a cleveland motor. The Boss came first, then the 351C 4V.

If it has screw in freeze plugs it's worth a few bucks. A friend of mine had a stock 69 Boss 302/toploader in a 77 Bronco with 33's and 4.56's. The Bronco was pretty rough to drive. The engine had a major lack of low end to get the heavy bronco going and had a throttle more like an on/off switch than anything else. The friend sold that Bronco to a 19 year old kid who wrecked it the day after buying it.

Yep, that is correct, and apologize for making an over simplification in my original statement.

FYI:
http://www.boss302.com/heads.htm

[fordman]

for that kind of money BUY IT NOW. the flatbed is worth that by itself.

[binder56jd]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Boss_302_engine