Originally Posted By: panthermike
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Flush the coolant, change the oil, then drive the snot out of it
Gotta love 302's.
302's are awesome! My brother owned a 92' F150 w/ this motor. He sold it with 252K miles, running good. While 252K might not seem like much, he didn't change the oil the whole time he had it, 52K miles
Mostly stop and go driving. He just added a quart when it started knocking. Like I said, ran fine when he sold it, insane!
A good friend of mine has a '92 (Mustang) LX notch. Engine had 300,000Km on it, lived through 2,000+ bottles of Nitrous, and then 525RWHP from a supercharger. Stock bottom-end. Ended up putting 13L of coolant through it when an intake gasket let go, so he put new bearings (and a used piston from another 302) in it, slapped it back together and is still driving it. Runs like a clock.