Budget Ford 302 Project (Part 1) Baseline HP and Torque and Carb Flow Test With Numbers

This is the first part in a series of videos I want to make about budget performance on a Ford 302.
My goal is to demonstrate the gains you can get and the fun to be had without using high dollar performance parts.
In this video I show the baseline performance and discuss what I can do to improve it in the future.
I am starting out with a high mileage 302 from a 1987 ford F150. It has a 2-barrel intake from 1971, an oem style Holley 2bbl carb, and a stock flat tappet cam. I have replaced the bearings the piston rings, and ball honed the cylinders.

[@nathandean6639]

I like how you are starting with the regular old truck 302 as there are a lot more of those out there then the HO mustang version that everyone else seems to start with . They are so choked off with the tiny camshaft and two barrel . I’ve never seen a baseline dyno test on the LP 302 so interesting to see the numbers, great video series.

[@engine_therapy]

Thanks. I agree, its a good place to start.