well i was looking on ebay and still trying to gain performace but still be legal...

[83countrysquire]

I m also trying to go a cost efficent way. So i founbd these on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/289-3...QQcmdZViewItem
or this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-...QQcmdZViewItem along with a intake http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ELDEB...QQcmdZViewItem and was thinkin using this stuff to reduild my enigne and make it car or take a carbed engine and beef it up alot what do u guys think and these for heads http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/REBUI...QQcmdZViewItem

[N A]

Buy an Weiand Stealth intake manifold. It's worth the money.

[grandpaslincoln]

Stay away from intake manifolds that don't show what the RPM power range is, you could end up getting something that wouldn't work very good on your engine, depending on what cam you got.

I would go with a summit 4bbl intake manifold.

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=SUM%2D226030&N=0&autoview=sku

[83countrysquire]

how do i find out the year of the engine where are the identification codes

[mrltd]

Performer 289 is a non emissions (non egr) dual plane idle-5500...

[gadget73]

I think that sealed power cam is a stock replacement, and the Melling doesn't seem like its got much more lift than stock either. For all the trouble you'd be better off with a truck cam or something. The intake would be fine. The heads are nothing special. D8 heads have fairly large chambers, big exhaust bumps, and aren't exactly a desirable performance head. If you're planning on building a decent motor that will perform similar to stock, all of the above will do fine. The intake is pretty decent but the rest isn't all that special.

[83countrysquire]

thank you but still no one has anserwed my q on how to find out the year of an engine i finally saw my buddies 302 its got the fuel pump in the front of it when i cna i will get pics up and there was a number in back but didnt look like what i need where will the numbers be that i can tell the year his dad said it was from an old torino and the heads were heads that people wanted so i m in thinking early 70s or mid 70s b/c his dad said it was a ugly car but thos years are the years i ithnk the car lost ti touch except for strasky and hutch

[phayzer5]

Get the Comp Cams 35-235-3 cam... .477/.493 210 int./218 exh. 1,200-5,200 RPM. Install a Trans-Go HP shift kit and the 5500 hi-rev governor included in the kit and you'll be good to go

[turbo2256b]

Best cam is a 289 HI PO its a solid cam but there is a hyd version of it too. Best heads are the old 351Ws from 69/70. Best intake RPM Edelebrock or even better the Blue Thunder high rise dual plane.

[turbo2256b]

thank you but still no one has anserwed my q on how to find out the year of an engine i finally saw my buddies 302 its got the fuel pump in the front of it when i cna i will get pics up and there was a number in back but didnt look like what i need where will the numbers be that i can tell the year his dad said it was from an old torino and the heads were heads that people wanted so i m in thinking early 70s or mid 70s b/c his dad said it was a ugly car but thos years are the years i ithnk the car lost ti touch except for strasky and hutch

block # is in the starter area, intake # on one of the runners, look for distributor number on its housing, got to pull the heads to see there #. The 351W heads the good ones will have 351W cast between the rocker stud bosses. Not a garantee there the good ones. There are other 289 hipo and a couple others that are wanted because of there hi compression.