Posted by Mustang (IP: 198.79.17.34) on July 09, 1999 at 16:33:10:
In Reply to: YEAH??....Well... posted by T.L. on July 08, 1999 at 23:44:03:
Well,I currently have both engines,I just like the 289 better..Ive run that 289 alot and it still keeps going for me..My 302 sounds better than the 289,The 289 just sounds stock..The 302 has a decent lope..
: A buddy of mine gad a '65 Mustang (restored & modified) with a rebuilt
: 289 that had a Comp.Cams bumpstick & all sorts of other high-perf stuff...well I raced him in my '73 Maverick with the STOCK 302 (add holley 4bbl/Edelbrock Performer intake) & that's when I still had the
: stock 3.00:1 rearend gears...I blew his doors off !!!...His 289 was "warmed-over" and My high mileage stock 302 Smoked him...I was
: surpried because I was sure he'd beat me but he couldn't...