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SSGT Mustang · 02-23-2018, 01:16 PM

How many more ways can Ford screw up a good thing? They made a great block with great materials and bulked it up in the right places but decided to shorten the bores for all the wrong reasons and there's something else that they screwed up.

They put scalloped water jackets on the outside of the deck so now you can't use a production heads on the block. The lip of the water jackets are uncovered with the stock head. That was never a problem with the R302 block. There were round holes drilled on that block. If you needed to you could just plug them.

I don't care who from Ford Racing comes on here and spews some reason for this stupid design. They just gave away business to Dart that did their homework and probably looked at heads and asked racers what their blocks should have and should not have.

At any rate, has anybody managed to make the Boss Block work with production 302 heads? I would be grateful to learn how since I now have a $2000 block that is worthless for stock and super stock.

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02-23-2018, 01:16 PM	#1
SSGT Mustang Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jersey Posts: 359 Likes: 35 Liked 203 Times in 53 Posts	Boss Block and Stock Heads How many more ways can Ford screw up a good thing? They made a great block with great materials and bulked it up in the right places but decided to shorten the bores for all the wrong reasons and there's something else that they screwed up. They put scalloped water jackets on the outside of the deck so now you can't use a production heads on the block. The lip of the water jackets are uncovered with the stock head. That was never a problem with the R302 block. There were round holes drilled on that block. If you needed to you could just plug them. I don't care who from Ford Racing comes on here and spews some reason for this stupid design. They just gave away business to Dart that did their homework and probably looked at heads and asked racers what their blocks should have and should not have. At any rate, has anybody managed to make the Boss Block work with production 302 heads? I would be grateful to learn how since I now have a $2000 block that is worthless for stock and super stock. :