Gary Lewis Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Sitting at $12,100 with 15 hrs to go, and the reserve is not met. I'm betting it goes bonkers at 6:55 PM Central. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 I'm betting it goes bonkers at 6:55 PM Central. Ended at $12,650 with the reserve not met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Ended at $12,650 with the reserve not met. It's that pesky 302 I'm tellin' ya, nobody wants it...lol. If it had the 351 HO it would have sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Ended at $12,650 with the reserve not met. It's that pesky 302 I'm tellin' ya, nobody wants it...lol. If it had the 351 HO it would have sold. You are probably right. My brother and I were talking about that a few days ago. He had several of these trucks back in the day, and his experience was that the EFI'd 302 ran quite well in a light truck, but when you tried to tow with them they just didn't have the moxie that the 351HO had. In this case, if you weren't going to tow that Bronco might be an excellent choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 You are probably right. My brother and I were talking about that a few days ago. He had several of these trucks back in the day, and his experience was that the EFI'd 302 ran quite well in a light truck, but when you tried to tow with them they just didn't have the moxie that the 351HO had. In this case, if you weren't going to tow that Bronco might be an excellent choice. Gary, I'm so used to hearing everybody complain about the lowly 302, it's the first thing that came to my mind! PS: I saw a funny comment...not sure if it was on here or an FB, etc. Somebody was talking about spending a couple grand on doing a 302 stroker kit (probably the 347 ci if I recall correctly) and somebody replied saying that, "Hey, you know Ford also had a factory stroker kit for the 302? They called it the 351!!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Gary, I'm so used to hearing everybody complain about the lowly 302, it's the first thing that came to my mind! PS: I saw a funny comment...not sure if it was on here or an FB, etc. Somebody was talking about spending a couple grand on doing a 302 stroker kit (probably the 347 ci if I recall correctly) and somebody replied saying that, "Hey, you know Ford also had a factory stroker kit for the 302? They called it the 351!!". Yes, I often wonder why people pay good money for a kit to stroke a 302 to a bit less than what the factory got with the 351. If you want ~350 cubes then go buy a 351W. My "stroked 351M" comment in my signature is the same thing. I'm using the factory kit - a 400 crank. Note: I'm not saying building up a 302 like you did is crazy. Plenty of power in a strong 302. But why stroke it when 351W's are everywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Note: I'm not saying building up a 302 like you did is crazy. Plenty of power in a strong 302. But why stroke it when 351W's are everywhere? My little mildly built 302 is perfectly fine for what I'm using it for. I technically didn't even need the power,...it all started with me taking it apart to clean up all the leaks and stuff...lol. Anyway, for a little 2wd Flareside...a 300HP 302 is more than plenty imho. I could have spent way more money that I did, but I was trying to keep it as a cheaper budget build. I even got a bit of flak for going with factory cast iron GT40 heads when there are much better aluminum options available. If for any reason I had to spend even $10 more dollars on it, I would have gone with a 351, hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Note: I'm not saying building up a 302 like you did is crazy. Plenty of power in a strong 302. But why stroke it when 351W's are everywhere? My little mildly built 302 is perfectly fine for what I'm using it for. I technically didn't even need the power,...it all started with me taking it apart to clean up all the leaks and stuff...lol. Anyway, for a little 2wd Flareside...a 300HP 302 is more than plenty imho. I could have spent way more money that I did, but I was trying to keep it as a cheaper budget build. I even got a bit of flak for going with factory cast iron GT40 heads when there are much better aluminum options available. If for any reason I had to spend even $10 more dollars on it, I would have gone with a 351, hands down. The financial math to stroke a 302 doesn't make cents. But a strong 302 can move a light truck quite nicely as well as return decent MPG to allow it to be driven and enjoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 It looks like the market has determined the value of this Bronco...it's been stuck at $12.5k for a couple days, with reserve not met. Same as last time. https://www.ebay.com/itm/372613711109 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 It looks like the market has determined the value of this Bronco...it's been stuck at $12.5k for a couple days, with reserve not met. Same as last time. https://www.ebay.com/itm/372613711109 I think you are right - $12.5K is about it. Wonder what the reserve is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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