Took the 302 out of the 96 and had it machined 30 over, cleaned and degreased and painted black. decided to go with a stroker kit. Eagle 347 stroker kit Ford Racing E303 cam Ford Racing hydraulic lifters Ford Racing 36lb fuel injectors AFR Renegade 185 aluminum heads Aluminum Scorpion rocker arms Edelbrock Performer truck intake BBK twin 61mm throttle body Long or short tube headers, undecided Melling HV oil pump Melling oil pick up tube So far I've got everything up to the heads on the/in the block. Working on measuring pushrods right now. Just got my harmonic balancer back from Damper Doctors in CA. Had to have my factory balancer rebuilt and converted to 28oz imbalance instead of the factory 50oz. Can't use an aftermarket balancer since the 96 302 has a specific 4 point reluctor ring on it that can't be purchased for aftermarket balancers.
Definitely taking some time. Think I've got $5k+ into the engine. Machine shop is telling me I should be around 450+ we will see.
I don't have an updated picture of the front. I've got the left and right accessorie brackets cleaned up and painted black.