I worked on a guy's 302 Mustang, and I think it was a 68, may have been a 69, tho.

 

I believe you, but both of those years are incorrect.

 

But wasn't the 302 introduced in 1968?

 

To the best of my knowledge, yes.

 

I guess maybe it would have to be 1967 then?

 

We are trying to come up with a 302 Windsor...... Dont think it was ever called Windsor... There was the 351W and the 4.6l W but...

Dennis

 

You're on the right track, but there is a correct year answer.

 

I think the 302 was officially called the Windsor in Australia, in the 1970 Falcon.

So I'll guess 1970.

 

That's possible, I really don't know. I'm going off of "official" Ford info, and they have a different answer, so for now, I'm gonna say that's incorrect.


I have to split in about 15 minutes, do you guys just want the answer?

 

Yep, but it's wrong, because I know that a 302 built in Windsor, Ont. went in Fords in 1968.

 

Sure, give us the answer.

I know the 'Windsor' family 221 started out in about 1962, but the early 'Windsor' 221-260-289 motors were made in Cleveland until 1966. The 302 replaced the 289 in 1968, and was made in Windsor, but may have not been 'officially' called that. So if it is not 1968, it must be later.

Maybe the 302 was officially designated the Windsor when the first 351M motors came out? Mid 1970's?

 

According to “The Official Ford Mustang 5.0 Technical Reference and Performance Handbook”:
Conventions can be confusing. Enthusiasts typically refer to Ford’s popular V-8s by names that describe the combustion chamber/valve arrangement in the engine’s cylinder heads. In enthusiast parlance, Ford Windsor engines are V-8s built with inline valves, while Cleveland powerplants have staggered, compound-angle (canted) valves. Ford understandably prefers to apply the Windsor and Cleveland nomenclature to engines produced by those particular plants. According to the factory way of thinking, the Mustang’s 5-liter V-8 was manufactured only by Ford’s Cleveland Engine Plant, so therefore it can not be a “Windsor V-8.” Enthusiasts see inline valves and know it can not be called a “Cleveland.” For this reason, this guide refers to the 5-liter V-8 only as a member of Ford’s small block V-8 family and not by its popular (but formally inappropriate) “Windsor” designation. The Ford FRPP catalog refers to the 289 and 302 V-8s as “Windsor-style” engines. This series of small blocks has also been referred to as Ford’s ‘90°V” powerplant family.

However, starting in 1994, the 5.0L truck engines were built at the Windsor Engine Plant Number Two, making them the first official production 302W.

 

Hell, we know more about their engines than they do! That was a sneaky question! Good one.

 

what he said

Ed

 

In 1959, General Motors released the El Camino. During one of the first road tests, the Elky suffered a breakdown, and the service vehicle that came to the rescue was a _______. Much to GM's chagrin, the incident was caught on film. GM faltered and didn't produce the El Camino again until 1964.

Fill in the blank.

Hint: It's a Ford.