We love the Ford 302. Its short, 3.00-inch stroke encourages flinging the tach needle to 7,000 or even 8,000 rpm, and its fat, 4.00-inch bore allows mucho cylinder head breathing. We've punished a ...

This 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 was refurbished back in 2007, losing its original Boss 302 engine in favor of a 351 ci Cleveland V8.

The redesigned 5.0 Coyote engine featured in the 2011 Mustang GT displaced closer to 5.0 liters than the previous version and slightly more than 302 cubic inches, with just over 4.94 liters.

The car you see on these pages is a Mustang II with a 302-cubic-inch V8 engine and a four-speed manual transmission, power steering and power disc brakes as standard equipment.

By combining a 327 block with a 4.0" bore and a 283 crankshaft with a 3.0" stroke, Chevrolet engineers created an oversquare — meaning the bore is larger than the stroke — 302.4 cubic inch V8 ...