I'm with Terry. I had a '68 Z-28 302, factory limited production series--rated at 325hp. Factory tuned headers. Used to go "Ford hunting". Several times I ran it at Cheyenne Raceway in WYO, a dragstrip and did ok in my class nothing spectacular, but got a trophy or two.
Rarely lost in the "light to light" drags. We tweaked it some with a cam and Edlebrock hi-rise and a AFB "D"series carb. Side by side with a Boss302 @speed (70+) I could pull ahead, then walk away. At 80+ you could feel the front and rear spoilers take effect the car would begin to squat and tighten up. Over a hundred the car flew running easily at 6800 rpm with a redline of 7400. Ran from St. George,UT to Las Vegas never under a 100, often with the speedo needle bouncing off the 120 stop with still 5-600 rpm left to redline at speed.
Wish I still owned that car today(especially after this years BJ). Only car I've had ,except for the Cobra, that you could "punch " doing 25-30 and lay two strips of rubber and set you in the seat.
But I was always a Chevy guy, except I loved the Cobra and Daytona coupe, oh well bitten by a snake as a kid.
All in all though there are only three cars I wish I still owned the Z-28, the '67 327, 'Vette roadster, and the '57 Chevy Sedan Delivery I had in high school with the 327 and T-10.
memories.
Whether Chevy's 302 was better than Fords Boss 302--choose your camp and defend your marque, because it really makes no difference today, because today there are hi-po Fords running some Chevy internals and vice-versa, it's all about hp and performance
