[olddog]

It is now days accepted, as fact, that big ports are bad for low end torque, and only good for high rpm big cubic inch motors. The Boss 302 stands in sharp contrast to todays thinking. Sure people remember that the Boss 302 was sluggish at low rpms, but why was it so? A 290 deg duration flat tappet cam shaft, a 780 cfm carb, and (I think, but not certain) a single plane intake, all are a sure fired way to get poor low rpm torque. It is my opinion that a modern roller cam with duration of 220 intake and 230 exhaust, with a good single plane intake topped off with a 550 cfm carb, and a Boss 302 would pull hard from 2-7K. Just an opinion.

Big blocks, back in the day, with huge ports compared to small blocks, generally were known for low rpm stump pulling torque. Yet today many will tell you that it doesn't work. Why were hemi engines with even bigger ports and valves able to run on the street? By todays common wisdom they should have been hidious dogs on the street. I don't think so!

Me, I wish I had a Boss 302 to play with.