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Like many of you, I've been following the intro closely, developing different builds, anxiously awaiting any new "revelations". And, suddenly I'm swept back to 1981......and Ford's "The Boss is Back" campaign putting the 302 back into the Mustang after a couple of years of anemic 255 cu in V8s in the Fox chassis.
Wow....this '82 5.0 has a boat engine cam (same firing order as a 351W), four speed, Traction-Lok rear and is pretty damn quick. Had to have one.......special ordered it, loved it. It was the shit......then......the '83s came out with about 20 more net horsepower..... a couple of years later the roller-cam version of the 4-bbl engine came out with another 30 horses and an 8.8 axle instead of the 7.5. Then fuel injection, and so on and so on....... We all know the rest of the story.
A couple of years down the road, the Bronco will be significantly better, in ways we can't even predict at this time. Enjoy your "first year" Bronco..... I'll rejoin the festivities a couple of years down the road.
Wow....this '82 5.0 has a boat engine cam (same firing order as a 351W), four speed, Traction-Lok rear and is pretty damn quick. Had to have one.......special ordered it, loved it. It was the shit......then......the '83s came out with about 20 more net horsepower..... a couple of years later the roller-cam version of the 4-bbl engine came out with another 30 horses and an 8.8 axle instead of the 7.5. Then fuel injection, and so on and so on....... We all know the rest of the story.
A couple of years down the road, the Bronco will be significantly better, in ways we can't even predict at this time. Enjoy your "first year" Bronco..... I'll rejoin the festivities a couple of years down the road.
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