whats needed to swap a 302

u've seen mine there are many post on this site about the v8 conversion, and many helpful posts, as for the wiring its not bad if u run one of fords ignition boxes with an electronic distributor, u have to cut 3/4 of ur mazda harness away in the engine bay, i just ran the biggest gauge key on hot wire i could to the igniton box then from there everything will plug in coil, distributor, i ran one of the other bigger key on hot wires to a distribution block on the rad support so i could run a buch of other shit that i wanted to, mine has an aluminuim 240sx rad the aluminuim will stay cooler then a stock rad would and i have 2 12" fans infront of it behind the grill. for the mounts it just depends what u use, car mount or truck mounts and a car or truck oil pan i have truck mounts on mine and the motor mounts are bolted in instead of weldin new ones in, i used the stock tranny crossmember and just set everything level then built off of that. mine is a 351w and a c6 tranny u'll have to figure out what kinda tranny u wanna run but the stock rear sucks man...

I was thinking a carbed 302 just because its prolly alot easier to wire and troubleshoot if i have problems unlike this 2.2 in the truck now its almost impossible to troubleshoot that thing. How much do you think all of this will run me $ wise including trans and motor and everything to make a carbed 302 work i just need a ballpark so i can see if i can even attempt this or if i should go buy another car. Would the carbed 302 swap be simple as throwing an engine in there and making everything fit? and for motor mounts would i have to somehow take off the stock ones to bolt the new ones on? I love the idea of having a 302 in the truck but i am on a very limited budget but if i can keep the cost down i might just try it.

i have a carbed 351w in mine, but its very easy to wire them if u run the ford electronic dizzy, you could do it without to much money i probably have 1,000 to 1500 without any preformance stuff. heres a pic of mine.

im sure u could do it cheaper though it was $130 to get my driveshaft built, and balanced i got my motor and tranny for a deal both for $600 money for the steel to make mounts, money for wireing, rad, electric fans,

WOW man thats crazy did u custom make that hood cuz if u did it looks SICK. I would love to throw a 302 in there but i kinda wanna get it running so i have transportation for a lil while while i make some $ then look into the whole 302 scene because i dont have enought right now. But i love the way ur truck looks i wish in the future i can do somthing like that.

^^^ i spent a lot of money getting the stock eng. going, wish i would have just thought about it a little more and spent the money on a v8 swap. one of these days though.

Yea man the hood was built its just a stock mazda hood with the a 2 1/2" cowl that i fiberglassed into it. we'll when u decide to do it if u do feel free to ask questions man!

dam thats crazy man crazy skills were needed there. If i ever get my truck running which i prolly wont because its just beat to hell im looking to lower it... dont have alot of $ so most likley doing it with blocks and torsion bar.. but it needs all new suspension first springs looks almost flat balljoints are done everybushing is dry rotted but body is in pretty decent shape id post some pics but i have no clue how to.. lol

I just got a deal on a 5.0efi and tranny for 300 bucks I cant wait to start the swap. after looking at some performance intake manifolds Im starting to go nuts on which one to choose.

haha, i have a Edlebrock preformer 351w intake on mine, if u wanna try to keep the stock hood, tryin finding a low profile one!