Reply to "Mangusta Hi po Engine"

Wasn't there a thread here on this subject and wasn't it said that there were something like only two 289HP factory installed engines and that was the first two?

As far as week valve springs in the 302, the car was built at a time when the 289 HP was at the end of production and the highest performance small block was the 68 302-4v.

It was never claimed to be a high performance engine by anyone.

There were two other engines in development but not ready for production yet.

That was the Boss 302 and the 351 Windsor.

The 351 Cleveland is there in that mix as well but is a little later. It was said that the Boss 302 was the application of the 351c heads on the 302 block. Not the other way around. So they were both in development simultaneously.

The Mangusta had been layed out for a small block and the association with Ford made that a Ford small block.

At this point does it really matter that much what engine is in the car?

There was the one special Chevy small block car built for the head of design at GM at the time and the owner of that car participates regularly here on this forum.