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Originally posted by russotto
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As for the venerable 302, it's hardly low-performance. Low tech, yes, but not low performance.
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205 or 215 horsepower divided by 5.0 liters is 41 or 43 Hp per liter - one of the lowest performance, fuel injected, auto engines in the world at that time. The Mustang 5.0 obviously is a low performance engine. Energy that should have been moving the car instead advertises its low performance - loudly. You can tell a low performance engine either by the sound or by the arithmetic. Either way, the obsolete technology Ford 302 is a low performance engine.
So why did they make it? A few engineers were collected to throw together a car using existing parts (minimal design) to sell to those who cannot do the math - the Mustang 5.0. It was designed for people who know nothing about cars but who are impressed by G forces on their sexual organs.