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The early 302's were just a stroked 289 and thus had more everything powerwise, but shortly after they came out the smog stuff started coming down and knocked them down to being a pooch, which is what the vast majority of 302's were made as.and comparing a 289 to a 4.0 isnt even a comparison, i personally believe the 289 was the MOST reliable v8 ford EVER produced, even more so the a 302(which is based on the 289), it produces ALOT more torque, has no emissions equipment, has 2 more cylinders and has a much lower powerband, where as your 4.0 sure it makes decent power and torque, but the gearin u will need and the rpm u will need to run the motor at ocnstatly to make it even POSSIBLE would quickly kill your 4.0 as well.....