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Hardened seats?

buttz

New Member
Joined
Jan 22, 2008
Messages
7
Hi i have a 72 bronco 302 motor, does anyone know if it came with hardened seats to run unleaded? thanks
 

ugly74

Bronco abuser
Joined
Apr 17, 2006
Messages
2,847
nope. the 302 in my 74 (late 73 engine) needed to have hardened seats installed.
I wouldn't worry about it too much. if you're rebuilding the engine or just the heads anyways, get it done. when I tore my 302 apart, it had over 300k miles on it (according to the p.o.), and it was still running okay when I tore it apart. The valves were recessed into the heads pretty far, but they were still sealing okay.
 
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