Mike, 302 sounds great to me. I personally haven't had anything but great feelings about my Fords. Obviously, Ryan would disagree but you know he's a ricer at heart. j/k Sucks about your car. I know you are having to watch your expenses right now but I was telling the guys the other night that if my motor shits on me, I'm going full tilt and putting a stroked FM motor in mine. (Approx. 11K) We're all pushing the hell out of our cars so it's just a matter of time before more motors have issues. I've got 100K on mine and never had the head off. It's due to take a shit anytime now.