James,
I have encountered 3 Tigers w/ Boss 302's in approx 30 years of Tigering.
Without exception, every B302 powered Tiger that I've seen was a complete
performance dog. Even at the drags, where I took one down with a mild 289 in
the mid 70's at Fremont Drag Strip. ...It makes no sense whatsoever, now
that we have lots of good cylinder head choices. Your description of the
performance level of your boss powered Tiger is pure horse puckey!!!!
Best Regards,
Ken Mattice
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Barrett" <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
To: "Gene" <tigeriowa@yahoo.com>
Cc: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: Boss 302 in Tiger???
> At 01:11 PM 10/29/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >Has anyone had the experience of installing a Boss 302
> >engine in a Tiger? Can this be done without fender or
> >firewall modifications? Just curious?
> >Thanks
> >Gene
> >
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> >Gene Sokolowski
> >4845 Crestview Dr.
> >Sioux City, Iowa 51104
> >(712) 239-4718
> >B9472068
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> I put a Boss 302 in my Tiger II in 1973.
> Did a write up that was published in Swap Talk,Popular Hot Rod
> Feb 74 pages 20,22. Later, the article appeared in
> STOA Technical Tips 1977. How STOA was able to "Copywrite"
> my article still boggles my mind I was never contacted
> about the article.
> For all of the "experts" who have never had a BOSS 302
> in their Tiger, There is way more than enough tourk in a Tiger II
> with 2.88 rear to burn the tires off all the way through 3rd or
> conversley start in high gear and go to 140 MPH with no shift.
> The BOSS 302 doesn't mind a Tiger that is 1000 lbs less than
> its previous home in a Ford. In my case the BOSS 302 was also
> ported to enlarge the intakes even more.
>
> Some of the changes I did to run the BOSS 302:
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> Swap to a regular Windsor water pump to keep water outlet on same
> side as 260 or 289.
> Relocate crank damper timing mark for visability with the waterpump.
> Removed front pully from the BOSS 302 double pully to miss steering.
> Original motor mounts lined up perfectly.
> Lakewood scatter shield required that the firewall be streached with a
hammer
> to miss the starter hump.
> 1" spacers on the slave cylinder Tiger II bracket to fit the Lakewood
shield.
> Lengethen the slave cylinder push rod by 1/2".
> Cut firewall directly below the cross wise triangle brace and push back to
the
> inner firewall and reweld to the inner firewall.
> Cut access holes in firewall to reach the rear valve cover bolts.
> Real bitch to adjust the solid lifter valves every so often.
> Fabricate headers, Using "4 wide" collector for ground clearance.
> Headers are very very tight with no fenderwell mods. I used 1 3/4"
> tubes, which were smaller than the exhaust ports, but couldn't fit larger.
> Moved steering column left about 1/2" at first U-Joint. Simply to do by
> bending the sheet metal bracket holding the steering column.
> Spark plugs are extreamly hard to reach. Taking the steering column out
> and the master cylinder out eases the problem of changing plugs.
> Modified the forging for the Tiger II alternator bracket to mate with
> the Cleveland head bolt pattern.
> Tiger II radiator is not adequate for a BOSS 302 with a stock
> 780 Double pumper Holly, getting 9 miles to a gallon. Stay out of traffic
> and keep speed up. 11.5 to 1 compression doesn't work well with 93 octane
> gas.
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> Now my 351C 4 barrel motor (same heads as has BOSS 302) but taller
> and wider block has all the room in the world. 1 5/8" Header pipes.
> Could have gone to 1 7/8" with no problem. Flat top pistons for
> 9.5 to 1 compression. Eats 93 octane OK.
> Only slight problem changing #5 plug due to the steering column in the
> way. Major changes to put the 351C in. New frames 4" wider, fender
> wells moved out, 4" wider radiator, Firewall moved back. Fabricated motor
> mounts for the wider frames. Fabricated Alternate bracket. Radiator
> modified for lower left outlet and upper right inlet. Can lift the
> big aluminum valve covers up with no problems. Full 360 degree radiator
> schroud. 6 bladed steel fan. (same one I used on the 289 and BOSS 302)
> Does not overheat in traffic. 13 MPH around town. 13.2 sec and 129 MPH
> in the quarter with a stock C4 automatic and 2.8 open rear. Some day
> I may gear it correctly and get the ET down.
> Use a 650 double pumper Holly. It could use a bigger carb,
> but I commute every day and need to have some mpg.
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