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How about the 1980-1981 Ford 255 V8? Same stroke as the 302 but smaller bore. The intake is a valley pan design so you can lose small bolts under the runners. I assume the reason for that was an attempt to keep the intake air cooler.
One of the car magazines took a Mercury Capri (with the bubble hatch window*), applied some tweaks and tune, did some weight reduction, including plastic rectangular headlamps and got the car to run up to 185 MPH, street legal. May also have changed the differential gears.
*Compare the profile view to a Porsche 944. That rear part is practically identical curve on the bubble hatch Capri.
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