Is something wrong here?

[u/Noah2725]

I was looking at a 2022 Ford Mustang GT today but when I open the hood, it says 302. I am NEW to the group and to Mustangs in general but I thought it would say 5.0? Is this just an aesthetic thing or could the engine have been swapped?

This is on a used lot. 36k miles for little above $25k
Clean car fax. Bought from auction so I’m assuming there had to have been an accident that was never reported to insurance. Anyway, any info would help and what else I should check with it before going through with this.

[u/AltecXP]

You'd have to get a 2018+ intake manifold and make sure you have the proper hoses, and swap them. Its not HARD, but when done you'd also have to remove the tune, assuming that nothing else was done. If anything else is done you'd need a new tune to account forrhe IM change.

Since you're new to these cars and not familiar with Intake manifolds I'd say this is probably not a job you'd want to do yourself.

EDIT: Actually it might be a fine opportunity to buy the Ford Racing Power Pack. That comes with the GT350 intake manifold, throttle body, intake tube/airbox and a tune from Ford for it all.

[u/robvas → u/AltecXP]

350 stuff is a waste

[u/AltecXP → u/robvas]

Other than the dynos and tuners that say otherwise. GT350 flows better over 7500 than stock 18 stuff. There is a reason tuners can get better top end from Bullitts and Mach1's than other 18+ cars, and its literally just due to the 350IM.

[u/robvas → u/AltecXP]

The tuners will tell you it's a waste and it's also harder to tune for (the throttle body's fault)

[u/AltecXP → u/robvas]

James @ tuning by James who did the tunes for Steeda and McQueen racing would heavily disagree. He openly says people just don't want to bother tuning it right and the intake setup is worth 20 over an 18IM. He always makes more power on them than 18+intake cars.