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Post by bigjim on Oct 27, 2016 21:51:20 GMT -5
Maybe it has been posted some where, I have searched several places on this website, and watched several idiots on you tube. So i'm asking questions here now. I have an 86 Lincoln town car that i'm building for stock rules, It has 5.0 EFI in it. Would like to convert it to Carburetor. Can anyone tell me what i need to do this. I have called several junk yards to see about getting an intake, i have been told i will need a intake from a 70s ford pickup, Also have been told i will need to order a new performance intake from jegs. I thought any 302 carburetor intake would work is that wrong? I was told i can hot wire the TFI module on the distributor as well to work correctly for the conversion. I have already done that and it fires fine. Thanks in advance.
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Post by jugulator on Oct 28, 2016 17:09:19 GMT -5
i'll get back to ya...
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Post by n8 on Oct 28, 2016 17:20:24 GMT -5
88 5.0 is what I had. I used aftermarket weiand, aftermarket edelbrock, and stock Ford 2 barrel intakes on it. I used a motorcraft 2 barrel carb on it exclusively (because I had it, I don't think it was better than other options) I bought the 50 dollar eBay HEI distributor for 302s for my distributor. I used an electric fuel pump a few times, and I took the timing cover off and ground out the opening to bolt a mechanical fuel pump up to the cover as well( which you need the cam eccentric to do, some FI engines have them and some don't)
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Post by klicky96 on Oct 28, 2016 17:24:23 GMT -5
Yes, obviously you can hot wire the electronic distributor that you have, but you can't go wrong with the $40 hei and anot upgraded coil for it. That's the only issue I've ever had with them. And you shouldn't have a problem with an intake from an 83-85 cfi intake. That's what I had used and it was great after cleaning it up and removing some unnecessary brackets and ports.
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Post by jugulator on Oct 29, 2016 16:39:29 GMT -5
good questions answered,,
oh,, BTW,,,, a hot wired TFI ignition system will not have any spark advance,,, it will run at base timing,,
so your performance will not be good...
the aluminum intakes from the 84-85 CFIs will work too,, and ya don't need a carb spacer,, block off the EGR valve,,
you will need a throttle cable from a CFI 302 or a carbed ford,, the EFI cable is too short,, don't forget the cable bracket...
i use a duraspark ignition,,from 70s fords,,
........lenny
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Post by STROMI 121 on Oct 31, 2016 21:13:05 GMT -5
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