I ditched my efi. Got the carb on and it runs. Need to drop the tank still and remove that pump on saturday. Picked up an ho cam and heads for 50 bux. Put the cam in, the heads need a valve job. I pulled the motor and changed every gasket, seal and plug in it. So no more leaks. For nearly 250k, I was amazed upon opening it. You can still see the factory hone marks, and there is no groove from the rings wearing. The lifters still fit tight in the holes, and there almost no sludge. Im happy. Put on a new water pump as well. Discovered why my old gasket blew, the back intake water passage was packed solid all the way across. Oh well. Its carbed now. Im happy. Pics soon of my setup.
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1989 Grand Marquis LS
flat black, 650 double pumper, random cam, hei, stealth intake, Police front springs, Wagon rear, Police rear bar, wagon front ,exploder wheels, 205/60-15 fronts 275/60-15 rears, 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" offroad x pipe, Eclipse front bucket seats, Custom floor shifter, 4.10 gears, aluminum driveshaft and daily driven. 16.77@83mph -
Yea, now you can tune it yourself. I can't wait to learn how to rebuild and tune a carb myself.88 Town Car (wrecked, for sale)
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Come on up next summer, Dan. I'll teach ya a thing or two.Originally posted by 88Vic
2001 Ford Crown Victoria P71 - "The Fire Engine"
1985 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series
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Its easy. Swap isnt hard but long and complicated, especially when pulling the motor.1989 Grand Marquis LS
flat black, 650 double pumper, random cam, hei, stealth intake, Police front springs, Wagon rear, Police rear bar, wagon front ,exploder wheels, 205/60-15 fronts 275/60-15 rears, 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" offroad x pipe, Eclipse front bucket seats, Custom floor shifter, 4.10 gears, aluminum driveshaft and daily driven. 16.77@83mphComment
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I'll try. Only God knows what i'll be doing this summer. Hopefully i'll have a job at a quick lube place.Originally posted by Nathan in MN88 Town Car (wrecked, for sale)
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another car with a calibrated vacuum leak
1986 lincoln towncar signature series. 5.0 HO with thumper performance ported e7 heads, 1.7 roller rockers, warm air intake, 65mm throttle body, 1/2" intake spacer, ported intakes, 3.73 rear with trac lock, 98-02 front brake conversion, 92-97 rear disc conversion, 1" rear swaybar, 1 3/16" front swaybar, 16" wheels and tires, loud ass stereo system, badass cb, best time to date 15.94 at 87 mph. lots of mods in the works 221.8 rwhp 278 rwt
2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature. Stock for now
1989 Ford F-250 4x4 much much more to come, sefi converted so far.
1986 Toyota pickup with LSC wheels and 225/60/16 tires.
2008 Hyundai Elantra future Revcon toad
1987 TriBurner and 1986 Alaska stokers keeping me warm. (and some pesky oil heat)
please be patient, rebuilding an empire!
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Yep, carbs on an EFI car can make life a lot simpler. I went ahead and got a tank for a carbureted car, then hacked my fuel-level sender and made it into a 3/8" pickup. I have extra inlet screens in both 3/8 and 5/16 if you need one, as well as an extra brand-new filler neck grommet.2012 Mazda5 Touring | Finally working on the LTD again!
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good you finally changed those intake gaskets
1989 mercury grand marquis gs / 2014 ford focus s daily driver
302 lopo with ho upper/ aod with trans go shift kit
k code 3:55 posi rear/big brake swap tow package car
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Ill rig somethin up for the pickup. Ill let you know if I need something though. Im glad too. The rear one was sucked in on it.1989 Grand Marquis LS
flat black, 650 double pumper, random cam, hei, stealth intake, Police front springs, Wagon rear, Police rear bar, wagon front ,exploder wheels, 205/60-15 fronts 275/60-15 rears, 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" offroad x pipe, Eclipse front bucket seats, Custom floor shifter, 4.10 gears, aluminum driveshaft and daily driven. 16.77@83mphComment
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Yeah, these 302's hold up damn well, you really have to be hard on em not to see the hone marks.Chris - A 20th Century Man \m/ ^.^ \m/Comment
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Making a pickup is friggin easy. Take out the electric pump and put a length of 5/16" fuel line in and clamp it down...That's all I did on my carb swpa on the V8 conversion on my stang.Builder/Owner of Badass Panther Wagons
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Yeah, I got fancier than absolutely necessary. I can be anal with things like fuel systems, but I was trying to do things nice for a change.2012 Mazda5 Touring | Finally working on the LTD again!
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I assume I should do the same thing when I go to Carb, right?Originally posted by mrltd
Since I'm usuing a mechanical fuel pump.sigpic
1989 Ford Crown Victoria
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Yeah.
One note though, you might want to do a bit more than that. I noticed the wagon's pickup crimps down where the hose connects. I would cut that off and then put the hose there. You could replace the whole section of tubing on the pickup with something larger if you wanted to get really fancy. Though with your motor, you really need to go with larger fuel lne from the tank. The limit on stock lines (with a carb) is 300hpBuilder/Owner of Badass Panther Wagons
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I used 3/8 tubing for the pickup. I also redid all of my lines with 3/8 cause the old shit was rusting apart. I also put a screen on it too.
2009 Ford F-350 6.4 powerstroke diesel. 1977 Ford F-150 built 300 six, 5 speed trans. 1976 MG MGB roadster, 359w, t5 5 speed. 1996 Kawasaki ninja ZX6R.
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