Need EEC pinout for 1990 Lincoln Town Car

[gadget73]

Nice!

so anyway, why the 289 and not a 302? Just a case of what was available at the time ?

[Crownvicman289]

Yep, 289 was a graduation present so I had that rebuilt for half the price of a 4.6. Since I come from a town where the only motor swaps that occur are carbureted, this was a natural choice. The Exploder motor is still going in though, but not until I get back from my deployment. This swap beforehand made it into 2 separate projects rather than one massive project.

[Crownvicman289]

Did I mention this thing hauls ass now? I can't get over how much power I gained, and lost nothing! I also can't wait to see what my mileage did, assuming it went up. I'll make a build thread soon, hopefully it kills the fear someone else considering a swap might have. I was able to get sideways before, but it's just so much easier now.

[gadget73]

Cool. I'm also interested to know what happened with the fuel economy. Also glad to hear that I haven't been talking out of my ass all these years when I tell people that carbs do not automatically make more power than fuel injection.

[Crownvicman289]

I honestly expected a slight decrease in top end pull, but like I said from bottom to top it totally rapes the old setup, and that was tuned on a wideband. Distributor had 16 initial, 36 total (think 6000' altitude with a carb) all in by 2000. Cruise AFR's were around 14 flat (any leaner would cause hesitation when stepping up to the bigger primary jet, changing step up spring caused step up too early), And WOT was around 13 flat. Changing WOT AFR's had very little effect on performance it seemed. I have no idea where it's at now as my H pipe only had 2 bungs, but I'd like to see for myself.