5.0 Engine Question

[crzipilot]

I have a chance to pickup a complete 5.0 from a 1989 GT.

Now I was planning on staying NA for the swap into a '65. This thing is EFI. Would be easy just taking off the intake etc, and putting on a different intake and carb???

the reason I was going to stay with a carb, is reading through all the write ups, it looks like it would be a little less work staying carb than going with EFI.

Anyways, any advice would be appreciated.....

 

[BornInAFord]

Pretty much... you will need a different distributor (not the EFI style), too. I don't know if you plan on staying with the serpentine setup or going to the old style v-belt, but you may have to change your timing cover, especially if you go with a vintage-style mechanical fuel pump and front oil dipstick.

 

[JamesW]

Here's all the info you need to know if you're going to stay EFI....

www.midnightdsigns.com/james

 

[crzipilot]

Thanks for the replies, looking at it, he has the full drivetrain and everything, so would be just as easy keeping it EFI......

thanks

 

[Rusty67]

No it would not be just as easy to keep it EFI. There is a lot of extra work to do when going EFI. I've swaped EFI to carb setup a few times now and it is easy. Puting EFI into a classic Mustang is siginificantly harder.

 

[mvagustasenna]

Here's all the info you need to know if you're going to stay EFI....

www.midnightdsigns.com/james

thanks for this web page. Just the information I will need since I will be doing exactilly what he did.

 

[hurt]

If you don't have plans for the efi parts I'd like to buy them from you. I've been wanting to tackle this for a while now. Or we could trade - I have a pair of Hooker super comp long tube ceramic coated headers for 289/302.

Please send me an email if you want to sell or trade; [email protected]

Thanks,

Dan