hi i have a 93 ford fuel injected 302. i am installing it into a 65 ford pickup.
coming from my 150horse 240-6 i think that there are a couple to many parts hanging off of it. so i'm told that by taking the smog control stuff off i can get more horse power(and it will look beter) if so which parts can i take off. which do i have to leave on, and how through all this do i please the computer?
thanks in advance

 

You have been misled, removing the smog equipment won't increase HP. You can remove the air pump and everything attached to it, this will clean up a fair bit of clutter, just plug the heads and vacuum lines. Removal of the EGR will may make the motor more prone to detonate unless you install an EGR eliminator.. it's a small device that tells the computer the egr is present and closed all the time. This doesn't really buy you anything however, the egr system is pretty tidy on the 5.0.

If you want real HP gains with the stock 302EFI upgrade the cam and install longtube headers, and just make sure the O2 sensor is installed in or near the header collector on the passenger side. This is an idiot proof way to get close to 300hp from this motor.. as long as you select a cam that is compatable with the speed density batch fire efi system.