I have an 89 5.0L EFI engine.

Can I remove the electronics as in the intake system and put a carb, intake and set it up??

I am trying to reduce the sea of sensors and hoses on this beast.

Any suggestions would be apppreciated. Thanks.

J

 

wow...I can't believe no ones answered yet.... Being i'm going through the EXACT same thing right now with an 86' f150 and 89' 5.0 hyd. roller engine.......Answer is yes, and here is how you need to do it.....get ahold of a good carburetor, intake manifold of your choice.....Here is where its gets complicated: If you have an AOD trans you WILL HAVE TO BUY a throttle valve cable to carburetor conversion one from Lokar works great. If you have a standard no problem. Next up, ignition system. If you have fuel injection, your distributor WILL NOT WORK for a carb engine. Convert to an earlier Ford Dura spark ignition box and distributor.....or like myself go all aftermarket with MSD ignition......Trouble I'm having is where to wire the msd box in at!!......thats about all I can think of......the ignition and if its an aod you have to have a conversion kit for the Throtle valve linkage to work right. Hope this helps......oh yea one more thing....If you have a roller block like mine with roller cam your distributor must have the right gear on it......standard flat tappet 302 is all good...just a replacement distributor is all you need for a carbureted 302. I recommend the duraspark stuff or something with a magnetic pickup (distributor)

 

You will need a distributor with weights, springs, and a vacuum advance to control your timing.

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Also, there is now an excellent installation article on the D.U.I. Distributor on the Ford-Trucks.com site at:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/article/idx/0/358/article/DUI_Ignition_Installation_In_A_Ford_351W_V8.html

Ignition Lesson of the Month: Hystereses, the difference between the timing as the rpm and vacuum increases to the timing as rpm and vacuum decrease, needs to be kept to a minimum. A precise advance curve accomplishes this.
　

 

Easy as pie. carb, intake, distributor w steel gear, couple other doodas and it will rip.

 

thanks gang forgot to say it was a 5 spd tranny, no problems there.

I will check my local boneyard for the other goodies.

Thanks again.

 

what year intake or aftermarket should I be searchin for.

Do they all fit a range of years??

Thanks again. I think thats my last question on this one.

 

get a 289 or 302 aftermarket like edelbrock, it will be fine.

 

hey
i also want to ditch the efi on my 85 f150
what about wiring set up? can i use a stock carb wiring harness?
what about throttle cable?
carb size / cfm?
a good stock manifold w/o crap on it?
i have a t19 man trans
i have to keep my smog pump for insp (pa)
TY
RR63

 

You'll never pass an emissions test with a carb on an efi motor.

 

hi,

here in pa. we dont have a smog test just a visual insp.

ty
RR63

 

I refuse to own anything that will ever have to be smogged.