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New pics of the Sport today.....

Reply #30 –
Oh no.....I'm not saying anything. I'm planning on keeping the Sport forever. I'm just saying that hood is more than special. Not just for the awesomeness of it, but it has a story behind it. It stays. So does the Sport. I put too much of ME into that car, and STILL have stuff to do. Carpet, console, engine stuff, a few special plans for the trunk area, etc.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

New pics of the Sport today.....

Reply #31 –
Now if you could only figure out a way to duct air from the hood scoop to the air box.........
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #32 –
If I install a carb this summer, I'd install a very factory looking air cleaner for ram air cars like the old early 70's, late 60's Mustangs and Fords. After that, the scoop can be made functional easily.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

New pics of the Sport today.....

Reply #33 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;444898
If I install a carb this summer, I'd install a very factory looking air cleaner for ram air cars like the old early 70's, late 60's Mustangs and Fords. After that, the scoop can be made functional easily.

True. Too bad you can't make the scoop work with EFI.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

New pics of the Sport today.....

Reply #34 –
It has a lot of space under there. Well, It did. Once I installed the stud mount rockers with the aluminum heads, I needed taller valve covers, then a taller plenum spacer, now....not so much room.

Carb swap is a serious consideration I'm having. About had all I care to deal with on this EFI. If I had a  ton of cash, I'd run it to a shop and have them make it right, BUT, I don't, so, we'll see what happens by the beginning of Fall this year.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

New pics of the Sport today.....

Reply #35 –
The more time that goes by, the more a carb set up sounds good to me, with functional ram air from the hood scoops.

It would be a setup like the link below (except waaaaay cheaper). I can fab the base plate for the hood and the air cleaner assembly easily.....


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-1972-1973-FORD-MUSTANG-RAM-AIR-PARTS-FOR-HOOD-BOSS-MACH1-/281589030845?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4190039fbd&vxp=mtr
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

New pics of the Sport today.....

Reply #36 –
when you swap to carb...we need to talk pieces parts for my vert efi swap
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
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Reply #37 –
Why go carb? Driveability suffers, fuel economy suffers and btw it's already EFI. Is there something seriously wrong with the efi?

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Reply #38 –
Daminc, I have A LOT of ford EFI stuff if you need something for a swap. I need to unload this stuff before I start building something else. Vinnie I can help you figure out any probs with your efi.

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Reply #39 –
I've got a few EFI bits as well...engine harness, fuel rail or three, A9T eec...


Vinnie...don't go carb..I think you'd have more dislike for that than what's causing issues now.
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

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Reply #40 –
I have no idea what's causing the issues, probably needs a tune by a professional. That is NOT in the budget. I have some serious thinking to do. BUT, that's a matter for the tech section.

Jerry, if I go carb, I can fix you up. I will know for sure which direction I'm going before the end of summer.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

New pics of the Sport today.....

Reply #41 –
i hope to find all my parts in the next couple months...
no problem though.... I know they're out there waiting for me
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
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Reply #42 –
Jerry, I have an Explorer lower intake you can have. I also have a GT40-P upper intake. But the middle hole on the lower intake would have to be plugged. Yours if you want them.

I had thought about threading that middle hole and screwing a plug into it.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

New pics of the Sport today.....

Reply #43 –
Vinnie,

An SCT chip and tune is about $500 tops. That is the chip, dyno time, and the tuner's time. With your mods it might take an hour total to tune the car once it is strapped to the roller and get it where it needs to be. Unless you just want to swap over to carb to utilize the hood as that would be pretty cool there are still issues with tuning a carb. I have both and I can tell you that given the opportunity to do it again the Bird would be injected.

I understand the frustration you have and are still going through but these EEC's are over 20 years old and they are very slow. If the EEC has to start compensating for things that are out of parameter it slows them down even more as they have only so much processor room to do this function before it starts affecting the EEC's ability to perform its normally programmed duties.

Darren

83 351W TKO'd T-Bird on the bottle


93 331 Mustang Coupe - 368 rwhp

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Reply #44 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;444980
Jerry, I have an Explorer lower intake you can have. I also have a GT40-P upper intake. But the middle hole on the lower intake would have to be plugged. Yours if you want them.

I had thought about threading that middle hole and screwing a plug into it.

I think I'm just needing fuel rails, and Tbody
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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