85 302 CFI/carb coversion

[mustangGT85]

the AT trannys came with a weird Fuel Injection, and Manual Trannys came with 4 BBL holley carbs. i was wondering how i can swap my AT 5.0 to carb. i'll also be swapping the trans to a manual sooner or later. i was thinking of going with an edelbrock intake and a 600 CFM carb. i dont know anything about carbs, so tell me if that is a good carb or what not.

thanks in advance.


~Steve

 

[mustangGT85]

anyone??? plz help. i know some of you have done it!

 

[jg00gt]

I have an edelbrock rpm intake and a holley 600 double pumper. Works well. I'm sure the edelbrock carb will be fine too. I may be getting a new carb though with vacuum secondaries and electric choke because the '85 is my daily driver and electric choke will be nice in the winter. If I do I'll be getting another Holley since my fiance works there (discount ).

My '85 was carbed from the factory with a 570 cfm vacuum secondary holley.

Good luck with the swap...shouldn't be too hard.

 

[mustangGT85]

cool. i was wondering if your intake manifold has lines and hoses coming out of it. cuz my intake has prolly 7-9 hoses and lines and wires coming out and going into other parts of the engine(like wiring harness and shyt). i was wondering if i bought an edelbrock(i've seen pics of the intakes and the look like they have the holes on top[for the carb] and holes going into the heads. and thats it) where would i redirect these hoses? or would i simply eliminate them? if anybody has these answers, i think it'd be you.


~Steve

 

[jg00gt]

Yes my intake has vacuum hoses coming off of it. I can't remember exactly how many or where they go. I know there is an electrical line for the temp sensor and there may be one other electrical wire for something, if I remember right. Not sure if you'd have extra hoses (being fuel injection) compared to the carb'ed version...you may want to search on that some more.

 

[tjm73]

You WILL also need to connect and calibrate the kickdown linkage so you don't burn up your auto tranny. I think you can use all the same linkage you already have with your setup. If not you can getr what you need form Windsor Fox. I think their website is www.windsorfox.com