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Can you swap a 81 302 carb from a 90 2.3 EFI?

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Lex

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Can you swap a 81 302 carb from a 90 2.3 EFI?

I may have my hands on a free 1981 302 carbed motor out of a ford camper van (my Dads ) . I will of course be doing a complete engine tear down and beef it up a bit (bore, parts replace) and clean and polish it. The car That it will be going in is my 90 LX. Just wondering if its been done.

I know I need to beef the suspension, replace the rear end with a 8.8, upgrade the front brakes to a 5 lugnut meaning ditching my 4 lug tires, get a dual exhaust. and so on. But its a 1.5 year project and I will be buying parts at a time until I have everything I need.
 
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You don't have to switch to 5 lug by any means, and I know a couple of guys who just left the 4 cyl suspension in place ( one guy runs a built 408 that runs low 10's, w/8.8 rear). Lots have people have done the conversion though. Somebody who's actually done one will reply soon, I'm sure.
 
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