Sooooo, for the time being, until I can scrape together the funding for a full CFI-to-carb conversion (gonna be awhile, it seems) and beside the fact that I'm not sure if I could squeak through emissions with a carb'ed setup, I'd like to at least convert my exhaust from singles to duals. Small problem: I have two fuel pumps, and the high-pressure pump and the fuel filter are both mounted right where the passenger-side muffler need to go.
I remember reading somewhere that in '85 some of the CFI cars switched to the same single-pump setup that Ford used on '86+ EFI 5.0's, and that that '84 and early '85 CFI two-pump setup was just a temporary setup they had been using in the LTD II's and early Mark VII's, as well...
Sooooo ... being that CFI uses a low-pressure in-tank pump and a high-pressure external pump, would I be able to get away with just switching out the stock tank for an '86-'93 tank with just one fuel pump (the in-tank high-pressure pump) so I can delete the external pump and relocate the filter up closer to the tank where it's supposed to be? I can score a used pump, tank, and sending unit altogether for $25 locally, and if the swap would work, I would later on be able to just drop the tank, remove the high-pressure pump, and poke in the older low-pressure pump if/when I get around to converting to carb.
Anyone done this before? ... or does anyone know if the single high-pressure pump would work in place of the low-high two-pump setup?
Also, will the sending unit for a later-model ('86+) 5.0 hook right up or at least can be wired up to work with the '84? ... or will I be losing the functionality of my fuel level gauge?
I remember reading somewhere that in '85 some of the CFI cars switched to the same single-pump setup that Ford used on '86+ EFI 5.0's, and that that '84 and early '85 CFI two-pump setup was just a temporary setup they had been using in the LTD II's and early Mark VII's, as well...
Sooooo ... being that CFI uses a low-pressure in-tank pump and a high-pressure external pump, would I be able to get away with just switching out the stock tank for an '86-'93 tank with just one fuel pump (the in-tank high-pressure pump) so I can delete the external pump and relocate the filter up closer to the tank where it's supposed to be? I can score a used pump, tank, and sending unit altogether for $25 locally, and if the swap would work, I would later on be able to just drop the tank, remove the high-pressure pump, and poke in the older low-pressure pump if/when I get around to converting to carb.
Anyone done this before? ... or does anyone know if the single high-pressure pump would work in place of the low-high two-pump setup?
Also, will the sending unit for a later-model ('86+) 5.0 hook right up or at least can be wired up to work with the '84? ... or will I be losing the functionality of my fuel level gauge?