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Converting a SBF to EDIS??

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I did a search on this and couldn't find much of anything about it, so I thought I would make a thread about it...


I'm likely changing my Mustang to Megasquirt over the winter and I was STRONGLY considering changing the engine to EDIS, which would allow me to eliminate the distributor (which wouldn't be too difficult) which would clean up the engine bay a bit, as well it would allow adjustment of the timing on each individual cylinder which would be great from a tuning stand point.

I was basicly thinking of taking a distributor and cutting it off just above the base, so it would 90% eliminate the distributor, while still having the oil pump driven off the camshaft. I was planning on taking an EDIS set up off a crown vic or something (any 4.6 I can find in the junkyard really) and setting it up on my engine, and having the Megasquirt control it.

Anyway, it would be awesome if I could get some input from you guys on this...tell me if I'm missing something here or if any of you have any experience doing this or have seen it done.
 
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5.0 Explorers are EDIS engines. You will problably find most of the hardware like the distributor base on an Explorer engine.
 

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Sweet...What year did they start doing that on the exploders?
 

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someone needs to photo/document this kind of project.
 

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Talk to SorsCode. He's doing a project with DIS on a 94 with a 408 stroker. There's quite a bit of wiring involved from what I gathered by his posts, but it's doable. I bet he could steer you in the right direction.
 

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http://www.msefi.com/

More than you ever wanted to know about EDIS
 
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