EFI to Carb question,, NEED HELP SOON!!!

riz91302

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ok so im in the middle of switching my 91 stang from efi to carb and i ran into a problem,, i bought the new distributor , got one for a 85 mustang gt,, well i got the distributor and now i went to buy the cap and rotor and the cap that everyone keeps showing me is way to big to fit on the distributor and nobody knows what to do,, any help here would be awesome as this is holding me up pretty bad,, another thing,, the distributor i got has a steel gear on it and my motor has a f303 cam in,, does anyone know if the gear on the cam is steel too?? i just dont want to have to run into more problems
im going to be posting some before and after pics on here ,, i dont know if anyone remembers but i posted a while ago and my stang got stolen last winter but i got it back but it was all messed up and its just about back together and will be running and painted soon,,, sorry for such a long thread,, hope someone can help me out
thanks

 

bucstang1

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I wish I could help. My conversion was done with a Mallory unilite distributor. If no one has a good answer to your question, the mallory works great. try it.

 

88stangmangt

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msd makes em if your not looking to get outta it cheap.

 

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riz91302 said:

ok so im in the middle of switching my 91 stang from efi to carb and i ran into a problem,, i bought the new distributor , got one for a 85 mustang gt,, well i got the distributor and now i went to buy the cap and rotor and the cap that everyone keeps showing me is way to big to fit on the distributor and nobody knows what to do,, any help here would be awesome as this is holding me up pretty bad,, another thing,, the distributor i got has a steel gear on it and my motor has a f303 cam in,, does anyone know if the gear on the cam is steel too?? i just dont want to have to run into more problems
im going to be posting some before and after pics on here ,, i dont know if anyone remembers but i posted a while ago and my stang got stolen last winter but i got it back but it was all messed up and its just about back together and will be running and painted soon,,, sorry for such a long thread,, hope someone can help me out
thanks

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Are you sure you have an 85 distributor? The cap should be the same as the EFI. Also the distributor gear should be compatible because the 85 comes with a hydraulic roller cam as well.

 

riz91302

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well i had to special order it,, unless they boxed it wrong it should be right
i dont know what the deal is but its a pain in the a@#,, let me know if anyone else has any advice
thanks

 

85GTKid

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Should be a normal cap? You have the bottom part of the cap snaped to the dizzy and are trying to snap the cap to that piece right?

 

riz91302

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yea but the cap itself is alot bigger than the top part of the distributor
i dont know what the problem is but i need to figure it out or my car is gonna stay crippled until i do
thanks for the help and if anyone else has any suggestions let me know

 

bluevenom867

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The steel cam gear is mean't to be used with a roller cam and is correct for your f-cam.I don't know why to cap shouldn't fit on.Maybe try buying an 85' cap and see if it fits.If that doesn't work MSD makes a good distributor.

 

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You need to buy the the wide cap adapter (The plastic part that the cap sits on). You can probably find one in the junkyard.

 

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hahaha I did the same thing then realized the cap has two parts, I forgot the name of it though. It cost me about 5 bucks CAD to get a new one. Have a parts guy pull out what has for Ford ignition and distributor...

 

riz91302

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well how does that adapter connect to the dizzy? i know on my stock dizzy (which is a 91, it has 3 screws that hold it on but on the dizzy from an 85 (which is the one i need, it doesnt have anywhere to screw to ), does it just snap on or something,, anyone have a pic of this??
thanks for the help guys

 

85GTKid

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Well my dizy is from an 84 but it should look the same.... ill go take pics brb

 

85GTKid

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The one with the yellow dot shows the adapter that you should have or need.

 

riz91302

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hey 85gtkid how does that adapter go on the dizzy,, the one i have has no place to screw an adapter to or does it just go on with clips like the cap does
thanks alot for the help

 

85GTKid

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riz91302 said:

hey 85gtkid how does that adapter go on the dizzy,, the one i have has no place to screw an adapter to or does it just go on with clips like the cap does
thanks alot for the help

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Mine has clips like the cap.

 

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nevermind...

 

riz91302

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cool, thanks guys ,, you ve been alot of help

 

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Are you saying you didnt have the plastic ring around your ditributor??