help!!!! converting from f.i. to carb

lets see..... for the distributor you will one out of an 85 gt car that is manual i think you might need the ignition control module too. distributor costs like 100 bucks from advance auto and the control module costs like 25. Youll need an intake and carb. If i were you i wouldn't get an inline fuel pump i would switch timing cover and and go with a mechanical fuel pump from an earlier model. As far as the tranmission i would go with a c-4. The c-4 came in the earlier fox body cars so it works pretty good. If you do get a c-4 you would need to shorten the driveshaft which is only probably like 20 bucks and you have to use a different crossmember using FRPP's C4 crossmember (p/n M-5059-A). you will then need a new flexplate using FRPP, p/n M-6375-E302 (157-tooth, 50-oz imbalance, for all 1981-up 5.0 V8's). that covers the big stuff

krallman said:

If you do get a c-4 you would need to shorten the driveshaft which is only probably like 20 bucks and you have to use a different crossmember using FRPP's C4 crossmember (p/n M-5059-A)

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iirc when i swapped a c4 into my 84 it bolted right in with no driveshaft mods. only thing that was needed to mod was the crossmember which you just grind the tac-welds off the tubes so the center moves freely. no sense in buying a crossmember when you can do it next to nothing
. now a C6 behind a 302 does require driveshaft shortening. just my .02

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