V6 TO V8 CONVERSON???

[newjack42]

MY 96 V6 MUSTANG blew up last week and i jsut picked up a fresh 302 for dirt cheap out of my buddies garge. im thinkin about goin fuel inj. on it. Im woundering what kinda he!! im goin run into with the wiring harness and the comptuer. anyone have any input on this??
thanks nick

[DirkaDirka]

If you have the wiring harness and computer from the car that you got the engine from it really shouldnt be that hard. Everything should just plug right into it. IM sure if I am wrong in some aspect the guys oon here can help clear it up too.

Forgot to add that the engine wiring harness should be seperate then the rest of car so you would only have to change that harness.

[newjack42]

thanks for the info dirka but i have nothing from this new motor it. i will have to start from sqaure one with it.

[DirkaDirka]

Im thinking that it is a fuel injected motor right?

You are going to need that computer and wiring harness from a V-8 stang. What I would do is go to a wrecking yard and pull the computer and wiring harness out of a V-8 stang there. But that is me.

[newjack42]

thats what i was thinking but i wasnt sure i dont know a thing about these fuel inj. motors but thats why i want to build one never hurts to learn.

[DirkaDirka]

Ive been thinkin bout puttin a mod motor from a 03-04 Cobra into a Ranchero. The only thing I would need to do that would be the engine wirin harness and computer from one.

In your case all it should be is a plug and play. The computer would already have everyhting for the fuel inj and all that programmed in.

[suicidebomb]

Hilborn

[cepx111]

Hilborn
Hell yeah, that's my kind of fuel injection.

Seriously if you don't know anything about FI then your not in for a good time with v6 to v8 conversion.

IMO> if you dead set on going with a FI set-up, don't fool around with some used stuff, spend some money and get one of them programable systems out on the market, Eldelbrock, Accell and many other companys are making some nice kits with good step by step instructiosn to make things a whole lot easir than rumaging around a junkyard trying to fetch a processor or a wiring harness that hasn't been hacked up.
Goodluck, Cp

[TheYellaBrick]

Hilborn
Hell yeah, that's my kind of fuel injection.

Seriously if you don't know anything about FI then your not in for a good time with v6 to v8 conversion.

IMO> if you dead set on going with a FI set-up, don't fool around with some used stuff, spend some money and get one of them programable systems out on the market, Eldelbrock, Accell and many other companys are making some nice kits with good step by step instructiosn to make things a whole lot easir than rumaging around a junkyard trying to fetch a processor or a wiring harness that hasn't been hacked up.
Goodluck, Cp

The commercial units that are now available (as stated above) are literally Plug and Play systems. ALL the probs are designed out and the top brands have VERY good serviceabilty. Plus you can tune them with your laptop !!

[suicidebomb]

Hilborn
Hell yeah, that's my kind of fuel injection.

Seriously if you don't know anything about FI then your not in for a good time with v6 to v8 conversion.

IMO> if you dead set on going with a FI set-up, don't fool around with some used stuff, spend some money and get one of them programable systems out on the market, Eldelbrock, Accell and many other companys are making some nice kits with good step by step instructiosn to make things a whole lot easir than rumaging around a junkyard trying to fetch a processor or a wiring harness that hasn't been hacked up.
Goodluck, Cp

The commercial units that are now available (as stated above) are literally Plug and Play systems. ALL the probs are designed out and the top brands have VERY good serviceabilty. Plus you can tune them with your laptop !!

Actually, I was writing about a Hilborn MFI, which I should not, and will not recommend for a street car. Hilborn offers an EFI set-up, I know nothing about it. Once again I should have kept my big mouth shut.

[TheYellaBrick]

As I'm strictly a toilet kinda guy, I wasn't aware that Hillborn was even into the electronic age :shock: :oops: Thanks for the update Suicide ! :D

[newjack42]

That does sound a lot easier then diggin one out of a junk car. i will have to look into it. ill let you guys know what i come up with thanks a lot for the input.
nick

[DirkaDirka]

That does sound a lot easier then diggin one out of a junk car. i will have to look into it. ill let you guys know what i come up with thanks a lot for the input.
nick

http://www.mpsautosalvage.com

Check out this site. I had it sent to me and they had everything you would need for the swap already pulled out and ready to ship.

[I972Nova]

1 word carburetor! Thats how I would do it...

[OneBadGMC]

1 word carburetor! Thats how I would do it...

Assuming he doesn't have state inspection or emission testing... I agree.

[cepx111]

Carb is the way to go not doubt, but it sounded like he was dead set on FI ing it so I went that way.

We live in rural shelby county Tn, no emissions here yey anyway, I yanked the tired EFI 5.0 out of the boys stang - went clip, clip to about 300 wires and slapped a carbed 351W in it, pretty easy swap save for the fuel system, had to sump the tank, mount a conventional electric pump, plumb it up the way to the engine bay, dropped the a/c and the smog pump and stuck a C4 where the AOD once lived.
It runs some respectable times for a small camed street motor, 7:50's 1/8 on a good day.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x266/racecarx111/october2009031.jpg

[newjack42]

I think im goin have to take a long hard time and think about the EFI. The more info i get from here makes me think that way and my wallet is tellin me that too. im not goin for anything to crazy(as much as i want to) just getting bored and needed a new project. might jsut have to wait till next project for the EFI. time will tell

[OneBadGMC]

You could always go the route of "Megasquirt" fuel injection.

Google it. I plan on using it for my next project, if I can ever sell the GMC.

[newjack42]

Thanks for the heads up on the "Megasquirt" OneBad. little to much to read here at work wont get anything the rest of the night but i will deffintly look into it later tonight. And by the way i would happly buy the GMC but i dont think my little piggy bank has enough in it to cover the bill :lol: