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What would be involved in making an EFI car into a carbed one?
I'm curious if I could fit a nice carb on there...
I'm curious if I could fit a nice carb on there...
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Different tank, fuel pump, intake manifold. I checked on Rock Auto and the tank and pump are different for carbed and EFI Festys.
Possibly a carbed head? IDK about this, whether the carbed manifold will fit the EFI head.
Probably easiest to find a good donor carbed Festy.Last edited by TominMO; 01-07-2010, 11:09 AM.90 Festy (Larry)--B6M (Matt D. modified B6 head), header, 5-speed, Capri XR2 front brakes, many other little mods
09 Kia Rondo--a Festy on steroids!
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i dont see why the carbed mani wouldent fit a efi head.. im thinking all you would need is the carb and manifold, keep the efi pump and run a fuel pressure regulator. Might need to use the carbed disty setup as well..
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Why would the distributor care how the fuel was getting in? Would the FPR be able to handle going from EFI pressures, like 30 PSI or so, down to 4 or 5 PSI?Originally posted by takeone51 View Post90 Festy (Larry)--B6M (Matt D. modified B6 head), header, 5-speed, Capri XR2 front brakes, many other little mods
09 Kia Rondo--a Festy on steroids!
You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality--Ayn Rand
Disaster preparedness
Tragedy and Hope.....Infowars.com.....The Drudge Report.....Founding Fathers.info
Think for yourself.....question all authority.....re-evaluate everything you think you know. Red-pill yourself!
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isent the distributor vac advance?Comment
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the carb setup cals for 2-5 fuel pressure.Comment
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the carb and efi heads are the same. the carb intake manifold bolts right on. there's also a plate on the back of the head that you remove to put on the fuel pump. plus the efi cam already has the lobe for the pumpJoey Richard Jr.
1991 Ford Festiva L; died but donated all her organs
1988 Ford Festiva LX; EFI swapped in...actually everything swapped in
Quality is Job 1. Together, We Can Save Lives. Ford.Comment
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different dist as well...i'm pretty sure it has to do with how it plugs inJoey Richard Jr.
1991 Ford Festiva L; died but donated all her organs
1988 Ford Festiva LX; EFI swapped in...actually everything swapped in
Quality is Job 1. Together, We Can Save Lives. Ford.Comment
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don't have to bother with the dizzy, if you keep the EFI PCM, and run a carter carb (or the like), you'll run fine.Trees aren't kind to me...
currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.
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Hmmm this is sounding interesting. As in almost feasible. Would I need to swap the ECU as well?Mon arme a moi, c'est un stylo.Comment
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nope, keep your EFI ECU (ecu=pcm), and run a simple carb (like off a pinto, or better yet, a 1.6 escort and lean the jets down by 2 to start). only thing stopping you is a manifold...Trees aren't kind to me...
currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.
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Im about to do the opposite swap on my 88 for better fuel mileage, reliability and power. Why do you want to swap?
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My thoughts exactly, why switch to a carb'd set-up over EFI?Originally posted by resuwrecked View Post
1988 323 Station Wagon - KLG4 swapped
1988 323 GT - B6T Powered
2008 Ford Escape - Rollover Survivor
1990 Festiva - First Ever Completed KLZE swap (SOLD)
If no one from the future stops you from doing it, how bad of a decision can it really be?Comment
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the pulse
Because I know there are no computer controls to fry when the big pulse comes.Comment
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^ 2012?Comment
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