Lima 2.3 EFI to Carb Questions

[ricardo93]

Well yeah I want it as simple as possible while barely maintaining street legal ness

 

[Kenneth S]

On mine I just removed the inline high pressure pump, and joined the line together with a piece of hose with some hose clamps. The return line I just capped off at the top of the gas tank (if you pull the bed it's very easy to access the return to cap it, and rewire the intank pump to run it).

 

[ricardo93]

Well I'm a small guy and my truck has a 3-inch body lift so it might not be very difficult, but I can just unplug the efi pump and injector pins from the computer and run a new fuel line and it should work?

 

[ricardo93]

Wait aren't the n/a foxbodies with the lima carb'd motors?

 

[Mark_88]

Some of them...up to 85 or so where carbed...part of my current engine is the head from a 9x something mustang...and I've had mustang heads on it before that worked well...was going to use the short block from one but couldn't get the dang thing out of the junkyard...

My intake is also from a 78 Mustang II...so, yes, parts can be interchanged from Lima Mustangs...

The SVO turbo has been put in a Ranger many times also...

 

[ricardo93]

Well I was gonna use the intake a carb from the foxbody or a carb'd ranger but I was thinking of using that to try and snag the ignition system or at least be able to take pictures and recreate it myself

 

[ricardo93]

So my buddy told me I'm gonna need a smog pump also, but I have come across some one whose father is a master smog tech and I will talk to him about it

 

[Kenneth S]

It also depends upon if they test the exhaust with a "sniffer", and contrary to popular belief a carbureted engine tuned properly should be able to pass the "sniff test" depending on what year the vehicle is. The problem these days is that "most" so called "mechanics" can't work on a engine without hooking up a code scanner to it first (take an old car with a carburetor, and points distributor to a shop, and see all the WTF do I do looks on their faces when they realize they can't use a code scanner on it).

 

[Mikel89us]

It also depends upon if they test the exhaust with a "sniffer", and contrary to popular belief a carbureted engine tuned properly should be able to pass the "sniff test" depending on what year the vehicle is. The problem these days is that "most" so called "mechanics" can't work on a engine without hooking up a code scanner to it first (take an old car with a carburetor, and points distributor to a shop, and see all the WTF do I do looks on their faces when they realize they can't use a code scanner on it).

+1!!!!

 

[ricardo93]

Hahaha **** mechanics I have a buddy who can do timing by ear and tune a carb by smell Lol

But when I get the chance I'm gonna ask the smog tech to help me out and see if he can run the sniffer for me

 

[YungICY]

My uncle does that with the old vw engines. Its crazy.


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[ricardo93]

I guess its just practice haha