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    Fuel injected 302 ford in a 34 ford coupe

     



    What would be the best Ford 302 or 351 motor to use, carburetor or fuel injected in a 34 Ford?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fordcoupe460 View Post
    What would be the best Ford 302 or 351 motor to use, carburetor or fuel injected in a 34 Ford?
    Are you trying to use a donor motor "as-is" or building/having one built from scratch?
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    I have a 302 Ford in storage, but don't know much about them. A buddy
    of mine had a 302 built with carb in a 68 ford that would flat get it on.
    I am a carb guy myself, but the fuel injection would look pretty cool...
    In my days I mostly have had Chev engines, but have nothing aganist
    fords..

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    The FI will run the generally best and with better gas mileage. The carbed version is by far the easiest for Joe Average guy with some minimal amount of mechanical knowledge.

    The FI version can be OEM from a donor car like a Mustang or stand alone after market like a Holley, FAST or Edelbrock, etc. You do have a fair amount of additional wiring and need to add 2 to 4 oxygen sensors in the exhaust (single or dual exhaust). You will need a high pressure fuel system complete with a return line. Then of course, if it dies in West Overshoe on a Saturday evening, the local garage probably can't fix it nor do they have parts if luckily they do have the knowledge as they need to come from the manufacturer.

    Now, with that said, your daily driver probably has FI, but it was supplied by a manufacturer, probably didn't sit in a salvage yard in the weather waiting for a lucky guy to come along and buy it. Your DD probably wasn't in a totalling wreck either in which other nasty things could have happened.

    Now, with that said, I'm considering converting mine to FI in the next year or so, but.........
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    if going with EFI, the EFI 5.0L HO would be very hard to beat.. Mustangs and late 80's/ early 90's Lincoln Mark VII LSC's got them.. used with an aftermarket retrofit harness and the factory ECU, they can be just as reliable as they were in the Lincoln or Mustang.. if gotten out of a junkyard, it might be a good idea to get new injectors and put new gaskets between the upper and lower intakes... there the engine of choice for '83-'97 V8 Ford Rangers.
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    Thanks for the info. I have two carb 302's that need rebuilt but I was toying with the idea of using a FI 302 from a donor car or pickup. I'm trying to get all the info I can before I start my build. It's nice to know there is a wiring kit and is there some good literature on this?

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    My 70 Ford pick up is a fuel injected 302 out of a Lincoln.
    You have to bypass some stuff to make them work or you'll have a open circut when it needs to be closed. Then it will start throwing codes and won't run right.
    There is a differance between some of the lincolns and the HO 302 mustang motors.
    Go with the HO 302 mustang motor they are better than what I have, though I do get great fuel millage I don't have the get up and go like the HO 302's.
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    Thanks Kurt I will keep my eyes open for a HO 302.

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