[nativesonjls]

How hard is it to switch from a carbed system to injected, cost, materials, etc. I currently have a 84 5.0 gt but the 302 is carburated and I would like to move to injected so I could super-charge it or turbo-charge it. Not easy to do with a carburated engine, lots of problems from what I've read. Don't really want to go on the bottle, so thats not in the picture.

[krankieone]

why not go for a blow through carb with an enclosure

[nativesonjls]

From what I've read on line and in the forums, it can be done but lots of parts for carb, enclousure, blower, etc. just a little out of my area of experience. I could try to find a local company and see, get a price.

I read a post about adding a blower to a carbed engine and they had a interesting vintage blower type carb spacer which brings the added air in but its not up for bid at ebay and I haven't got a return e-mail from the seller,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...905014944&rd=1

I would like to find out a little about this option but no one seems to know anything.

I have a 84 mustang 5.0 gt, so my engine is a generation one so any mod may require piston work, so it might be less expensive to use a box.

http://villagephotos.com/viewimage.asp?id_=9740326


Thanks for the post, if you hear anything let me know.

[krankieone]

Originally Posted by nativesonjls

From what I've read on line and in the forums, it can be done but lots of parts for carb, enclousure, blower, etc. just a little out of my area of experience. I could try to find a local company and see, get a price..

Paxton make one

Originally Posted by nativesonjls

I read a post about adding a blower to a carbed engine and they had a interesting vintage blower type carb spacer which brings the added air in but its not up for bid at ebay and I haven't got a return e-mail from the seller,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...905014944&rd=1

I would like to find out a little about this option but no one seems to know anything..

I've never seen anything like it It looks a bit restrictive.

Originally Posted by nativesonjls

I have a 84 mustang 5.0 gt, so my engine is a generation one so any mod may require piston work, so it might be less expensive to use a box.

http://villagephotos.com/viewimage.asp?id_=9740326


Thanks for the post, if you hear anything let me know.

I'm not to familar with late model engine specs But I would imagine you could run 4-6psi boost with out too much problem.

[nativesonjls]

Originally Posted by krankieone

Paxton make one



I've never seen anything like it It looks a bit restrictive.




I'm not to familar with late model engine specs But I would imagine you could run 4-6psi boost with out too much problem.

You are probably right, but I think most of the early after market products were compared to the products of today. I was just trying to avoid lots of mods on a 84 engine.
It dosen't add a lot of hp compared to the new ones, and most mech. around here have said unless I plan to drop some cash on piston work , cam, new timing chain/gear, valve work or new heads, etc, etc, I don't need to pump a 160000 thousand mile engine up to the kind of hp some of the better blowers, superchargers, and turbos generate. Just thought this saved on my engine and my bank book, till I get my tax return, next year.
A set of headers and pipes, with this low end turbo throttle body, (i could use a small turbo) sort of fit the bill for 75 to 125 hp increase.
I will just have to make do, till I have the money to fab something................by boost do you mean nos?

[krankieone]

Originally Posted by nativesonjls

..............by boost do you mean nos?

No boost is the preasure in the intake after the blower or turbo - this normally runs as a vacume
as the piston goes down it creates a larger space (hence low preasure area) that the air/fuel mix in the intake rushes in to fill up by using a blower or turbo you increase the preasure in the intake so more air 7 fuel go into the cylinder.