Mountaineer engine swap question.

[nobodyspecial]

Ryan, my next step if this became to tricky was to just carb the thing and be done with it. Like I said going into, I have no idea if it will work, just trying to figure things out. carb is simpler and more reliable too.

 

[Skandocious]

You need to have a phone conversation with Tony... He managed to stroke his 351, merge it with a C6, carburete it, and all the while the computer sits there and goes

Ryan

If it's carbed then he shouldn't have a computer... Right?

 

[1970Custom]

...carb is simpler and more reliable too.

we have a winner!!!!

 

[nobodyspecial]

If it's carbed then he shouldn't have a computer... Right?

The computer is still probably needed for electronics (dash stuff) is my guess

 

[nobodyspecial]

we have a winner!!!!

I am just trying to find a way to keep it fuel injected, for now.

 

[nobodyspecial]

Read through this, and tell me what you guys think. Shows you how to convert a distributor 5.8 to an electronic distributorless system (EDIS)

AEM - EDIS-8 install - Corral Forums

 

[dragogt]

Hey Josh, you plain on running a stroker or whats the plain for the 5.8???

 

[nobodyspecial]

No stroker, keep it as low maintenance and reliable as possible, since this truck is getting built as an overland/expedition rig. We have plans (a little over a year out) to do Prudhoe bay. We plan on seeing many many miles with this thing, loaded down and pulling a trailer, so the 5.8 will be much better suited for the role.

 

[Truckin4life]

If it's carbed then he shouldn't have a computer... Right?

The computer is needed to run all the other electronics...
Im sure if you really wanted to you could get em all to work with out the computer.

 

[dragogt]

No stroker, keep it as low maintenance and reliable as possible, since this truck is getting built as an overland/expedition rig. We have plans (a little over a year out) to do Prudhoe bay. We plan on seeing many many miles with this thing, loaded down and pulling a trailer, so the 5.8 will be much better suited for the role.

Understod,

How miny miles on the 5.8?? What about an HCI swap?

 

[nobodyspecial]

HCI?

I am sensing the redundancy...

 

[F 150Cobra]

HCI?

I am sensing the redundancy...

Head Cam intake

get yourself some Gt40 heads ( i think those already has those head)

cam swap and your done!

far less work

 

[nobodyspecial]

far less work for what? what are you saying to do? end result?

Sorry, I am not following you.

 

[Truckin4life]

I say carb it, if you out some hundred miles from civilization and a sensor goes out, will you have enough power to get back out, alot of times when a sensor goes out it can send the computer to limp mode... Just sayin, for pure reliability and the ease of a trail fix, i say carb it.

 

[nobodyspecial]

I am not ruling it out as an option, but there is something to be said about the potential mileage increases from EFI. And this is using all factory parts. I already carry spares of different parts, a few sensors are no big deal.

But then, there is also a lot to be said about the simplicity of a carb.

 

[Truckin4life]

Yea, you goin to buy and carry a little brain to scan the comp when your chit breaks down.
Im not sayin EFI is a bad idea. But honestly i wouldn't want to mess with maf swaps and what not. Plus giving your self a time limit is goin to create a need to rush and rushing on the little things is not a good idea. Also i would be much happier to have some time to cruise the rig around awhile, beat it abuse it. See how it handles it. Before i get out in the middle of bear country and find out it cant take the abuse.





If i were in your shoes, i would go for the EFI all the way, its reliable, runs perfectly fine at off angles. Wont act up with big elevation changes. But i wouldn't set anything up. I wouldn't even set a goal. Small goals are good, but dont set a completion date, in doing that you can put your self in a rush and things dont come out well when your rushing with something like an EFI setup.

 

[nobodyspecial]

The trip is not a completion date for an engine swap. As I said in the beginning, this thread is purely hypothetical, just trying to figure out if it can be done. The 5.0 in my Mountaineer runs strong and its not going anywhere until that changes.

I had a scanner/tuner that would work, but I sold it with my Mark VIII. That's not a big deal, and handy because it takes a lot of time out of diagnosing.

 

[Truckin4life]

Yea, been awhile since i seen that...
Why not just build the 5.0 to suit?

 

[dragogt]

Head Cam intake

get yourself some Gt40 heads ( i think those already has those head)

cam swap and your done!

far less work

Yeah, bout that..

More like http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TFS-51400015/ And a CI cam...

 

[dragogt]

Hey Josh, you may have to register but here..

http://sbftech.com/index.php/topic,24149.0.html