1983 carb choices
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From: british columbia
1983 carb choices
just picked up a 1983 mustang 5 liter convertible California car and want to eliminate all the vacuum stuff attached to carb what is the best choice for carb. also thinking of changing to electric fuel pump and after market ignition. any suggestions
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From: Wisconsin
Welcome to the forum and congrats on your '83.
Just curious, is the car running/driving good now ? A carb swap may help performance a little bit, but deleting all the vacuum switches and emissions may actually hurt performance.
Are you looking for more HP with these mods because there's much better choices than an electric fuel pump and ignition.
Let us know your plans for the car .
Just curious, is the car running/driving good now ? A carb swap may help performance a little bit, but deleting all the vacuum switches and emissions may actually hurt performance.
Are you looking for more HP with these mods because there's much better choices than an electric fuel pump and ignition.
Let us know your plans for the car .
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Joined: Aug 2017
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From: North Carolina
1983 carb choices
davew, 88 orangepeel notch makes a good point about your intentions with this car. On our 1987 fox body we removed the OEM injected 302 and replaced it with a 331 " HOLLEY 650 CARBURETED stroker. I eliminated most of the vacuum, and unnecessary components. My point is, it can be done, but you do need a little bit of performance knowledge/experience to get it right. Also, if you are going to "dog" this rig, then I would suggest a electric fuel pump, around 140-190 gph and a fuel pressure regulator set at about 7 psi. Have fun.
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