I have a 302 that I want to slot into a 67 mgb GT. I like the idea of keeping FI, however, that manifold looks like it was designed to be as tall as possible. Is there a lower profile manifold either factory or aftermarket that would help hide this thing under the hood?
i think i remember a thread very recently about the early 90s thunderbird with a 302 having a very low profile manifold.
yea, here's something to look into:
Edelbrock Air Gap and a Holley. Still lower than the mustwang efi setup, but fixable. works in my Miata.
Last year of the pushrod motors (302/5.0 whatever you want to call it) was early 95 (mustang).
Early MN12s may have a pushrod motor, but I've never seen one.
You could use a carburetor manifold and then something like a FAST unit on top of it. It's not any higher than a carburetor.
Thanks. The collective knowledge of this place is amazing.
I had forgotten about the FAST system. Maybe a mental block due to the cost, but certainly an option.
I have been living with the joys of a DCOE in this car for the last 15 years and kinda look forward to the end of the smelly rough running poor idling and lousy gas mileage.
In reply to NOHOME:
There's also other similar systems out there, including Edelbrock and Holley. I know what you mean about the engine. I'm installing a 5.0 in my TVR for the same reasons.
I've been curious about the Comp Cams Poly intake box that replaces the upper intake half of a stock or GT-40 5.0 intake;
http://www.compcams.com/catalog/331.html
Saves weight, should stay cooler than the stock upper, and seems to kill some torque which may be bad or good for what you're looking for.
I like how the Comp Cams intake comes with a VHS instructional video.
I don't understood how Ford needed to use all that space above the valve covers after seeing a newer LSx plastic intake manifold. I suppose the dizzy would be in the way...
RossD wrote: I suppose the dizzy would be in the way...
Oh it is...... I made an upper out of a hacked off flange and a piece of 4" aluminum tubing. Made it to point straight forward. With 2 1" phenolic spacers, it was still too short to clear a stock TFI distributor. I needed at least another 1" to clear the plug wires by the thickness of slug slime.
Brian
Ranger: Sounds like the perfect candidate for an EDIS swap.
The Comp poly box is supposed to be a torque killer on a stock or near-stock 5.0, but really comes alive on something like a 347 stroker package.
Braven: Let's say someone wanted to use a good carb intake like an RPM Performer Air Gap (I assume there's one available for these motors); what kind of cost for hardware outside of an ECU would someone be looking at? Intake, machining costs, injector rails, throttle body etc.
In reply to pres589:
It is, but MS was barely an idea, much less a buyable product when I built it. At the time, the only thing available setup was and still is the crappy Exploder setup.
To convert, I would easily just figure a grand. The TB is the biggest expense depending on what you want to use.
Ranger50 wrote:RossD wrote: I suppose the dizzy would be in the way...Oh it is...... I made an upper out of a hacked off flange and a piece of 4" aluminum tubing. Made it to point straight forward. With 2 1" phenolic spacers, it was still too short to clear a stock TFI distributor. I needed at least another 1" to clear the plug wires by the thickness of slug slime. Brian
A possibly simple answer: Ditch the distributor for an EDIS 8 solution?
stay away from the FAST EZEFI. ive got 50 hours into one, and the car still wont run.
look at the professional products pro-jection.
edelbrock also makes a victor EFI manifold that already has the amchining done. use some stock 50 injectors, a universal 4bbl TB, and go with it.
There's guys running mustang efi with a stock mg hood or an mgc/glass hood. Mine fits (1972) but my hood was junk so I carved it up anyway and my mounts are lower than most conversions I've seen. On the creative front, use a cobra lower intake, connect some tubes with a 90* arc, add motorcycle individual throttle bodies on the end of the tubes, add a dose of megasquirt and there ya go. 
oldtin wrote: There's guys running mustang efi with a stock mg hood or an mgc/glass hood. Mine fits (1972) but my hood was junk so I carved it up anyway and my mounts are lower than most conversions I've seen. On the creative front, use a cobra lower intake, connect some tubes with a 90* arc, add motorcycle individual throttle bodies on the end of the tubes, add a dose of megasquirt and there ya go.
Actually, I thought of doing that an just crisscrossing over the engine. Lower profile eh?
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