you will need the tank and sender off a carbed truck. as well as a mechanical fuel pump. and the cam gear eccentric. you will also need a different intake manifold. get rid of the ecu. carbed trucks dont have it. you will need a harness out of a carbed truck as well.

 

That's alotta money to spend on a negative gain. Really makes no sense to me. If you don't even know that a carbed truck doesn't need an ECU, you are light years away from having the ability to rebuild an engine properly. I would say if you like the idea of a carbureted truck, you should buy a carbureted truck...... That's like saying "Dude, I want a 4x4 so I'm gonna buy a 4x2 and convert it over", you spend way more time and money in the end.....

 

Well, I am not dead set on it yet. I just wanted to find out what all it would take to convert. If the cost are to high them I am not goin to do it, but if were just as simple as swapping out the intake manifold, putting the efi components on the shelf, putting a mechanical fuel pump on and throwing a carb on it, then I would do it. Certified mechanic I may not be nor have I ever claimed to be one, but backyard mechanic... I will take claim to that title. And being light years away from doing a proper engine rebuild, not likely, just a little time and money and I will have the motor running like a champ either with efi or a carb.

 

I think the general consensus is that it's not worth the time, effort, and money to do.

But maybe that's just how I read it.

 

That is what it is sounding like, maybe I will just keep the fuel injection.

Thanks all.

 

Bridger, you have no clue how many people I know want me to convert to 4x4, I keep tellin' em they're nuts!

Also, yeah, why did it take until you for someone to chime in with "you don't need no stinkin' ECU" with a carb? You forgot to tell him he needs to paint over his CEL too.

My truck's got a carb and I bought it that way for a reason.

 

The cheapest route is to buy a carb'd donor truck and swap your newer body panels over to it. Unless you really like the problem solving, swapping TO a carb isn't going to be as fun as you think. Fixing a carb'd truck will be a much more enjoyable project and you will have piles of information to search and fall back on. I think going that route will give you greater satisfaction and far fewer headaches.

A custom engine is a real commitment, not just a swap. Trust me, been there and done it.

 

kill-joy.... I so want to read the thread this guy posts on "CEL on, how do I retrieve the code & what does it mean?"

Or, "Dash lights blinking out Morse code, intermittent headlights"

 

Hahahahahahahahahaha. I swear I read on here somewhere that someone kept failing their e-test due to a lack of CEL coming on when starting the truck because the tech couldn't figure out why there wasn't a CEL or ECU on a carb-equipped vehicle.

 

Well.. you could always slap yourself with your EFI components... that'd be different

Different is cool...stupid is not

 

Or... slap you with them, that would even cooler!

 

This may be difficult for the one size fits all junkie moderns but there are actually situations in which a carb is the better option, for example when you are in 3rd world countries a long way from any infrastructure or the very reason your government has certain fleets converted to carb, an EMP will not take out a carb vehicle but your EFI vehicle will be toast.

EFI is only better under normal circumstances, besides if someone wants something different to you they want something different, they don't have to conform to your opinion.

 

Of course after an EMP you are still going to have a problem if you are surrounded by 1000s of EFI roadblocks, lol.

 

You had to dig deep to revive a 4 year old thread, huh? Nice work.

Wish my carb'ed truck was EFI... it would actually be running then.

 

Hi LangyLang,
I'm doing the same thing on an '86 F150 with a 302 EFI. Pulling the top end off and going carburetor because I want to. '86 was Fords first year for EFI and IMHO they screwed up big time. I also have a '71 F100 with a 302 and am old school as well. Carbs are better and so much easier to tune, fix, hell everything about them is nicer. I am with you on this one dude.
Hoboheart