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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 07:00 PM
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1985 EFI to Carb swap

Has anyone tried this, I'm thinking about swapping my stock heads and intake and making it carbuerated...has anyone done this swap if so what heads did you use and is there anything I should watch out for.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 07:03 PM
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I forgot to put its a 5.0 EFI
 
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by cam00004
Has anyone tried this, I'm thinking about swapping my stock heads and intake and making it carbuerated...has anyone done this swap if so what heads did you use and is there anything I should watch out for.
Sorry, I'll never be sold on a less reliable, backwards step in tech.

What is your end goal?

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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 04:42 PM
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Well mainly I want to put New heads on it...idk wich are the best bang for the buck...I'm thinking about trying gt40s but idk and it is a lot easier and cheaper for me to use a carburetor
 
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Old May 17, 2013 | 10:46 AM
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to make the truck carb you have to get:
distributor
carb
intake manifold
fuel regulator
fuel lines
throttle linkage for carb
kick down
somebody correct me if there is anything else all together if you get all new stuff should be like 400 bucks i am looking to do the same thing but im 50/50
 
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