[83fox]

im trying to take out as many wires as i can in my engine bay but i dont know which ones i can pull. i have a carburated 83 lx with an aod transmission. i see all kinds of carbed motors with very little wiring in the bay.

[ujslost]

i gots very little wiring in mine. yours should be about the same.
i have harness to my duraspark, to the engine and to headlights.
putting in a 1 wire alternator will do away with some of the wires

[ryans88gt]

Originally Posted by 83fox im trying to take out as many wires as i can in my engine bay but i dont know which ones i can pull. i have a carburated 83 lx with an aod transmission. i see all kinds of carbed motors with very little wiring in the bay.

Got some pics of what you have now? That would make it easier.

[83fox]

thanks man. i cant stand all kinds of pointless wiring a making a mess, i guess im kindof ocd about it haha. so everything in yours works fine with just those 3 groups of wires?

[83fox]

i dont have pictures of it just yet, i dont have my intake and carb on there and i need to replace both motor mounts so i havent had the need to take pictures yet, this was a random thing ive been thinking about for a while. and i dont have a camera, ill have my girlfriend bring her camera over tomorrow and ill try and get some pictures up tomorrow night if i can figure out how too

[ryans88gt]

EFI to Carburetor Conversion

This will give you a run down of the electrical and how to keep all the gauges and stuff working.

[83fox]

thanks a lot man, that cleared a lot of things up. ill take some pictures tonight to show yall what i have to work with untill i can rebuild and transplant my 351

[ujslost]

where you from 83fox?
yeah all my stuff works fine. My car is a non ac factory car. so that helps some.

[83fox]

im from maine haha. believe it or not, theres a healthy group of fox mustangs up here too. mine doesnt have ac either, luckily

[ujslost]

the guys at foureyedpride.com have a big bbq somewhere up there in new england

[1982matthew]

Are you like me and to cheap to buy a digital camera because that is my case and the fact I know I can just steal my gurls anytime but lately she has been being a pain in the ace about using it, she tells me to get my own since I can spend 500 on a rear...lol damnit

[83fox]

yeah its in Conneticut i believe. thats about a 5 hour trip for me, but i dont know if my car will be ready by then. im havin a little trouble findin a 4bbl intake right here but im about to order a weiland stealth intake.

[83fox]

Originally Posted by 1982matthew Are you like me and to cheap to buy a digital camera because that is my case and the fact I know I can just steal my gurls anytime but lately she has been being a pain in the ace about using it, she tells me to get my own since I can spend 500 on a rear...lol damnit

hahaha i figure if she has one, why the hell do i need to buy one too. disposable cameras work great for car shows and thats allllll that matters. plus, that 300 bucks that would go to a camera would be much better spent on a pair of headers, or an intake, or in the near future, a new set of rear tires... haha

[ujslost]

why does everyone with the early fox cars go with a weiand stealth intake?
I have a performer 289 cause I got it for $75 new. And I have cut 13..9s with it. But I want a performer rpm air gap. I might settle on a summit stage III as its the same thing.and $50 cheaper

[83fox]

the weiand stealth makes power from idle to 6500? rpms they say

they dynoed a capri with the weiand stealth and a barry grant carburator and it made 40 more horsepower and 30 of that horsepower was 4600-5400rpms or so

but if someone can lead me to a better intake, im listening haha

[ujslost]

Ill get some info on the airgap in question tomorrow. Headed to bed now. Nice talkin with ya 83 fox.

[83fox]

haha thanks man, itd be much appreciated. i gotta hit the hay to so i can go build some cattle fence tomorrow. wooooo hooo

[86_Notch]

victor jr for the win

[ujslost]

vic jr is a little big for a 5.0 isnt it?

[86_Notch]

not if you've got a 5 speed, and gears i used to have a stock bottom end, 280 crowler cam, 650 carb performer rpm intake and mildly ported stock heads , t5 and 410s, i picked up 2 tenths and 2 mph switching to a vr jr, i would'nt run one with an auto unless you have a decent convertor or you were using nitrous

car didn't have any guts below 2800 rpms , but once i got to 3 grand it pulled like a freight train