BlackFlareSide
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My daughter, 14 year old, got bit by the OBS truck bug, maybe from watching and helping me work on mine. She’s been looking at used trucks for about a year now and we finally picked one up the other day. It’s a 96 2wd with a rebuilt 5.0 and rebuilt E4od.
The guy that had it decided carbureted was better/cheaper and removed all of the EFI. He left the computer in it to run the transmission, which it did horribly. I called US Shift and got a controller headed this way.
It’s been a while since I’ve driven a stock-ish 302. This one has gt40 heads and a 498 lift cam designed for 1500-5500 rpm range and intake to match that. 3.55 rear gears and 33” tires with 6” lift. Yes it’s 2wd. Acceleration seems pretty week to me. I know absolutely nothing about tuning a carb. It has a 650cfm carb. Base timing is 10° and max timing is 38°, mechanical advance with vacuum reference that is not hooked up, I’ve read that it is only to help idle but I don’t really know.
First thing I wanted to do was put the EFI back on it but with it being a 96 it might be difficult and expensive to find all of the parts/ wiring etc. I don’t think I have room in my head to research all the differences. Maybe someone can enlighten me. I remember [mention]droppedf100 [/mention] removed ALL of the wiring and changing it to a 95. I believe door and dash wiring has to be removed also, if IRC.
So we are looking at using the Sniper EFI set up with the distributor and electronic timing control. Seems like we can put this set up in for less than 2k and get a little $ back from selling the new carb and spark system that’s in it and send back the $220 TPS for the carb setup. It does require 58 psi of fuel pressure and has a built in FPR. Does anyone know if the stock pump is capable of that?
Any other input is welcome also. What would you do with it? What say you?
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The guy that had it decided carbureted was better/cheaper and removed all of the EFI. He left the computer in it to run the transmission, which it did horribly. I called US Shift and got a controller headed this way.
It’s been a while since I’ve driven a stock-ish 302. This one has gt40 heads and a 498 lift cam designed for 1500-5500 rpm range and intake to match that. 3.55 rear gears and 33” tires with 6” lift. Yes it’s 2wd. Acceleration seems pretty week to me. I know absolutely nothing about tuning a carb. It has a 650cfm carb. Base timing is 10° and max timing is 38°, mechanical advance with vacuum reference that is not hooked up, I’ve read that it is only to help idle but I don’t really know.
First thing I wanted to do was put the EFI back on it but with it being a 96 it might be difficult and expensive to find all of the parts/ wiring etc. I don’t think I have room in my head to research all the differences. Maybe someone can enlighten me. I remember [mention]droppedf100 [/mention] removed ALL of the wiring and changing it to a 95. I believe door and dash wiring has to be removed also, if IRC.
So we are looking at using the Sniper EFI set up with the distributor and electronic timing control. Seems like we can put this set up in for less than 2k and get a little $ back from selling the new carb and spark system that’s in it and send back the $220 TPS for the carb setup. It does require 58 psi of fuel pressure and has a built in FPR. Does anyone know if the stock pump is capable of that?
Any other input is welcome also. What would you do with it? What say you?
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