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5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

i have a 87 tbird 5.0 and i want to convert it to mass air but i was wondering will the full digital dash still work?

5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

Reply #1
I don't think the mass air conversion will have any effect on you digi cluster, I may be wrong though.
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1994 Lincoln Mark VIII


5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

Reply #2
Yep the dash doesn't care. The MAF computer has the same outputs that the stock computer does so the dash reads the same info. If you change from 19lb to 24lb injectors with a calibrated MAF the fuel econ calculations will be a little off on the dash. I know first hand.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

Reply #3
ok thanks and i wasnt planning on changing injectors for awhile its still a daily driver and its bad enough gettin 13mpg i dont need any worse haha

5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

Reply #4
13 mpg.... something else must be wrong.
Mike

5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

Reply #5
its been doing alot of ideling because of the cold and it has 3:31 rear gears and i dont use overdrive much

5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

Reply #6
Quote from: 87tbird5.0;349422
its been doing alot of ideling because of the cold and it has 3:31 rear gears and i dont use overdrive much

 
Still 13mpg is off.  Look for other issues.  My 03 F-250 crew cab 4x4 with a 5.4 gets 17mpg
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5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

Reply #7
i dont really know what else it could be it has new plugs in it and it has a cold air kit shorty headers catted h pipe and flowmasters so it should breath fine.  i do get into it a good bit and it usualy idles for 10 min b4 i leave in the morning and about 10 or 15 at school b4 i go in to school it did this last year but it went down to a bout 15 i blame it on all the dam ethonol and i run 93 octane in it because the timing is advanced. and i has 220.000 on the motor to

5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

Reply #8
You might have the same problem that I think I've got. Has your timing chain ever been changed? I think that Im getting py mileage cause my timing chain has stretched.
88 Cougar LS 5.0 .030 over, ported E7s with GT40 valves & trickflow springs, Proform roller rockers, HO cam, removed air silencer, K&N filter, smog pump delete, 2.25" dual flowmasters, Pacestter H-pipe & headers, HO computer, 65mm TB, Explorer intake, 19# injecters, 3.45s, rebuilt posi, and TCI shift kit.

5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

Reply #9
Why do you want to convert it to Mass Air? Are you swapping cams?
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

Reply #10
Can you do a mass air swap with a non-ho firing order? The injectors will fire on the Ho firing order.
88 Cougar LS 5.0 .030 over, ported E7s with GT40 valves & trickflow springs, Proform roller rockers, HO cam, removed air silencer, K&N filter, smog pump delete, 2.25" dual flowmasters, Pacestter H-pipe & headers, HO computer, 65mm TB, Explorer intake, 19# injecters, 3.45s, rebuilt posi, and TCI shift kit.

5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

Reply #11
Before swapping to Mass Air:

1. Run codes
2. Run codes
3. Run codes

Also if you are trying to do a MAF conversion on a stock 5.0 SO don't. It will run like poo.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

 

5.0 mass air conversion work with all digital dash?

Reply #12
the timing chain hasnt been changed and when i do convert its getting complety redone new seals bearings pistons and i was gonna do like trickflow heads and intake. maybe down the road a supercharger but thats alot of money i dont have.  i dont want to do much to it now with all its miles on it and if the 302 dont pan out i have a 351w with ported and polished heads an a big cam that i could drop in too