Thread: Engine Swap - '92 5.0EFI/AOD into '66 Ford F100....

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Ok, if you go fuel injection, you gotta have high pressure fuel delivery and a return line back to the tank. Well, my tank is still in the cab behind the seat. I read all the pros and cons for adapting that tank using the fuel pump, etc from late 80's F150s & Broncos. It would require a low pressure pump to draw fuel from the tank into an accumulator then the high pressure pump to push it forward to the engine. I bought all this at the salvage yard.


It would have all mounted neatly on the frame rail just below the cab. I had planned to silver solder a return line into the sending unit housing.


Then I would still have to figure out how to vent the tank to the charcoal canister or some other place....

But, my old friend, Dave W (IC2) LOVES to "encourage" me, challenge me, goad me into spending money I don't have for a "better" option.....

so I decided to move the tank under the rear of the truck. The problem I have with most of these conversions was I didn't want to have to lower the tailgate or lift a future tonneau cover to fill the tank. The filler tube in the bed floor was NOT an option for me!

I bought new tank from Tanks, Inc. for a '66 Mustang already set up with an in-tank fuel injection pump. I built a frame for it and mounted it to the rear frame rails.




As you can see, the goal was to put the filler hole behind the license plate....
I think it worked.





After painting the tank with black truck bed paint, you can barely see it under there....



And any future lowering of the truck should not be a problem....

As for the fuel lines, I snagged the entire fuel/return line system from the Mustang and reformed it to run along my passenger side frame rail. The fuel rails on the engine run to the passenger side. The charcoal canister will also mount on the passenger frame rail in the engine compartment.

More to come later but I've put off doing my taxes long enough.....