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jet 471, I haven't had a lot of time lately to play with the tune, work has kept me very busy. The only thing I have noticed is if it sits for a week or two, it runs like crap unless I ad a gallon of "fresh" gas to it. I think its the 10% ethanal they ad here in FL to it--either it sucks u...

Any updates or progress?

Awesome! Another Ford FE on Megasquirt!

Josh, Using Megalog viewepe of the data log indicates at 65 mph it gets 23-25 mpg; best I ever got with a carb is 17-18 mpg. That's with a 2.75 rear gear and 29 inch tall tire. My gut sense is yes it gets better mileage; but :| I'm a trust but verify type, so until I drive it & put more miles on...

Briang,
Looks better than mine! I just bought some cast valve covers and was planning on putting the coils on the outboard side but with a heat shield between them and the exhaust.

I've gotten a couple of requests for some more details of how I put the Ford EDIS-8 on my 390 so here goes. The baisc diagram is here http://www.megamanual.com/ms2/EDIS.htm about 3/4 of the way down the page. I wired mine as printed; here are the cylinder pairs Pin 8 > coil connector 1 > coil A > 1 ...

Briang, The hole in my hood is from when I got it for free many years ago; previous car it was on had a carb fire so it was scorched. The hood scoop is from a Ford Fairmont turbo. The clearence is about 1/2=3/4 inch to the bottom of the hood. Next time I open the hood I'll try and remember to measur...

2nd video with FI 460 upper intake, 4.6 Ford DOHC throttlebody & 4.6 DOHC MAF. Rubber couplers from 3.8 Taurus & inatke tube is 3.5 Inch exhaust tubing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAdjtIUeVXk

Link to youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJXRpiAjjx4 or search for Fuel Injected 390 Ford

Latest tune using MAF. Laptop hard drive crapped out so I had to rebuild from scratch & hand written notes.