EFI for the Starliner

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I start and run all the cars the first of the month, this month I noticed a gas stain under the 60 Ford Starliner and found the gas tank was seeping gas. We will be taking it to the Good Guys show in Spokane in August and it must be fixed. A new gas tank was ordered then after it run and wormed up I could smell gas under the hood. I had already decided to put fuel injection on the Thunderbird so why not get rid of the leaky carburetor on the 60. The Fitech EFI fuel injection dose not require a in tank pump and there is a spot where the remote Fitech tank will fit very nicely.

 The Fitech EFI system is made up of two components one is the EFI Throttle Body Injectors with a built in computer and the second is the remote fuel tank with the high pressure pump in it that mounts in the engine compartment and fed by the stock engine fuel pump.
 Every thing you need to install the system is included in the kit wires, cables, fittings, fuel lines, gaskets etc. and easy to follow instructions.
 Here are some of the items lay'ed out including oyx. sensor that requires a threaded bung to be welded or clamped to the exhaust and the water temperature sensor that I put in to the tee fitting with a nipple in the bottom and the heater hose fitting will go in the top.
 This is the fuel tank mounted in the engine compartment with the supplied brackets and hi and low fuel pressure gauges. This tank requires a vent line be run back to the vent in the gas tank, I used a 5/16 hose that is strapped to the fuel line coming from the main tank.
 The 60 Ford has a lot of space ahead of the wheel well and next to the radiator. The cylinder next to it is the power steering reservoir.
 I welded the exhaust bung to the header pipe but you can clamp it i  with the supplied gasket.

 Below is the Holly carburetor that was on the car for the last 35 years.
 With everything cleaned up the throttle body can go on.
 New EFI injection throttle body in place, wired and plumed. It is the same height as the carburetor so no problems with the air cleaner.
 Installation complete and it runs and starts better than before. It took me 2 days to install the new system.

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