When Ford first began installing EFI on cars back in the 1980s, it wasn’t winning over the diehard enthusiasts who were making power with their carburetors. For decades, owners of classic musclecars stood by their dependable carburetor, but as gas prices took a hike those cars weren’t driven as much.
There were a bunch of people who sought to convert their classic to electronic fuel injection, but that meant numerous trips to a wrecking yard to buy used parts with not much of a guarantee that they would work. Those who were successful had spent hours searching for those parts, and even more time installing them and figuring out the electrical part of the upgrade. When all was said and done, several hundreds of dollars had been spent, and the end result almost didn’t seem worth it, even though there were some benefits, and most people stuck with their carburetor.
Today, those conversion have been made much simpler than searching a salvage yard for the right parts. Many EFI conversion kits, like Holley’s Terminator, have hit the market and made the conversion process simple and clean. These kits include everything needed under the hood in one kit to convert a 4150-style intake manifold to the convenience and driveability of EFI. Additional parts you may need are fuel hoses, a high pressure pump, a new filter, and a pressure regulator.
CJ Pony Parts has been in business over 30 years selling parts for Mustangs, and building some wicked stallions of their own. In the video above, they have taken the time to convert a classic 1970 Mach 1 to EFI, showing all of the simple steps along the way and how to properly set up the system. The Terminator EFI is a self-tuning throttle body fuel injection system that doesn’t require a laptop computer, and only requires responses to simple questions about the engine and vehicle.
The kit is available in tumble polish or hard core gray and can be installed in about a day. Check out the video above and watch how simple it truly is to install and EFI conversion system on just about any classic car. The kit is available through CJ Pony Parts, and you can follow along with the entire installation in the 13-minute video above. To find out more about the Terminator EFI you can visit the Holley website.