MAF intake setup on 86’ 5.0

[RXRXP1000]

Hey gang, looking for some advice here.  I’m assembling parts to put my 86 302 project together and am wondering if the intake tube and airbox from say a 95 302 MAF will fit on my 86 without changing it over to serpentine setup.  Is there enough room for the intake tube to clear the compressor?  Thanks!

[Gary Lewis]

I'm pretty sure it'll fit w/o going to a serpentine setup.  I'm running a serp setup on Big Blue and it would fit if it was a vee belt.  So I think you'll be fine.

BUT, placement of the air box on the fender is fairly critical as the hoses/tubes are just barely long enough when the air box is in the right spot.  So when the time comes I can get you the dimensions.

[RXRXP1000]

Thanks Gary.  For some reason I thought the compressor mounted a bit different on the 87+ serpentine setups but hopefully not.  I’ll hit you up when I am ready to mount up my airbox.

On another question which Borgeson shaft did you go with, the standard on or the one with the dampener?

[Gary Lewis]

The standard Borgeson was on the truck when I got it, as was a "special" steering box.  Long story short, I replaced the special box last week with a Blue Top and couldn't be happier.  The truck drives like a new one and I don't see the need for the shaft with a dampener in it.

[Rembrant]

I have a 1994 F150 with 302 and MAF if you need any pictures.

[85lebaront2]

I have one here I am working on, a nice supercab short bed, same powertrain.

He brought it to me (he's been one of my riding mower customers for several years) after someone else had put platinum plugs in it and it ran worse. I put new Motorcraft ASF42C plugs, a set of wires and a cap and rotor. It still wants to suddenly cut off and there is something in the dash that will start softly "beeping" when this happens.

Owner came Thursday and I showed him what I had done and discussed the issue with him, he said he would talk to the lady he bought it from and she if she knew or had any documentation. He brought a folder she gave him with all the ROs from 2007 on, nothing on a security system.

There are a number of blue wires spliced into the ignition primary side and I am getting a "no tach signal to EEC" code (probably explains the periodic surging and cutting off). He said he was driving on US13 when he smelled something burning and the truck cut off. he got it restarted and the beeping started then, he thought it was the key warning, but it isn't that. I have to remove the cluster face, and maybe the cluster to find what and where the module is and then just do away with it. Fortunately I have plenty of sections of EEC-IV harness sections for the remote mount TFI module.