Help : Need vacuum advance for a Ford 3.0 Taurus engine.

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bjw2470t - 22 Jun 2005 01:13 GMT

I want to put a ford 3.0 taurus engine in an old forklift but Haven'
found a distributor with a vacuum advance.
All help will be appreciated
Brya

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trainfan1 - 22 Jun 2005 02:23 GMT

> I want to put a ford 3.0 taurus engine in an old forklift but Haven't
> found a distributor with a vacuum advance.
> All help will be appreciated.
> Bryan

I'd like to marinize one, too, and am having the same issue... to a point.

I'd like to have it be a carb'd 3.0, w/ centrifugal advance only. Looks
like I'd have to do a side-draft carb, & cobble together a distributor
from the parts bin, with a Pertronix module and conventional battery
ignition... then the copper gaskets & water-cooled exhaust manifolds...
so I just canned the whole idea.

How are you going to get it to mate up into a lift truck(PTO, carb,
engine control, etc.)? The chevy 4.3 V-6 is widely used in that
application(marine too...), and they are plentiful & cheap. That's the
route that makes the most sense.

Rob

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Rob - 03 Jul 2005 19:31 GMT

>> I want to put a ford 3.0 taurus engine in an old forklift but Haven't
>> found a distributor with a vacuum advance. All help will be appreciated.
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> Rob

why u need vacuum ? use the pip module and some msd module for fords ...
then u evem have knock control

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