I also bought the aces killshot with distributor but not quite ready to install. I went with the Holley 340lph fuel pump for foxbody mustangs as the top plate perfectly fit the vent hole on our tanks, so no cutting. Only modification I had to make was to move the pump about a half inch up to adjust for depth. I bought a new fuel tank as mine was starting to rust inside. I will install very soon and will take lots of pictures. My original fuel line is in good shape so will be using it for a return line and bent a new 3/8 line for supply. Current hold up is moving the battery to trunk.
What are you going to do for a vent?
As an alternative to moving the battery to the trunk consider replacing your battery with a newer Lithium one. They are expensive but moving the battery to the trunk is not cheap either. This will save you from adding long and heavy battery cables.
Vented gas cap.
I have already ran 0/1 awg cables, honestly trying to declutter the engine bay. These cars for being old have no space in the engine bay. Let alone the advantage of moving some weight to the rear. On the bright side, the wire run to the gas tank will be short.
I am going back and forth between putting the ECU in the car or mounting it where the vapor canister was. The benefit to putting it where the vapor canister was is already have 3 studs to mount to and it would be deep enough to be mostly hidden when hood is open. Also would mean a lot smaller hole going into the car as it would only be the CAN cable. Just would make a simple plate out of ABS for the ECU to mount on. Plus the Aces ECU has status LEDs so I want to be able to see them without contorting my body.
To simplify things, myself with my 72 and my friend with his 67 Stang both have Snipers. We both eventually changed out the oem distributor to Holley distributors. I used the dual sync distributor that is a no brained to install and my 351C runs great. My friend installed a Holley Hyperspark distributor in his 67. His runs very well. It’s a matter of choice which direction. The cheaper way is the latest sniper with the relocated controller. I think the better way is using an updated distributor that syncs well with the sniper and has no open contacts.
That is where my termX got mounted
6 mpg something way out of whack i small block with with 2 Holley 4V carbs on and got 15mpg around town
I agree. I'm running a 408C with carb, 3.70 gears, very radical custom cam, etc and can do much better than 6 mpg. I can also do worse when I want to.
The only issue is with an electronic igniter in the distributor. A Pertonix igniter will send RF interference to the Sniper because of the positioning of the electronic components of the Sniper in the front and in close proximity to the distributor. I solved that issue by installing a dual sync distributor by MSD/Holley or you could go with the Hyperspark. A marriage made in Heaven! Problem solved!
Fully agreed!
Does the sniper have an ethanol content detector? The stoichiometric AFR for normal gas is 14.7. For gas with 10% ethanol is 14.3. With 15% ethanol, its 14.1.
It doesn’t, but I think you can add one.
