[Rory McNeil]

I can`t help you with the FI questions, but I would likely just "bite the bullet", and buy a Jerico right from the beginning. I have a 85 5.0 Mustang, and like you I just wanted to get racing it as soon as possible, on a budget. Well, after the first year, I had several broken, wounded and patched up factory T5 transmisisons in my garage. Since then I have bought a good used Jerico, and haven`t looked back. I also have a Jerico in my 10.0 ET bracket car, (I bought that one used as well, over 10 years ago) and between the 2 cars, over 8 years of racing in the bracket Fairmont, and 4 years in the Mustang, I have not broken a single part in either trans. PLUS, I could likely sell them for what I bought them for. Probably the best investments I`ve made in race parts.