by "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
Published 07/03/2017 at 23:24
by "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
Published 07/03/2017 at 23:24
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STARS: 5
450 miles to my grandma’s house in Oklahoma and back. 11mpg. 3 gears and no locking torque converter = 3000rpm in a 5.7 liter V8 with an exhaust leak. Fuuuuuuck that wasn’t fun. Here are some pictures, I’ll go wallow in how damn broke I am now.
Poor dog is covered in non-malignant tumors. Most of them just popped up in the last year. Don’t bother her but it looks incredibly disturbing.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
07/03/2017 at 23:30, STARS: 6
“450 miles in an XJS?”
“5.7 liter V8"
“Ohhhhhh”
"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno)
07/03/2017 at 23:36, STARS: 0
700R4 swap time?
"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
07/03/2017 at 23:39, STARS: 1
as much as i’d hate to star your comment
i had too
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
07/03/2017 at 23:40, STARS: 1
The fact that neither of our Jags could make it 450 miles in one go just makes ours more authentic. Even if Jake’s is cooler.
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
07/03/2017 at 23:48, STARS: 0
I badly want to but I only have $40 right now. I’d need $150 for one that’s on CL right now, another $90 to get my driveshaft shortened and balanced, and then probably another $80 for random stuff like materials to relocate the trans mount, etc.
"deprecated account" (savethei4s)
07/03/2017 at 23:58, STARS: 3
5.7 liter? You mean a 350??? Git yer commie metric bullshit outta here!
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
07/04/2017 at 00:02, STARS: 3
It’s a three-fitty not a 5.7l.
Who the hell started all this metric convert crap just stole the awesome that is cubic inches.
"Captain of the Enterprise" (justanotherdayinparadise)
07/04/2017 at 00:02, STARS: 2
Please tell me you don’t mean $40 to your name right now.
"Spridget" (dustbustervans)
07/04/2017 at 00:19, STARS: 3
Well it passed the test, time to sell the Miata and house and travel around the country in an XJS.
"Whthuheh" (whthuheh)
07/04/2017 at 00:56, STARS: 1
Some of the 3spd ATs had a lockup torque converter. Check out the “Jags that run” website. If you dig you can find info on 350 swaps into Jags and if you have a lockup torque converter, how you can wire up a lockup torque coverter switch including brake circuit (i.e. When you hit the brakes you want the torque converter to unlock).
"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228)
07/04/2017 at 04:25, STARS: 1
Hell yeah your car is cool, even if it is blasphemous.
11mpg is worse than the V12 though :S that can’t be right...
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
07/04/2017 at 05:41, STARS: 0
have a shave you git.
;)
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
07/04/2017 at 10:22, STARS: 0
My girlfriend just told you to fuck off.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
07/04/2017 at 10:23, STARS: 1
she’s a charmer
;)
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
07/04/2017 at 10:23, STARS: 0
Cammed 355 with a 4 barrel that ran at 3000rpm all the way down there. Then again it could likely use a tune... that carb wasn’t set up right at all when I got it. I got the low-load stuff adjusted correctly with the screws on the front but I’m not sure those are what controls it at 3k rpm
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
07/04/2017 at 10:24, STARS: 0
That would be interesting. I believe it is the TH350S that has the lockup converter. I’d have to take a look and see what trans it is.
"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228)
07/04/2017 at 10:33, STARS: 0
Yeah the 3000rpm might just do it, although I’d definitely check the fuelling.
Out of interest, how much power should that setup be making?
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
07/04/2017 at 11:13, STARS: 0
I have no idea. It appears to be a bog standard truck 350 pre-1985 with no emissions crap, some strange tubular headers that snake around the car’s bodywork, a 4-barrel 600CFM (?) Edelbrock, and a very mild cam. My butt dyno says probably 230hp and 300lb*ft of torque. I’m debating on spending the money on Vortec heads or getting another set of regular 350 heads and porting/polishing and rebuilding them myself.