Update: The Jag road-trips

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 07/03/2017 at 23:24 • Filed to: None

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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.

Girlfriend took the camera

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 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/03/2017 at 23:30

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“450 miles in an XJS?”

“5.7 liter V8"

“Ohhhhhh”

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/03/2017 at 23:36

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700R4 swap time?

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/03/2017 at 23:39

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as much as i’d hate to star your comment

i had too

Honeybunchesofgoats > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 07/03/2017 at 23:40

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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 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 07/03/2017 at 23:48

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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 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/03/2017 at 23:58

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5.7 liter? You mean a 350??? Git yer commie metric bullshit outta here!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/04/2017 at 00:02

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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 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/04/2017 at 00:02

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Please tell me you don’t mean $40 to your name right now.

Spridget > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/04/2017 at 00:19

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Well it passed the test, time to sell the Miata and house and travel around the country in an XJS.

Whthuheh > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/04/2017 at 00:56

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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 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/04/2017 at 04:25

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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 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/04/2017 at 05:41

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have a shave you git.

;)

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/04/2017 at 10:22

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My girlfriend just told you to fuck off.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/04/2017 at 10:23

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she’s a charmer

;)

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/04/2017 at 10:23

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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 > Whthuheh 07/04/2017 at 10:24

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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 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/04/2017 at 10:33

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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 > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/04/2017 at 11:13

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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.