Finally Installed JEGS 260HP 350...

[Ironangel]

After six years Belle's 350 dropped a cylinder, that was my first SBC build and I never thought it would hold out and run so long. I did push that motor pretty hard towing Sally all over hell and gone and she ran like a champ! I bought one of those JEGS 260 HP motors six years ago when they were $1200 delivered, been in plastic on a stand in the back of the shop every since. I've learned much since then as I had just retired and was still very green in that I had more money than sense at the time. Otherwise I be dropping in an L31 instead of the old gen 1 bargain motor. I also put a new Edelbrock Performer Air Gap intake on it before stuffing it away for later use. That was a mistake because there is no provision for the divorced choke and a choke is a must in these Nebraska winters! I got the motor in and primed her with Driven break in oil, squirted a bit of Marvels Mystery Oil in each plug hole and installed the R44T's gapped at .045", dropped the MSD dizzy in and put the Quadrajet and headers on. She fired right up and broke in nicely! Took her out for her maiden run and was surprised at the increased power! I knew that old motor wasn't making full power but was surprised at the difference a cylinder makes. I've been tinkering with manual chokes and have rebuilt the original Quadrajet modifying the linkage to work with a manual choke, still working on that one...Meanwhile, I had Sally's carb on the shelf, another Quadrajet built by Cliff Ruggles for Sallys, (now being rebuilt) L34 396 Big Block and decided to throw that on and see how that Small Block with an Air Gap intake liked it...Holy Moly! That small block loved that fat set up especially on the cold starts, go figure...The weather has been unseasonably warm lately and that big block carb is proving to a bit to much, especially when I step on it and open those secondary's! No biggie, but it occurred to me, what if I JB Welded that divorced choke coil spring set up to the deck of that Air Gap intake and just use an extended choke rod? That's still in the R&D engineering mode...Anyway, just wanted to touch base and give a heads up on those 260 HP JEGS 350's...I like it! Even without the Lunati cam in it I think it will pull that tandem trailer with Sally's 4000 lbs on it just fine...Now, to figure out how to post pics from my facebook page to here?