http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...98&prmenbr=361
Has anyone tried this kit or read anything about it? The price makes
it look very tempting. Intake, carb, cam, lifters for under $600?
WOW! I wonder what kind of power increases this kit would give a 304.
Hmmm.... Thank you for any input.


--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!

 

"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...34398&prmenbr=
361
> Has anyone tried this kit or read anything about it? The price makes
> it look very tempting. Intake, carb, cam, lifters for under $600?
> WOW! I wonder what kind of power increases this kit would give a 304.
> Hmmm.... Thank you for any input.
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!


Trav, if i was going to do anything to that engine and i had the money, this
kit would be the way to go.
i didn't seen the specs for the camshaft, but i am assuming (uh-oh!) that
since they say that it's range is idle to 5500, that thing ought to rock in
a jeep. i bet it has a real wide lobe seperation angle, something like
114-116 or so and a real short duration - 220° @ .050. at least these are
the specs i would shoot for if i was in
jeep-engine-4x4-torquemonster-build-mode.
8~)>

i just tried edelbrock's site to find some more info on that cam and all i
could find was the cam lift. hmm...

i don't have any personal experience with that specific kit, but i installed
a similar kit on a chrysler 318 a few years ago. the torque increase was
very impressive. i think the gains on that 318 would have been a lot more
drastic if the owner had a little deeper pockets for a full rebuild.

now for my opinion: buy the kit. you can not go wrong with a matched
package like that. it takes the guess work out of it and keeps you from
thinking, "maybe i should've used that other cam with this intake..."

--
bob z.

"people with less brain power than you are doing more difficult things
everyday"©

 

"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...34398&prmenbr=
361
> Has anyone tried this kit or read anything about it? The price makes
> it look very tempting. Intake, carb, cam, lifters for under $600?
> WOW! I wonder what kind of power increases this kit would give a 304.
> Hmmm.... Thank you for any input.
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!


Trav, if i was going to do anything to that engine and i had the money, this
kit would be the way to go.
i didn't seen the specs for the camshaft, but i am assuming (uh-oh!) that
since they say that it's range is idle to 5500, that thing ought to rock in
a jeep. i bet it has a real wide lobe seperation angle, something like
114-116 or so and a real short duration - 220° @ .050. at least these are
the specs i would shoot for if i was in
jeep-engine-4x4-torquemonster-build-mode.
8~)>

i just tried edelbrock's site to find some more info on that cam and all i
could find was the cam lift. hmm...

i don't have any personal experience with that specific kit, but i installed
a similar kit on a chrysler 318 a few years ago. the torque increase was
very impressive. i think the gains on that 318 would have been a lot more
drastic if the owner had a little deeper pockets for a full rebuild.

now for my opinion: buy the kit. you can not go wrong with a matched
package like that. it takes the guess work out of it and keeps you from
thinking, "maybe i should've used that other cam with this intake..."

--
bob z.

"people with less brain power than you are doing more difficult things
everyday"©

 

"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u5dipvg785i63q88peu9pn8kml4r0h0pb7@4ax.com...
>
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...34398&prmenbr=
361
> Has anyone tried this kit or read anything about it? The price makes
> it look very tempting. Intake, carb, cam, lifters for under $600?
> WOW! I wonder what kind of power increases this kit would give a 304.
> Hmmm.... Thank you for any input.
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!


Trav, if i was going to do anything to that engine and i had the money, this
kit would be the way to go.
i didn't seen the specs for the camshaft, but i am assuming (uh-oh!) that
since they say that it's range is idle to 5500, that thing ought to rock in
a jeep. i bet it has a real wide lobe seperation angle, something like
114-116 or so and a real short duration - 220° @ .050. at least these are
the specs i would shoot for if i was in
jeep-engine-4x4-torquemonster-build-mode.
8~)>

i just tried edelbrock's site to find some more info on that cam and all i
could find was the cam lift. hmm...

i don't have any personal experience with that specific kit, but i installed
a similar kit on a chrysler 318 a few years ago. the torque increase was
very impressive. i think the gains on that 318 would have been a lot more
drastic if the owner had a little deeper pockets for a full rebuild.

now for my opinion: buy the kit. you can not go wrong with a matched
package like that. it takes the guess work out of it and keeps you from
thinking, "maybe i should've used that other cam with this intake..."

--
bob z.

"people with less brain power than you are doing more difficult things
everyday"©

 

Travis,

I have installed a number of these on small block Chevys, and they are hard
to beat. You will love the way it runs after. However be careful, the
Edelbrock carb isn't the greatest choice for extreme off road use, or for
that matter most off road use that involves any angles at higher elevations.

I would see if Edelbrock makes a ------bore manifold for the 304, and run a
GM Quadrajet. Not my favorite carb either, but they work very well off road.
RR




"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...34398&prmenbr=
361
> Has anyone tried this kit or read anything about it? The price makes
> it look very tempting. Intake, carb, cam, lifters for under $600?
> WOW! I wonder what kind of power increases this kit would give a 304.
> Hmmm.... Thank you for any input.
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!

 

Travis,

I have installed a number of these on small block Chevys, and they are hard
to beat. You will love the way it runs after. However be careful, the
Edelbrock carb isn't the greatest choice for extreme off road use, or for
that matter most off road use that involves any angles at higher elevations.

I would see if Edelbrock makes a ------bore manifold for the 304, and run a
GM Quadrajet. Not my favorite carb either, but they work very well off road.
RR




"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u5dipvg785i63q88peu9pn8kml4r0h0pb7@4ax.com...
>
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...34398&prmenbr=
361
> Has anyone tried this kit or read anything about it? The price makes
> it look very tempting. Intake, carb, cam, lifters for under $600?
> WOW! I wonder what kind of power increases this kit would give a 304.
> Hmmm.... Thank you for any input.
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!

 

Travis,

I have installed a number of these on small block Chevys, and they are hard
to beat. You will love the way it runs after. However be careful, the
Edelbrock carb isn't the greatest choice for extreme off road use, or for
that matter most off road use that involves any angles at higher elevations.

I would see if Edelbrock makes a ------bore manifold for the 304, and run a
GM Quadrajet. Not my favorite carb either, but they work very well off road.
RR




"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u5dipvg785i63q88peu9pn8kml4r0h0pb7@4ax.com...
>
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerc...34398&prmenbr=
361
> Has anyone tried this kit or read anything about it? The price makes
> it look very tempting. Intake, carb, cam, lifters for under $600?
> WOW! I wonder what kind of power increases this kit would give a 304.
> Hmmm.... Thank you for any input.
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!

 

Quadrajet? Not in my crowd. The sucker was a money maker, though,
made many house payments with it's goofy way the needle valve worked,
main jet location insured any contaminate block them, via the filter
bypass, to even goofier spring tensioned secondary baffle butterflies.
Instant out of gas sized float bowl. Even the Holley replacement is a
POS. That carburetor was just an attempt for lower emission, forcing the
operator run around on tiny tweenie primaries:
http://www.carburetorfactory.com/expvw27.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Red Racer wrote:
>
> Travis,
>
> I have installed a number of these on small block Chevys, and they are hard
> to beat. You will love the way it runs after. However be careful, the
> Edelbrock carb isn't the greatest choice for extreme off road use, or for
> that matter most off road use that involves any angles at higher elevations.
>
> I would see if Edelbrock makes a ------bore manifold for the 304, and run a
> GM Quadrajet. Not my favorite carb either, but they work very well off road.
> RR

 

Quadrajet? Not in my crowd. The sucker was a money maker, though,
made many house payments with it's goofy way the needle valve worked,
main jet location insured any contaminate block them, via the filter
bypass, to even goofier spring tensioned secondary baffle butterflies.
Instant out of gas sized float bowl. Even the Holley replacement is a
POS. That carburetor was just an attempt for lower emission, forcing the
operator run around on tiny tweenie primaries:
http://www.carburetorfactory.com/expvw27.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Red Racer wrote:
>
> Travis,
>
> I have installed a number of these on small block Chevys, and they are hard
> to beat. You will love the way it runs after. However be careful, the
> Edelbrock carb isn't the greatest choice for extreme off road use, or for
> that matter most off road use that involves any angles at higher elevations.
>
> I would see if Edelbrock makes a ------bore manifold for the 304, and run a
> GM Quadrajet. Not my favorite carb either, but they work very well off road.
> RR

 

Quadrajet? Not in my crowd. The sucker was a money maker, though,
made many house payments with it's goofy way the needle valve worked,
main jet location insured any contaminate block them, via the filter
bypass, to even goofier spring tensioned secondary baffle butterflies.
Instant out of gas sized float bowl. Even the Holley replacement is a
POS. That carburetor was just an attempt for lower emission, forcing the
operator run around on tiny tweenie primaries:
http://www.carburetorfactory.com/expvw27.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Red Racer wrote:
>
> Travis,
>
> I have installed a number of these on small block Chevys, and they are hard
> to beat. You will love the way it runs after. However be careful, the
> Edelbrock carb isn't the greatest choice for extreme off road use, or for
> that matter most off road use that involves any angles at higher elevations.
>
> I would see if Edelbrock makes a ------bore manifold for the 304, and run a
> GM Quadrajet. Not my favorite carb either, but they work very well off road.
> RR