Tricked-out Chevy six cylinder engines

[slow66]

Mines not pretty but here is a pic of mine from a year or so ago.
thekid54, that is a super clean engine I like it . I do miss the oil bath cleaner now, I wish I never go rid of it after seeing one agian.
greg64, what was bad about the MPI, Ive been thinking about FI.

[baddawg65]

1965 K20 in progress 292.

[TJ's Chevy]

Originally Posted by baddawg65

1965 K20 in progress 292.

Sweeet 292 ya got there! What did you do to it? I am restoring one just like it.

[thekid54]

Originally Posted by slow66

Mines not pretty but here is a pic of mine from a year or so ago.
thekid54, that is a super clean engine I like it . I do miss the oil bath cleaner now, I wish I never go rid of it after seeing one agian.
greg64, what was bad about the MPI, Ive been thinking about FI.

Thanks! Unfortunatley, I couldn't use the oil-bath air cleaner. My frame is Z'd 3" and I didn't have enough clearance under the hood.

[283 Man]

Originally Posted by slow66

Mines not pretty but here is a pic of mine from a year or so ago.
thekid54, that is a super clean engine I like it . I do miss the oil bath cleaner now, I wish I never go rid of it after seeing one agian.
greg64, what was bad about the MPI, Ive been thinking about FI.

Is that my old 250?you bought off meslow66????

[Dinos63]

i got a 61 old school truck i am going to do a six cylinder build with soon , two projects away! nice engines

[slow66]

283 Man - Not yet Mort, its still in the garage. Got some plans though, its bored 30 over and plan to button it up this yr sometime with the FI. that is the untouched engine in the pic. Ya know i put in the OD and 4.11s last fall right, its even more fun to drive now.
greg64 - the booster was boosted from a 95 blazerSS, bolts flat to the fire wall, had to make a couple mods and the M-cylinder is 1 inch bore unit for the same application. thanks for the info i will do some reading from your link, do you visit the inlines site?
thekid54 - whatcha gonna do with the oil bath?
thanks for sharing all your inlines folks

[protrash64]

Bunch of cool pics on this thread....nice lookin' engines. If you guys havent seen it yet, the Truck of the Month was sportin' a nice lookin' 6 also. I think its still posted on the home page.

[greg64]

Originally Posted by slow66

greg64 - the booster was boosted from a 95 blazerSS, bolts flat to the fire wall, had to make a couple mods and the M-cylinder is 1 inch bore unit for the same application. thanks for the info i will do some reading from your link, do you visit the inlines site?

Thanks for the info. I used to be quite active on the inliners site when I was working on the EFI. Just read stuff from there mostly now.

They are good engines, but until a proper aluminum head is made for these things, I'm not going to dabble further. A 292 should be able to make 300HP and even more torque, but it's impossible with a stock head (without extensive mods). There may yet be a rainbow, because these guys: http://www.classicinlines.com/home.asp are working on it.

Almost makes me want to dabble with the big-block GMC V6s.....

[Heater63]

I LOVE IT! as I am planning to keep an I6 in mine.

Thanks for the pictures everyone.

Greg64, check out Santucci's book on hot rodding the 6, including building an aluminum head out of small block heads!

also, if your talking racing heads, check out Al Weiss in Wichita Falls , TX (used to wrench for Eddie Hill's Top Fueler). His highly modified 292 head made 2002 NHRA Comp Eliminator record, see at:

www.autoshopracing.net

Weiss' car is a unique combination of a '34 Chevy Roadster with a straight 6 Chevy providing the power through an automatic transmission, which puts him in the E/EA category. The class is limited to an OEM production cast iron head, which Weiss points out is the key to his combination.

"Truth be told, there is probably a couple of years worth of work in that head," stated Weiss. "We've done so much welding, porting, polishing, and machining on it, its really a one of a kind piece. I can honestly tell you, it was so much work, if something happens to this head, I don't think I would do another one."

[thekid54]

slow66- I'm keeping it for another project

[greg64]

Originally Posted by Heater63

I LOVE IT! as I am planning to keep an I6 in mine.

Thanks for the pictures everyone.

Greg64, check out Santucci's book on hot rodding the 6, including building an aluminum head out of small block heads!

also, if your talking racing heads, check out Al Weiss in Wichita Falls , TX (used to wrench for Eddie Hill's Top Fueler). His highly modified 292 head made 2002 NHRA Comp Eliminator record, see at:

www.autoshopracing.net

Weiss' car is a unique combination of a '34 Chevy Roadster with a straight 6 Chevy providing the power through an automatic transmission, which puts him in the E/EA category. The class is limited to an OEM production cast iron head, which Weiss points out is the key to his combination.

"Truth be told, there is probably a couple of years worth of work in that head," stated Weiss. "We've done so much welding, porting, polishing, and machining on it, its really a one of a kind piece. I can honestly tell you, it was so much work, if something happens to this head, I don't think I would do another one."

Hey Heater,

Ya, I have Santucci's book. Lots of great info for us 6 cylinder guys. That grafted together head was a neat idea, but looked to be a pile of work. Still, that makes more sense to me than endless labour on the stock head.

I'll have a read of your other link, thanks.

[283 Man]

hey slow 66 that will be a cool FI 250 after your done with it,cant wait see it keep us up on it,have you seen my new 283 bored0.030 and my 66 shortfleet slow 66

[283 Man]

Sorry for v-8 pic interfernce- trying show old friend slow66 what my motor looks like nowI like 6 cylinders too everthing about 60-66 chevy/gmc trucks I like.

[Swerve-Driver]

Not sure if anyone posted this guys (Leo Santucci's) 292 setup. http://www.cdpautomachine.com/leo/leo.html

While it is in a Stude, it is still a pretty awesome engine.

The work he did on the head alone is pretty impressive and definitely not an off-the-shelf-deal.

I have been a fan of 292's ever since I had to change the lifters in my pop's 70 3/4ton- gads, probably 25 years ago now

Also, Greg64, as a fan of TBI's I can appreciate your setup- I bet it gives pretty reliable performance.
Dual TBI's is do-able, but would likely require some ecu changes- probably additional drivers for the injectors. thirdgen.org and/or http://www.dynamicefi.com/.
S-D

[scotts62]

Thats awesome to make a inline 6 do that

[RAYDAY]

Originally Posted by Swerve-Driver

Not sure if anyone posted this guys (Leo Santucci's) 292 setup. http://www.cdpautomachine.com/leo/leo.html

While it is in a Stude, it is still a pretty awesome engine.

The work he did on the head alone is pretty impressive and definitely not an off-the-shelf-deal.

I have been a fan of 292's ever since I had to change the lifters in my pop's 70 3/4ton- gads, probably 25 years ago now

Also, Greg64, as a fan of TBI's I can appreciate your setup- I bet it gives pretty reliable performance.
Dual TBI's is do-able, but would likely require some ecu changes- probably additional drivers for the injectors. thirdgen.org and/or http://www.dynamicefi.com/.
S-D

there was a few set ups using the 2 sbc head deal when the local dirt track had a 6 mod class. that was when i was into boosted buicks and dint pay much attn! im going to have to ask around!!!

[Rafael505]

Hey all hows it going,, I was wondering if anyone knows where a good parts place is on the web for the 6 cyl. I had thought about changing out my 6 for an 8 but what I've seen here I prob. like to keep it,, nice motors guys

[Heater63]

go back and read all of this post; a lot of the info is in there;

Leo Santucci's book Chevy Inline 6 Power Manual....a must have- has stuff you have never even heard of!.
www.inliners.org
Langdons Stovebolt
http://www.t6racing.org/
clifford engineering.com
self racing.com (for race engines)
offenhauser intakes are still around, even at Summit

PS. I just scored a '75 292 that looks like a solid engine. Can't wait to get done, hopefully in the next year.

[vegadesign]

not much of a tricked out one, but its green!! lol

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[TJ's Chevy]

Originally Posted by vegadesign

not much of a tricked out one, but its green!! lol

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May not be tricked out but looks like a good start in my opinion. Thanks and keep us posted.

[TJ's Chevy]

Well here it is. Finally got my carb. Gonna get a exhaust system put in sometime next week. This thing sound awesome running straight pipes! Though I got a major headache in the cab while I was driving it. Has a 600 cfm edelbrock. Sounds like a mean machine when you rev it up.

[TJ's Chevy]

For those of you who are running Clifford headers. How did you take out the studs on the front and rear of the head. Having a heck of a time with mine. Thanks.

[disasterbus]

mine's just painted and tidy - stock looking except the chrome rocker box but planning some pin striping for the air filter.

[Twisted6]

It looks Great nice and clean. Good Job.