Totally bizarre part request but I'd love to have one. As complete as possible please.
CK5
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TX 73-87 292ci 4x4 engine crossmember
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You need the whole x member--or just the offset bracket for the passenger side motor mount that bolts to it, and the frame,exclusive to a 292 ?..if you need only the bracket I think one off a 2wd might be the same..
I've got one, pay shipping and it's yours
Very good question. I will likely be replacing a 6.2 in a 4x4 frame. Passenger side may be the only thing I need. I am not familiar enough with the crossmember options to be certain what I need.
Skunked, do have a picture of the way it fits in the rails to compare what I've got?
It's from a K10 btw
Looks like I'll need those engine stands as well as the crossmember. Got anything else all the way up the the block? I need those too.
Could a K10 have come with a 292?
It was an option until mid to late 80s but they had some fruit loop integral head though.
No I'm using the pedestals from that frame so they're not available
Nope--the 292 stayed with a "regular" head and a 1 bbl carb right up until its demise in '84...the 250 sixes started using integral heads in '75 and had a one bbl carb until 1978 ,then they introduced the "Vari-Jet" 2 bbl and that was no real prize either...
I had three of the integral head 250's--one in a '75 2wd K5 I had with the one bbl carb,surged and bucked due to being set up too lean for emissions,it took much twiddling to get the carb dialed in,it finally ran good in the end though..
Two other 250's I had in a '79 C-10 "Bonanza" and an '81 G-10 van both had Vari-Jets and both ran like crap,gutless and it seemed they ran too lean on the primary barrel,and too rich when the secondary one kicked in--they were basically a Q-jet sawed in half..
I got so sick of the one in my '79 C-10 I made my own custom carb adapter and put an Edelbrock 4 bbl on it..which also was too "big" and I ended up taking the linkage to the secondaries off ,so it ran on only the primary barrels..and dam good too...till the #6 piston lost its ring lands from years of preignition due to the Vari-Jet's lean running condition..
Still looking. Could also use all the brackets that bolt to the block for motor mounting.
So I ran into someone who has a K5 with the 6cyl and he's swapping in a BBC. I gave him my crossmember thinking he would need it however he says its identical to the k10 crossmember I gave him. However the pedestals are different, he came back and got the old ones from my other frame.
If you want, I can ask and see if he has the 6cyl pedestals.
If you want, I can ask and see if he has the 6cyl pedestals.
Confirm it was 292 if you can. They are unique. The fuel pump is behind the motor mount where the 250 has the fuel pump forward of the motor mount.
I'd appreciate you checking. It might be the one. I've got this badass 292 with nothing to put it in.
If that raggedy old 6 cylinder had power steering I might want to buy that too
I'd appreciate you checking. It might be the one. I've got this badass 292 with nothing to put it in.
If that raggedy old 6 cylinder had power steering I might want to buy that too
I'll find out
It's a 250
Still looking. Now I actually NEED one.
those parts were scrapped.
on a side note, I think I saw some vids of your K5 wheeling over the weekend
on a side note, I think I saw some vids of your K5 wheeling over the weekend
lol dang already? just got back from katemcy which is some really good wheelin.
