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Chevy 250 refresh
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The Mrs chose, bought and paid for her rig.
I tell her she has better tastes in trucks than husband.
Plan was to drop a 4bd2t/nv4500 in there this winter, but life’s happening right now so kinda on hold.
Pic of freshly rebuilt power plant waiting her turn.
Sorry for the derail OP, I’ll stop now.
I love those Toyotas
Very nice indeed !!The Mrs chose, bought and paid for her rig.
I tell her she has better tastes in trucks than husband.
Plan was to drop a 4bd2t/nv4500 in there this winter, but life’s happening right now so kinda on hold.
Pic of freshly rebuilt power plant waiting her turn.
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Sorry for the derail OP, I’ll stop now.
Ebke built a pretty cool six cylinder, but he never posts here anymore.
Martin
Martin
@tarussell needs to start a build thread or at least a 292 discussion post.
Still collecting pieces and parts…
Is the Ebke guys name “80’427” ?
I’m trying to search old threads for some reading material.
Thanks, Tom
Let's talk torque....
I may have to do an engine swap.
I may have to do an engine swap.
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Meh, I’ve seen people throw money at far worse things. As long as things like 10 bolt rear disc brake kits exist the “what’s the point” argument is irrelevant.
It’s not about the lack of power from bone stock motors ( it is true though - they were choked up from the factory) but where these motors actually do make what power they have to offer and that is way down low in the RPM scale where other more common motors will stall out.
300 RPM’s is rough on engines but the 4.125” stroke and offset pins really help a 292 do what it does well - there is a reason that 292’s were an option in 2-TON trucks , marine applications, fork lifts and ad equipment and it wasn’t for fuel economy.
They chug-a-lug real damn well. It’s just where the power is made is why these motors excel - they ain’t for everyone though.
300 RPM’s is rough on engines but the 4.125” stroke and offset pins really help a 292 do what it does well - there is a reason that 292’s were an option in 2-TON trucks , marine applications, fork lifts and ad equipment and it wasn’t for fuel economy.
They chug-a-lug real damn well. It’s just where the power is made is why these motors excel - they ain’t for everyone though.
I forgot to post the completed pictures. So far I have around 400 miles on the engine and it runs great, there is small valve cover leak at the rear but thats the only one
Heck yeah, that’s cool!
I love it for the fact that it’s different
Those turbo manifolds from South America are looking good.
Had a 79 Impala aerocoupe. Had the 250 in it. Wasn't particularly powerful but it was a smooth runner and always started.
Miss that car. If I could find one again that wasn't a shitbox...
Miss that car. If I could find one again that wasn't a shitbox...
I have a 261 here I'm about to tear down and refresh. It's out of my '57 Pontiac, in Canada the Pontiacs were mostly Chevy...and the '57 Pontiac here came with the 261 cid 6 banger as the base engine. Now clearly I am not using it in my '57 no more, but it's relatively low mile, and well worth w refresh. I also have a '52 Pontiac (Mostly Chevy again) with a seized flat head in it and the torque tube rear set up. I want to yank all of that and swap in the rear end, 3 speed manual trans, and freshened up 261 into it.
Back in the day Toyota paid GM to use the 235/261 as the basis for their 6 cylinder, the thinking being if it was familiar to North American end users it would be more favorable. They might not be identical, but they're damn close.
Back in the day Toyota paid GM to use the 235/261 as the basis for their 6 cylinder, the thinking being if it was familiar to North American end users it would be more favorable. They might not be identical, but they're damn close.
