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what engine is this?
- Thread starter wazzabie
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Hard to say for sure but looks like a 292 or 250 Straight six
str8axle55
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Agreed, pretty similar looking engines. The 292 has a taller block, tough to tell in the pic.
I'd say a 292--they have taller blocks,side covers,and the fuel pump is back further--and the passenger side motor mount is in a different spot on the block than all the other sixes--so if you buy one,TAKE THE BRACKET that goes to the frame too!...the tall side covers tell me thats most likely a 292....
It looks like a 250 to me, get the stamped numbers off the machined pad where the distributor is and i'll run the numbers and tell you for sure what it is.
79bonanza
1/2 ton status
yup its a 292, a 250 fuel pump is in front of the motor mounts while a 292 is behind
This engine is in an airplane tow truck from 1981. Does the 292 have good low end torque?
Yeah there decent I have a 292 I built with used 327 Pop-up pistons ( they share the same bore and pin height so its a direct swap) and a cam and intake and header I got from clifford performance. it moved my 69 Chevy around pretty well
My book says a 1981 292 puts out 210 ft/lbs at 1600 rpms!..cant get any lower end torque than that unless you go with a diesel maybe...thats with a 1 barrel carb..
The Clifford Research intakes to swap a small 4 bbl on these were very popular here some years ago,and many dirt track racers ran 292's and won many races with them--one guy "Bugsy Stevens" is a local legend who ran many of them,using the 327 piston swap trick and reworked head and a reground camshaft...I remember him having a few PV544 Volvos with a 292 and one with a BBC that was hard to beat..
The Clifford Research intakes to swap a small 4 bbl on these were very popular here some years ago,and many dirt track racers ran 292's and won many races with them--one guy "Bugsy Stevens" is a local legend who ran many of them,using the 327 piston swap trick and reworked head and a reground camshaft...I remember him having a few PV544 Volvos with a 292 and one with a BBC that was hard to beat..
