Who has a STRAIGHT 6 in your HotRod? Come On, stand up!

crease! now you are starting something!!

 

ohh they were used in many early day jalopy and track cars, Don,t know why or how good they were, but read about them. and even seen a pontiac 6 banger in a roadster. [Liethold& Liethold]. first car i drove was my Dads 39 pontiac 8 business coupe, and drove a buddies pont 6, and was amazed that the 6 was quicker. so they mustv had somethin goin fo them. 'Bak wen,' they tried most anything, on most any engine, thats what made racing so interesting.

 

ps you might be able to put a later model 3 or 4 speed GM tranny on it. check out the bellhousing measurements. would really make a worthwhile change.

 

Thanks, 39cent. It's heavy but not as heavy as I thought it was gonna be. Maybe that's why it was faster than the 8. Cool motor and with the trans it's shorter than a small block chevy and trans!
Are you in anyway related to 50cent? Just kidding. -stick

 

Since this thread has been around the block a while, thought I'd update my pics - lot's o progress since my previous post. Chrysler Spitfire, dual carb, dual exhaust. Still figuring out the "fluid-drive" tranny. Only running 1st and 3rd. 2nd, 4th and reverse are off electric switches, and not working yet.

 

used to run around in one of my gear head buddy,s 39 plymouth with chrysler 6 and 38 chrysler OD tranny, good combo if you can find one. the OD made all the difference, would cruise everywhere in that ol bomb.

 

Ran one in my 48 Champ
30 over
Edmunds 2-1
Crower reground cam
head shaved 90
split exaust
block ported

64 Lark automatic
Now I drive a Terraplane, is there a pattern here.

Normal people scare me

 

no not related, I have couple o 39 buick century,s coupe and stock sedan.

 

Just had to show this one... its a friend of mines 235, going in his 34 Chevy sedan...

 

I think that has to be the coolest inline 6 I've ever seen!!!

 

Any other pictures of that engine??

 

I will se if I can get some more pictures!! As far as I know, then the engine should have just around 250hp...

 

I have a 300 CID in a 55 F-100, Clifford intake & headers, 390 Holly little head work done. C4 tranny 3:92 Ford R/end. Running to much compression for today's gas, looking into water injecting. But its been a fun engine.

 

56 Plymouth 230 in a 46 Biz Coupe. Ready to be buttoned up and in place.

 

56 Plymouth 230 in a 46 Biz Coupe. Ready to be buttoned up and in place.

 

here's my 308 coming out of the donor 55 hudson. bit of a mess there, now its on a stand at work awaiting rebuild with +.060" pistons and larger valves going back in,head shave and a mallory YC dual point dizzy

 

I can't believe I haven't posted to this thread .... yet.

I've got 2 261's and 6 235's. I've got a 3 carb Offy, and a Wade RO34 blower setup for my Stovebolt 6. I've also got a couple of sets of Jahns pop-up pistons, Twin point dizzies, 290 degree duration cam, with .450" lift, and some more stuff.

Its going into a 29 Ford Coupe - 5 window.

here's an old pic. Its in bits now ready to go back together, and for some pics for the HAMB.

 

My Hudson has it´s own 308 with higher comp aluminium head and the Twin-H-power setup. I´m planning on building headers someday.

 

'78 Mav' 200 in here... getting ready to adapt a 2 barrel and some headers this summer... and a C4 and an 8" rear... that ought to keep me busy this summer.

 

I have a 302 GMC bored .125, aries piston's, stock cam reground by crane cams, balanced bottom end, ported head, 5 carb mcgurk intake with 3 stromberg carbs, fenton headers. I have it bolted to a m21 muncie and a 3.90 rear gear. Runs real nice.

 

My 39 coupe had a I-6 hemi a bit modified. It's back in Germany now. They took all the HP outta it.
I still have a couple of the motors and a few cars to put em in

 

Yup One more-0-my Hot Rod 6's

This one is 420 inches and supercharged. For those of you that bitch about the price of S.C.O.T. Blowers you can buy a few of them for what the blower in this barge cost me

 

-I have a 1954 ford mainline "mild custom". The motor is a stock 223" straight six. (it wont bethere for much longer though, I need a v8)
-manual trans
-it's slower than shit and sounds like a tractor. But i still like it.inliners are sweet.

 

i'm about to drop a chevy 292 into my '53 chevy 210...
i love them 6's!!!!!

 

My son's 65 Econoline is still enjoying its original 240 straight six. I'm still running the original 235 that came in my 57 Chevy sedan. The 235 in the Chevy is weak for my tastes, so plans include a rebuild with a performance cam, dual carbs, and split exhaust. So many people have tossed out straight sixes over the years that now, they really draw a lot of attention at shows.

 

'32 five window, 270 GMC twin Corvair turbos, later 302 with Howard 12 port head. Saganaw 4 speed, 9 inch. 158.817 mph aug 1979

 

I was always a Ford guy as a kid. V8 flatheads were THE hot motor. Until I witnessed a 37 chev coupe with a full race 270 GMC, take on all comers one night ! this was around 1957, and i never forgot that. I now have a straight axle, 39 chev 2dr with a 261 chev 6, 4speed saginaw, and 55 chev rear end.

 

Heres mine
I couldnt find a 235 so a 216 had to do. I must admit.....its crude. Kinda like being the fat kid at a track meet. But It ran so strong, I put a dual carb setup and a glasspack and it fucking howls.

All thats left now is waiting to throw a rod.

Untill then.....

 

That Chevy 6 mill is outrageous. Do you know what kind of blower/intake ?
One of those st-ups would be awesome on my '39 or '46 Plymouth flathead.

 

More Pics And Info on this Please!!!