Another boring SBC question

I know a guy that wants to give me a SBC out of an '82 Monte Carlo that has only 57,000 miles on the clock.

These were only 4.4L, so as near as I can figure about a whole 269 cubic inches.......a real screamer I'm sure.

I just thought it might make kind of a cool engine for a project, and the price is right, I'm just not sure if it's worth getting and kicking around the shop (they're always in the road) until a project pops up.

Any input??

J

 

Actually they are 267 cubic inches, I am not to familiar with them but it might just be as simple as a crank swap or bore diameter to make it a 283 or larger, if you just want to run it as it is then I guess it could be cool because it's a little different and you would get great gas millage out of a V8, besides if you decided you didn't like the motor after it was installed then you would only need to unbolt it a swap in a larger sbc.

 

Not a bad motor but not a performance piece either.

 

decisions decisions , i would say scoop the motor up as i always thought there is no such thang as to many motors , but then again i got an LT1 motor out in the shop thats been sittin there for 3 years now..

 

They had a 3.5 inch bore and tiny valves, and with a bore that small, there's no room for larger valves anyway. Free is the most I'd pay for a 267, since I still see free 305s quite regularly.

 

I wouldn't get it unless you want to build a tiny engine. Take a 302 crank and make a 231ci small block!

 

267 makes a good economy engine, if you happen to think economy is important in a hot rod. The only guy I know who put one in a car on purpose had a very long commute and had to have a V8 powered chevy because that's the kind of guy he is.

 

If my memory serves me correctly, they have a 3.100 stroke on the crank. So that makes them between a 283/302 with 3.000 and an 307/327 with 3.250. For reference a 305/350 is 3.498 (or something oddball close to that, it is just under 3.500).

So what does all this mean? I don't know but you could make a real high rpm screamer, even though it is a cast crank. It is a large journal series engine like all late models.

Now back to your question. Siince it looks and measures just the same as a standard small block, why not use it for now and then if you want more power, upgrade to a bigger engine in the future. I agree the price is about right for a basically unwanted engine.

 

267 shares the 3.48" stroke with the 305 and 350

 

The heads are good for only that engine and flow barely enough for that,id use it for a boat anchor.

 

A couple of dumb ideas for you....
Notch the cylinder bores for bigger valves. I've heard of this being done on 305's that use 202 intakes. And put in a 400 crank to stroke it. You might not have enough room at the bottom of the bores though. And if it's got that odd ball 2bbl carb, that's like the front half of a Qjet, I'd swap the intake and carb too.

 

That was the '75 only 262.