Pick your MOTOR & Choose your TRANY

A cammed/carb'd 300 I-6 Ford would be cool.

 

YAY!

There are N/A options for these engines, come with killer 5speed transmissions and actually have similar dimensions to the Chevy sixes. I'm not trying to convince you to do this, just showing you the options. With a bit of creativity you could really dress one of these up to look like a classic Euro engine.



Want to keep it GM? How about a single overhead Pontiac six..

 

It came with a set of disc brakes.

 

A 230 or 250 Chevy six will bolt up to 200R4 overdrive that will be good on mileage,Crower still has available Mileage-Maker cams I would contact them,also stay away from the ones with the intregal head,no goodies for those.HEI's are available for those as well as headers and intakes. If the Pontiac OHC used the same bellhousing? would be cool too!

 

Then a 289,302 or 351 with a C6 is out?

 

Pontiac OHC has a BOP bellhousing so the TH200 4R trans would fit.

 

Everyone keeps mentioning the Poncho OHC. What years, and what size is it?

 

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how about a v6 gm front wheel drive turned sideways ? with say a sag 4 speed tranny or a muncy. maybe even figure out how to put an intake and carb on it. or maybe go wild and put a y block or buick ,pontiac or olds 350 in the box. fule tank rad and batt under the hood with a floor for a trunk like a corvair. shit it is endless. but i guess your on a budget so you have to use whatever comes along cheap. so let that be the answer to your question.

 

the 250 Pontiac OHC would be great, especialy a "Sprint".

 

Hey, just found what seems like a good deal on craigslist. A 292 out of a '79 Pickup, with automatic trans for $200. Don't know if it's a TH350 or TH200R4 (No habla Espanol). From what I can gather from his (translator-son) is that it ran good when he pulled it for a V8 swap. Wikipedia says that the L25 ('77-'88) only puts down 115 hp and 215 ft.lbs. Somebody PLEASE tell me that's from emissions crap! And that it will behave MUCH better with all that removed.

So possibly a 292 with a 200R4. Sound good? Anybody have any red-flags for that combo?

 

A big red flag is 200r4s were seven years out in 79 and never installed in pickups, so it's gonna be a th350. With 30 years of wear on the rings and cam, 115hp minus the emissions gear wouldn't suprise me one bit. Neither would 105 or even 95.

Does it have the integral head?

 

How can such BIG motors make such LITTLE power?.......I heard that these things are kind of starved from the factory, so a bigger carb and a mild cam actually helps the efficiency.

 

not just power of course, but economy as well.

 

if youre willing to do a cam and bigger carb. why not do rings and a valve job? or at least rings thatll probably get you more horsepower, never mind easier start ups, than youd think. great find though! i knew craigslist would pull through

 

keep in mind the fuel crunch days, they just made cars less powerful to SEEM like they were better on gas which in fact they werent haha damn politics

 

there's a video of a 235 with a TBI kit on youtube. He says that he had a 4.3TBI on it then switched to a 3.8TBI. Has anyone ever done one of these? Probably not going to do right away, but someday perhaps.

 

The 292 is a great choice.With just headers and rejet of th stock carb it will run great and get ok fuel economy.I like the jeep 4.0 myself,because I have a 4.7 stroker with a blower going into my o/t rambler .Btw a mustang t5 can be adapted to the 4.0 very easily.Good luck and looking forward to seeing pics soon.

 

De-tuning is a crime! A CRIME I TELL YOU!

 

yes just like the 2006 gto. that was DE TUNED to 450 horse i believe because it was beating the corvettes through the test track, and the $85k corvette owners wouldnt be too happy if a car half the price was beating them now would they

 

So are there any GM straight sixes that DONT share exhaust ports. I read that is the largest downfall of the chevy straight sixes.

 

They share INTAKE ports. The 194-250-292 series do anyway.
Keep in mind the 292 is a taller engine. Should be fine though.

 

They share INTAKE ports (3) so 2 cyl. per intake. But they have 4 EXHAUST ports (so cyl. 2&3 AND 4&5) have to share. That seems pretty restrictive to me. not to mention uneven to cylinders 1&6.

 

I think the Datsun 240z engines look cool. Maybe a 2.8L block with a 2.4L head. I've heard that set up runs GREAT. Not sure if it would have the torque to pull the truck though.

 

'nuther vote for the Trailblazer I6.

 

Here's yer motor and yer tranny. (you WERE talking about transvestites, right?)

 

If that's the the "trany" you're used to dealing with, I believe this may be the wrong Forum for you my friend.

 

Also 194-230-250 can use the same universal mount kits as a SBC,not so with the 292.

 

Sounds like the way to go.I'd probably limit mods to a Pertronix and a 2/1V or 2/2V intake to help with fuel distribution.Inlines usually run fat on center cylinders to avoid leaning out the end ones.That should provide some good bang for the buck.

 

I was just thinking about it again after decoding my VIN, the previous owner threw out the size 235, but being only a 1/2 Ton, I would think the "Thrift-Master-216" might be more likely than the "Load-Master-235". The engine wont turn over right now, it's been sitting with no carb or anything covering the intake except the leaky butterfly hood, exhaust cut off just below the manifold, no top radiator hose (but thermostat may have kept rust out, and a valve cover just sitting on top with no gasket of nuts. Would it be worth it to soak the cylinders and see if I can get it to turn? I've heard of these old engines sitting FOREVER and being able to start up after a good tune up. Is that too far fetched?