Does anyone have advice on matching an automatic ****** to a Chevy 292 inline 6 street rod build for a 2000 pound car? While my engine is on it's way to the shop for some serious work, I figured I'd research the T350 that I had picked up for it. Unfortunately there's a lot of interweb advice saying the 350 is a waste for a 292 I don't intend to race it, I just want to get from zero to the speed limit faster that the car next to me =)
I would suggest a 700r with 3:36-3:55 diff. 292s have gobs of torque and can break lots of trannies that are too light. They will take out second gear in the early GM standard 3 speeds with any kind of speed shift at all, if the tires hook up the cluster will fail!
Why would a turbo 350 be a waste with a 292? They came stock with them in pickups for a number of years. I'm running a stick behind mine just because that is what I want in the truck but not because I think it will outperform a different setup. With a well built trans, converter that matches the cam and the right rear end gears you should be fine.
Do they call the newer inline 6's (194,230,250,292) stovebolts? Thought that name was reserved for 216,235,261 inlines!
292 is not a stovebolt. also, it has different motor mounts than the rest of the 63 and newer 250 inline family. I've never heard of one having so much torque it breaks any transmission. But I have heard alot of fishin stories about six cylinders out running Chevelle SS from a stoplight. If a th350 or powerglide can live behind a big block a body, how would a 6 banger light hot rod give it trouble?
The name originates with the type of screws used extensively on Chevy six motors from 1929-1962 but I think the name still applies to the later engines just by tradition.
Better get a big block 700r4! The little V-6 types in S-10s and Blazers are awfully weak. Kid next door took out the 700r4 with a 2.8V6.
Thanks for the input I suppose I will go ahead and use the 350- maybe tweak it a bit. I doubt it will fail since this motor isn't likely to push more than 300 horses (at least no time soon), but from what I have read some tech guys were saying the t350 doesn't use the inline 292's potential to the fullest. (I had hoped to quote the articles, but now I can't find them) If for some reason it does fail I will move to the beefier 700r4.
i have a 292 in my 37 chevy coupe. head has been ported, slightly cammed, Clifford intake, 600 Holly and cast iron split exhaust. been running a 200 4R out of a 442. i like it, got lots of acceleration on launch and will cruise at 80 easily.
which trans to use comes down to how you intend to use the car and how much HP the engine is going to make. 2000 lb car is pretty light, so you can get away with using a stock converter TH350 and a 3:08 rearend and have good enough accelleration and crusing rpms as long as the camshaft profile isn't much above 260 degrees gross duration. Put in a lumpy cam, and you are going to wish you had a 200-4R or a 700-R4 and a 3:70 rearend gear and maybe a higher stall speed on the converter... It's about the whole car, not just a couple of the parts...
Will the 292 work with a rear end and transmission out of an s10? Also will those 2 work on a 62 c10?
I traded for a 49 Chevy 5 window pickup several years ago and it had a 292 with a turbo 400. The 400 was overkill but it worked good.
I really like this idea! Maybe just a T200. They are small, light and strong. I wish I had put one in my car.
The 4.125” stroke of a 292 has a better chance of breaking a manual than it does an automatic trans. A lot of 5speeds are really lightweights.
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