292's were only offered in trucks, buses, vans, dump trucks. A 2-wheel drive Suburban had them too. No p***enger cars. These motors were torque monsters! Someone could easily modify your existing pan to clear steering or whatever. No big deal. I personally would look at a front steer/rear steer set up from Unisteer.
I was going to say move the pickup back and down and make the sump shorter and deeper, but Butch may have the best idea, find a different factory setup, if you can. Good Luck
You can use the 250\230 rear sump pan and pickup on a 292.I did it for ground clearance on my gl*** T when I had the 292 in it.
Great information. I am building a 292 to put in my 55 wagon. I plan on building my own cross members and making engine plates because i want to do road race events with a full cage. but to put one in a stock tri-five requires building side mounts pushing back the fire wall 3-4 inches and running radiator in 6 cylinder location. bell housing is stock sbc/bbc style. The issue I am going to run into is tuning since i am going to efi it with twin turbo.
This is the front mount on a 292 in a '37 Chevy. I used a motor plate on the back with similar cushions. I may still have the pattern for the front plate.
I have a question for you guys 292 Chevy six I just put a new Melling M-62 oil pump on a race motor for a customer and the distributor only engages the pump drive by about an 1/8". Have any of you ran into this I talked to Melling technical today they weren't any help. We checked the old distributor against the new one for length they're the same. The only thing I can see to do is press the drive gear shaft out a little.
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