I'm strongly considering running a straight six "Stovebolt" in my 36 Chevy. I guess people are calling them Rudy Trucks now. I was partial to bobber, but a title is only a title. Besides, it's about the cars anyway. I'm concerned about not being able to squeeze enough power out of a 235ci or a 250ci. If anyone has messed with these engines before post up your experiences with them. Do they handle the Clifford Performance packages and/or superchargers well?
Jeeter, There aint enough room here to answer your questions, so I suggest you ask the same typs of question over on the Inliners Bboard www.inliners.org join Inliners International, get a bunch of back issues, and then ask about areas you don't understand, or are not that clear. www.webrodder.com is doing a series where they stroke a 235 and a 261, I've had a little input there, so thats a good starting point also. Always ask yourself what it is exactly you want out of your engine - reliability, traditional looks, more bling than a pimps' ride, horsepower, economy etc etc and then adjust your desires and budget from there. hope that helps a little
250 in a 36 Chevy. Duel Holleys, cast iron headers, 700r4 with 4:10 gear. Only time you can tell it's not as fast as a SBC is at the dragstrip. It's not just another small block, thats what I like about it.
I used to run a 250 in a circle track car. Rules wouldn't let us add a bunch of high dollar parts, but we still got good power out of them. The head has lots of meat on it, you can shave one hundred thousands off of it and still be good. We had to run the stock 1 bbl and stock exhaust, but I believe there are 4 bbl manifolds and headers available. We used school bus exhaust manifolds.. they were bigger than the car ones. We never dyno'd our motors, so I won't claim to know how much power it made, but those motors make good torque.. good 'seat of the pants' feel to them. We'd run them up to 6000rpm reliably.
the 250 has stronger / more mains, better if power is your goal. you also have more choices for transmissions with less $ spent on adapting.
235 & 261 buildup http://www.webrodder.com/index.php?page=showStories&search=stove 292 buildup http://www.webrodder.com/index.php?search=six+pack&page=showStories&CID=15 Pontiac OHC 6 buildup - 3 pages worth http://www.webrodder.com/index.php?page=showStories&pageNum=0&CID=15&search=pontiac
YOu can get plenty of power out of a 235, especially in a lightweight truck like you're talking about. This topic is covered at least twice a month. Try a search
Personally I would go the 230, 250, 292 route. I've got a 250 that was bored to accept 307 pistons along with the hottest hydraulic cam that Clifford offered 5 years ago (don't remember the numbers off the top of my head). Rhodes lifters, 302 Ford 1.7:1 roller rockers, and quite abit of head work. A single 650 four barrel and a set of headers with dual exhaust made it jump real good in my 67 Nova. There were a few small block owners that were embarassed by it. I pulled it back out of the Nova before I sold it and I have it sitting and waiting until I get my 47 Studebaker pick up ready for the road They can make a lot of power (and a ton of torque) for the size of the motor, and like Chopped said...it's not another small block.
Thanks to all the great responses and sending me in the right direction. Looks like I've got some reading to do.
Stay with the six The wife 62 Chevy II has a hot rodded 230 looks bitchen with a four and a split header
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