I had started to build a 31 chevy roadster into an altered, much like dick bertollucci’s X-100, in the early to middle 90s. I loved the way that car looked. I ended up having to go back to school and change careers in 2000. So the project got put on hold. That was what I was going to put the 292 into.
In 2011, I had my choice, resurrect my high school car that I built in the late 70s and get the rust issues fixed and rebuild the thing, or finish the race car. I opted for my high school 57 chevy. Back in the early 90s I was the east coast chapter president. I ended up spending a lot of months in chemo in 92/93 but before that occurred, I want to say 90/91, a few of us inliners went to English town raceway for the old time races and ran our cars. There are photos of my 57 from that day in the 12 port news.
So I fixed all the structural rust that made the car unsafe to drive, mechanically rebuilt the rest of the 57, my boys would not let me change the paint or the 80s era crushed velour seat covers (hey, no laughing, they were the thing back then, lol), built a new 261 motor and off to the trifive nationals we went. I am generally the only 6 cylinder making fun runs down the track at those shows.
https://www.trifive.com/threads/dragsix.233595/My youngest son wanted to build a 57. So one of my best friends sold him his first car from 78 and we are rebuilding that car. My boy wants a six cylinder so we are going to see if we can fit a 292 motor in his 57. The head I build with your lumps is going to go on his motor. I hope it’s not too much as I ported it out, big valves, installed the lumps. Going to have to change the valve springs because that head was destined for a much bigger cam.
If I can sort out a way to get the 292 in his car without butchering anything, I may do the same with my car and use the Sisal head on my car. If anyone has done this, a 292 in a 57 chevy, I would love, and be very grateful, to see how you built front motor mounts, and radiator and water pump location.
The roadster, I think I may resurrect that this year. Put a 292 in that car too, lol.