Ive got a 67 Chevy school bus that has the 292 I-6, im gonna replace it with a Cummins or Duramax and was tossing around the idea of finding a body for the 6 adding some forced induction (probably a turbo) and having some land speed fun. Anyone have any good info on these engines? Saw a post at some site where they said they thought the stock bottom end was forged? (well forged crank anyway) Im kinda wondering how much boost it could take stock. Stock compression is around 8 to 1?? Found one site where they are doing some cool stuff with a 292, they have some nice straps w/studs that takes minimal machining to work for the main journals and is supposed to really increase the strength and durability.. priced around 280.. not too bad. They have a bunch of other stuff for the 292 but got a feeling its gonna be more than i wanna spend. (there runnin their 292 @ 10's with 8lbs boost in the 1/4 mile and tuning it to eventually hit 8's with 30lbs boost in a studebaker)
http://www.customdesignperformance.com/leo/leo.html Its a cool ride if yall havent seen it. Anyway thanks for approving my membership, look forward to checking the site out and thanks in advance for any info.
