Wayne,
Well the 250i6 will feel slow compared to the Camaro but should be a good cruiser. BTW my Nova (63 ss) was a 3-on-the-tree so I did some testing before I swapped in the Glide. With the stick in there I did turn it to 5000, it didn't complain and ran well after that. My guess is the 292 is safe to at least 5000 bone stock, and the 250-230-194 are safe to at least 5500. That's just me guessing, I don't like to break stuff so I stay under that.
The 3-on-the-tree took about 3 or 4 minutes for the 1-2 shift with its sloppy column linkage so I just did some in-gear clocking and then swapped the Glide in. The car would and did lay 2 black streaks in the driveway though if I popped the clutch on the stick. The little 194 would just stall.
