Inliners International Forums General Discussion Engines 292 in 65 Chevelle

I run a 292, in my truck [OEM] but added Offy intake, Clifford headers, Edelbrock 500 cfm 4-Bbl [used to run the 390 Holley, but it went sproiiing! after 25 years on the road -- so I went with an AFB type]. I used to have rube goldberg'd throttle/bellcrank apparatus in my '68 C/10 Stepside pick-up. The rube-goldberg rig was never satisfactory -- it could come apart on the road or jam and usually wouldn't go to WOT. When I rebuilt the engine, I reconfigured the throttle set-up to cable type. I swapped in the accelerator pedal and arm from a '72 Chevy pick-up and got a Lokar type throttle cable. A throttle spring adapter [from Jeg's] was necessary to route the cable to the throttle arm on the carb.
It's kind of a hair trigger, but it works.
Since it's in a truck that was originally ordered with the 292, I can't help with conversions for a street car. I used a 3-1/2 x 12" Moroso air cleaner with a K&N element, and I've still got enough space to heat foil-wrapped burritos on the top of the air cleaner.
Twisted 6 knows a lot more about 292s in the light car chassis.