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future project, thoughts wanted.

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you put 300+whp in something that light, it will be a fun ride.. no doubt
 


i am in the same boat, but i dont want a static drop that low.

i also dont know if i want to leave the motor exposed or not, but we'll see. body panels are easy to take off if necessary.
 


The old straight six could be anywhere from 230 to 292 and I too have heard good things about turboing them. I know stock they have a single barrel carb but offenhouser makes an intake many that will take 2 4 barrel carbs. I had an old 292 in a 73 and one major upgrade I really liked was an HEI distributor so I could ditch the points setup. I got mine used on ebay for like $75 with the coil. If your gonna mess with that motor make sure you have one where the intake can even be changed as some of the older ones had the head and intake mani as one piece.
 
old job i worked at had a rack truck, 77 i think, with the 292 strait 6, stock and lots of miles, not fast but it could haul 2 tons of material and a hot tar kettle with no problem.

years a go some kid in a what i remember to be a late 60's nova, had a straight 6 that was all built up, sounded like a beast, and moved, messing around on the street, when i had the 70 fire bird, we were pretty even, and i had 400 YS code 350 hp block from the factory, car moved, if ya know what i mean.

and the novas engine was all dressed up, paint and chrome, braided lines, looked cool.
 


Bio248 said:
im pretty sure with the quick researching im done it is a 235ci motor.
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Hmm. Then... cam, headers, forged rods, pistons, new head gasket, and some bottle? Maybe some port work... If at all, I'd probably go sc over tc just to keep rpms well below 6k for power, since it'd have all kinds of issues at higher rpms... But then again, you'd be a total bad@ss if you built the engine that well.

But otherwise, maybe dump something easier in.
 
i am most likely going to turbo the stock motor until i destroy it (unless it already is, hense why it's been sitting) and have a motor build going on to the side for a swap later on. im still thinking an L67 would be the most fun swap.
 
ah, wouldnt that be a sweet sight: oldschool pickup with that good ol whine we all love. do it nick.
 
That 235 is an entirely different family than the 230 and 250 and 292... Is there much of an aftermarket for those?
 
Kejross said:
That 235 is an entirely different family than the 230 and 250 and 292... Is there much of an aftermarket for those?
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The aftermarket exists... barely. Pretty much, there's like 1-2 companies with performance stuff, if they've got them in stock... it's obviously not a hugely popular thing, so no point in having custom parts sit on the shelf. But I think they were in ...Corvettes? for a couple of years. So, if it's in a Corvette, you should never run out of performance parts.
 


i have no idea and i didnt plan on having much aftermarket on the stock motor that wasn't done by yours truely.
 
get it running good, then get it looking good, then do the motor swap. But if you are worried about not being different enough, look at it this way: there will be more people to help you.
 
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