). Does anyone know where you could get some info on these engines? Availability of engines and parts? Looks like the fit was pretty good in the LJ, but it was a small pic so hard to tell.
292ci chev 6cyl
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Posted 23 May 2006 - 06:59 PM
The lastest street machine has a write up on the speed trials in SA. One of the guys is running a 292ci chev 6 in his LJ torana. There was a small photo of the engine bay and the engine looked very similar to the standard holden 6 (I reckon the average cop would not be able to tell the diff ). Does anyone know where you could get some info on these engines? Availability of engines and parts? Looks like the fit was pretty good in the LJ, but it was a small pic so hard to tell.
). Does anyone know where you could get some info on these engines? Availability of engines and parts? Looks like the fit was pretty good in the LJ, but it was a small pic so hard to tell.
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Posted 23 May 2006 - 07:04 PM
Most of them come from trucks. You can get them through importers, but be prepared to pay $1500 for a rebuilder.
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PS: There is a lot of mucking around in getting one into a holden.
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PS: There is a lot of mucking around in getting one into a holden.
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Posted 24 May 2006 - 12:33 AM
Was that the same one on Tough 6s,street machine mag years ago,the engine had mechanical injection that was on the cover.
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Posted 24 May 2006 - 01:02 AM
nah, it looked like it was running triple holleys
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Posted 24 May 2006 - 12:34 PM
have heard some bad stories but the bedford 296 (is it?) sixes look allmost identical to a holden red 6, wonder how thick the walls are hmmmm
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Posted 24 May 2006 - 01:40 PM
ive heard they were pretty good as im looking at buying a chevy c60 that has a mexican 292 for $500 but then again ive got ideas of dropping a 350 crate motor in to it
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Posted 24 May 2006 - 03:37 PM
and what will you be doing with the 292 when you do that?
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Posted 26 May 2006 - 09:50 AM
I think your right,i might have that mag at home somewhere, ill have a look for it tonight.Was that the same one on Tough 6s,street machine mag years ago,the engine had mechanical injection that was on the cover.
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Posted 26 May 2006 - 10:57 AM
A mate of mine had a import VH commodore badged as a chevy with VK bumpers and grill from factory.. It had the 292 six and it looks like a holden six on roids..Another thing it had different was a Steering box instead of the usual rack & Pinnion. The thing wasnt a fast car but it had enormous amounts of torque..Could do a brake burnout all day long at 3000rpm it top gear..with a bit of work like cam/carb/extractors i reckon it woulda been an absolute animal..
As for fitting them in a holden if they fit this commodore easy i dont see why it would be hard to fit it in a LJ, sounds like engine mounts and sump is all thats needed.
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As for fitting them in a holden if they fit this commodore easy i dont see why it would be hard to fit it in a LJ, sounds like engine mounts and sump is all thats needed.
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Posted 26 May 2006 - 11:22 AM
put one in with tripples and get a sticker made up for the rocker cover that says "4800 XU-1" instead of "3300 XU-1" that would leave a few people scratching their heads!
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Posted 26 May 2006 - 12:53 PM
A work colleague had one in a UC with a Duggan alloy head and 600 Holley. The whole carb hung out the bonnet !!!! It went really well though.....after we got a balancer that would stay put and welded the flexplate bolts to the flexplate to stop them coming loose. As someone mentioned earlier, REAL torquey.
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Posted 28 May 2006 - 12:10 AM
They were in local bedford trucks. The easiest way to spot one is the height of the side plates.
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Posted 28 May 2006 - 12:40 PM
finally got around to the scanner
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Posted 28 May 2006 - 02:15 PM
So I take it its a bit bigger than the holden 6?A mate of mine had a import VH commodore badged as a chevy with VK bumpers and grill from factory.. It had the 292 six and it looks like a holden six on roids..Another thing it had different was a Steering box instead of the usual rack & Pinnion. The thing wasnt a fast car but it had enormous amounts of torque..Could do a brake burnout all day long at 3000rpm it top gear..with a bit of work like cam/carb/extractors i reckon it woulda been an absolute animal..
As for fitting them in a holden if they fit this commodore easy i dont see why it would be hard to fit it in a LJ, sounds like engine mounts and sump is all thats needed.
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Posted 28 May 2006 - 03:46 PM
jeez they do look like holden sixes, i reckon you could get easily fool the right people, enough said 
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Posted 30 May 2006 - 03:47 PM
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Posted 30 May 2006 - 05:01 PM
thats the original pic I was talking about. Be hard to spot the diff between a holden red and that to the untrained eye. Looks a bit longer and taller, fits in allright thou
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Posted 30 May 2006 - 06:04 PM
I had a Chev C20 pick up with the 292 6 cyl, very torqy as said earlier, not a revver at all. But a bloody great motor in the truck, it ran on lpg and never had a drama with it. Just like the ever reliable holden 6, only bigger!!!. We towed a 19' ski boat , with a glide on camper 4 berth in the C20, and we could sit on 110kph without a problem, loved the hills, just used some of that massive torque. Nothing but praise for that motor, dont know how it would adapt in a sedan .
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Posted 30 May 2006 - 08:46 PM
That would be interesting. One of those in a LJ with EFI and a big snail hanging off the side would be perfect.
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Posted 30 May 2006 - 09:01 PM
One big snail... or two bigger ones. 
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Posted 31 May 2006 - 10:22 PM
can anoyone please blow up (scan) any articles on these engines in torries such as lj lcs if theres any or how about the chevy v6 ???? maybe web links ANYONE???
thanks chevy
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