He is a real hotroder, in the beginning of hotroding, every rod was unique, not a carbon copy from a dealership! I love it! More people like him will keep the tradition alive, hope to see his car in person someday, keep the shinny side up.
Totally awesome! I'm building a 292 with Ryan Falconer V-12 head, 6-71 and nitrous. Billet crank, billet solid roller cam and steel billet rods. 5 stage dry sump. Electromotive direct fire EMS. Going in my 53 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup for drag and drive. I hope to see you at the track. Thank you for your time.
Nice! Those Falconer heads are neat! I remember my dad talking about those some 20 years ago. Whats your HP goal with that set up? (pre and post nitrous)? Where is your billet crank from? We have always used the forge '63 crank, but recently have pulled the trigger on a custom billet crank. (should be here in a few weeks now!).
@@markstirnemann8831 Crower made my crank. I'm building for 1300 hp. My goal is 1000 hp with a 200ish nitrous shot. I know 3 guys running 1000 hp 292's with no nitrous. Two with turbo and one with blower. One of the turbo guys slightly destroked his 292. The blower guy has 3 full seasons on his and has never opened it up. It's still going strong.
@@lazyhoundracing9621 Yeah, the 292 scene is going strong for sure and there are a few of us in the 1,000+ range. The Staff Bros in TX are the ones I believe you are talking about with the destroked 292. Leo Santucci has written a few book and pulled knowledge from his own racing plus from some of us for the book's content. I'm sure you are aware of those books.
@@markstirnemann8831 Yes on the Staff brothers. One of them once told me to buy a 540 big block and be done with it, LOL. I don't know if you have spoken to Leo lately but he got hit pretty hard with a hurricane last year. I am by no means on their or your level of knowledge.
This is so cool. I’d love to build something like that one day. Right now I have a 292 I’m building with a stock bottom end with a lump ported cylinder head. About all I can afford at the moment.
Love it! Always had a bit of a thing for inline 6s. It's both a feat of engineering (fitting all that under the hood of a '37) and a work of art at the same time!
Omg that is the best sound Chevy tower of power I’ve heard in my life my 292 had Langdon split exhaust and offy intake and 8” dual glass packs and made a majestic sound this is just something else sir well done
I remember reading about this car in a magazine back around 1990 or so, maybe a little later, but I ran into my dad's room with the article spread, biggest grin on my face. I was trying to get him to keep a six in his, but he wanted a dern big block. Years later, I inherited his 70 C/10 that we put a 230 in place of the 307 one weekend to get it ready for the road the following Monday. I told him that this truck will have a six as long as I own it. What he doesn't know is that if i ever get my hands on his '37, I'm putting a six back in it as well. I don't hate the big block, just have no use for one. Anyway, I almost broke my phone when your video hit my algorithm. Could NOT believe it's that same tan '37 I fell in love with half my life ago! Still looking amazing, STILL hurting feelings with a six. You just reminded me that there's a sweet 292 sitting between the trails of my '54. Gonna need a few more of these.
Here in Brazil we got, with the Chevrolet Opala and his 4100 cc engine inline 6 over 2000 horsepower and something like High-6s on the 1/4 mile. In this category, all cars run with Stock block/heads, H-partern, full build interior (with a roll cage, of course), no weight reduction: the cars has functional headlights and taillights, chrome bumpers, standart glasses... It worth to take a look. Even Daddy Dave and Murder Nova drove some of these cars in Velopark at late-2019/early-2020
Beautiful car, and that fabrication work is outstanding. I always thought building a '70 Camaro with an inline six w/ turbo would be awesome.... Maybe not as awesome as this, but the idea still sounds impressive, and what this car does makes it also sound very viable and lethal on the street.
Suddenly I can hear a buncha ricer-lovin millennials crying and screaming “but! But! The 2JZ is the best engine in the world! 😩”. There are obviously other options out there, folks! Kudos to this guy for thinking out of the import box! What a cool piece!
You have demonstrated , beyond any doubt, that in - line 6 engine is superior to v-8 . It’s lighter, and high torquer, less moving parts, that means it last much longer .
The "Turbo-Charger" StrikesAgain.---more Air=MORE POWER+ some other help. Just "Wonder" what belt-driven "Super-chargerer" would DO?; a LOT less Heat saturation.
This car has been turbocharged since day 1. The Buick Grand National gave my dad the idea to do it. I'd be curious to what a 1,200hp supercharged (belt driven) 292 would sound like!
MAX Respect to this guy, the whole thing is a work of art, and I love the old big 6's. This is real hot rodding, not just spending tons of money on aftermarket components...
My grandfather has a 1938 Chevy with the 292. He had it bored out to 300 when he had the engine overhauled. I'll have to show him this. He'll get a kick out of this!
I love it! Thanks for the kind words. It certainly is the same car. It's been running for 35 years and that darn boost knob keeps turning itself up!! In the mid 90's, it was making about 600-700 hp with about 22 lbs. Which was good for low 10's @ 128. Now we are doing 128 in half the distance! :) And yes, still 100% original Chevy Steel. We easily could have put fuel injection and carbon panels, but then it wouldn't be the original car to it's hot rodding roots. The surprising people and hurting V8 feelings is what keeps us going!!
@@markstirnemann8831 35yrs. I knew it was somewhere around that. I think it was Hot Rod who ran the article that made me a believer that sixes not only sound better... You found the formula long ago! I have so much respect for you and everybody in your circle! In my mind, you are the very definition of rodding!
Beautiful work you did on that engine. What system are you running? Who fabbed up your exhaust manifold? I dig this stuff and want to learn a bit more on the 292.
I did the exhaust and intake fab work. The 'system' is dual 500CFM carbs from C&S and the ignition is simply a MSD digital 7 (non-programable). We run a RPM performance data system with about 20 channels. I would highly recommend this over the MSD racepack. Same performance at a fraction of the cost. Plus Randy (owner of RPM) is VERY great to work with!!
@@markstirnemann8831 thanks!! I have a 292 in my 66 k10 which is running good but want to go efi and turbo. Didn't know c&s did turbo carbs for the inline 6. Mark, is there a way to get in contact with you directly? Thanks again for the info.
That's one mean honkin' stovebolt you've got there! My dad drag raced a '55 Chevy with the six in it in front of a stock three speed from the late '50s up through the early '70s. That thing was way faster than NHRA gave it credit for. One time, while running eliminator, it broke out of the A stock class allowance, while running Y stock! 😂😂😂
Just got a c30 with a 292 in it I’m sure. What all did you do to yours? From internals to externals. No fabricator so I couldn’t do so good with heads and all that would love the help tho.
Holy shit. I never dreamed a 292 could make 1000+ hp and 1000+ lb-ft, and not blow up! Astonishing. I'd sure like to know what's inside it! Billet crank? Rods? Solid roller? How big?
Believe it or not, STOCK crank! They had a forge crank for one year ('63) and thats what we run. Aftermarket steel I-beam rods. Solid roller cam, not too aggressive (boost pushes the fun in!)
Hi Mark, we bought some flathead parts from your dad, I guess about two years ago. We are finally starting to use some of the parts. The parts were pretty cool, but meeting your dad was the highlight of the trip!
Thanks! I couldn't be more proud of him and his drive to never give up! I watched your unboxing videos of the parts. I wish I could have used them, but I'm glad you are!
I have a question: 8.57 @ 158 mph. Is that a 1/4-mile run? The numbers fit a 1/8-mile run to me. Just asking. BTY that is a jam-up; good job on the build looks really lovely under-hood.
Nope. Straight up and down GM 292. "Slant" sixes were Chrysler products 170-225 cubic inches. Not terrible engines but nowhere near the torque as th we 392
