TURBO 292-LOW BUCK, DIY POWER MODS 

I love my ls engines, but watching this oddball stuff is far more interesting

The little engine that could! This is cool, seeing this neglected 6 cylinder, waking up. 👍

Can't wait to see you do this on a 300-6 Ford. 4 inch bore x 4 inch stroke. Should be awesome 👌

I'm happy to see that I've been gapping my plugs the professional way all these years

Easily one of the more interesting builds! This really keeps me wanting to see more! Love the old inline 6 engines.

I once used a fish aquarium valve and some vacuuming line to make a "boost controller" off of my waste gate. Confessions of my twenty something years!

That things gonna be a monster with port work, cam and proper sized turbo

OMG 306 hp with a junkyard (yes, I consider Frieberger's junk as junk yard junk. I mean really, don't we all?) and it didn't even start leaking oil out of a sudden secondary crankcase vent appearing in the oil pan! Bravo! You sir, are officially a wildman. Bravo!

My brain gets new wrinkles EVERY time I watch one of Holdener’s videos. Just when I thought I had a good grasp of the subject matter he hits me with something I didn’t know previously. And for that I’m most grateful.

Remember the 292 v8 back in the 70's in those Chevy Monzas? That would be a interesting project too. :-)

One of the best videos yet in my opinion, so fun to watch basic junk thrown together make power

Haha your a maniac 🙃 get some sleep. Wait, don't. Keep building! Love your videos man🤙🏼 Halfway through. I want some of whatever you are on. Lol. I love it 👍🏼

This is so cool seeing these old engines come to life Keep up the good work

I really enjoyed you ‘imagineering’ your way through a turbo kit fabrication and installation!! I’ve done two myself and definitely learned new things. Did anyone else notice the six smoked less with the turbo on it? It wants more boost!

Nice job Rich! I am a big fan of these sixes. Currently building a 250 EFI turbo for my 69 Camaro. Can't wait for more vids on this 6 cylinder. Keep up the great vids!!

I have a 292 in my garage, and it's begging for the chance to run again. Thanks for the inspiration Richard. Love these 292 videos!

I’m digging the wire on the throttle cable

Richard, Progression Ignition makes a super HEI style distributor, No centrifugal weights, fully Bluetooth adjustable, includes 2.5 Bar built-in boost reference MAP sensor. These were made for carb/turbo tuners for fast timing adjustment. See their YT & other demo videos. You will love it!

This makes me want to find a straight six Chevy II and boost that lil' booger. It may not be "ideal" or "economical", but it'd be fun and not another LS swap.

Dolcich is going to want his engine back for that jeepster he has.

Loved it ,I had a 67 pickup I bought for $500 that had one of those in it ,I tried to blow it up so I could put a v8 in it ,never changed the oil just added anything I had to it ,I abused the crap out of it for over 7 years finally sold it to a guy that headed out to Canada in it still had the 292 in it , its probably still running 😊

Can't wait to see what you can get out of the old 292. Love your work.

I had a 292 in a 64 chevy truck. I put a later model head with the integral dual exhausts and an adapter with a rochester dual jet (it is what I had laying around). With a 3.73 rear gear and 3 on the tree, I had so much fun out running 5.0 mustangs stop light to stop light. After I beat 'em they would ask what I had. My answer "stock 6 banger".

I love seeing this!! Thank you for all your hard work!!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. There are hundreds of thousands of theses living in stock C/K/P series vehicles, as well as, their smaller brethren 250,230, and 194s in trucks and passenger cars all over the globe. The are great little engines and need some love from the masses. They are easy to work on and there is tons of food for add on.. 👍👍👍👍👍

Richard muttering like Popeye putting it together... 😂🤣

Awesome stuff, can’t wait for more mods on this ol’ battle axe

One of the most interesting builds on RU-vid in a while. Nice work 👍

I love your channel! Doing random test like this is something I've always wanted to see, but nobody seems to do it. Your commentary with the hose clamp 🤣.

I had a shop teacher that loved 292s he had one in his nova II that ran mid 10s it was great watching him spank the kids that had fast cars in school that were in the 12s

Love the straight 6 engines. Keep up the good work Mr. Holdener !

I absolutely love your channel Richard!! I like your scientific way of trying to control variables and the amount of work you put into learning what works. It’s the best way to control confounding factors. Please keep it up. You da man.

Great video Richard!!!! Love this series.

Great work as always

Amazing content as usual! Who doesn't love old lumps making power with minimal effort!

AWESOME SAUCE. Keep up the good work and the boosted madness, we'll keep watching and smashing that 👍🏻 button.

Yes! I love to see it. You know, even with that big turbo, the soggy response probably helps make power SBE. If you had a smaller 3-400 hp turbo that came in earlier, you'd hit the motor with more torque (cylinder pressure) and maybe hurt the bottom end. But! Imagine someone with a dirt simple old truck or 4 door nova or something. A setup like this could push that thing into the 13s or maybe even 12s for very very little money! That's value right there.

Really cool! I like how you got into specifics on this build. I want to turbo my car even more.

Mate, I love your energy, Keep it coming....

I applaud you for not immediately jumping into high performance ignitions and such. Its interesting to see the limits on certain things.

Now, if Edelbrock was to make a head for the 194/230/250/292, that would be a game changer! Hey, they make em for the 4.0/4.2 Jeep!

So glad he used the proper torque on the impeller housing. Sets a good example for the up-and-coming engine builder. 😁

Great vídeo Richard....!!!!!!

Sweet episode keep them coming - hooked

I'm loving the enthousiasm you have for this. It's probably the same for all the other engines but we get to see it here.

Your a mad man - I love it ;-) Thanks for everything you do ;-)

Love that throttle linkage! lol. Excellent info Richard!

The knowledge!! All the questions spinning through our brains and you are out here giving us the answers.!! I wanted to do this to my 78' f100 with the killer 300 -6. After seeing this I think I should have kept my drive and finished the build!. Once again, you sir are an inspiration to the automotive community. 🤙🤙 stay after it .

Keep videos like these coming! We all need to boost more motors! Thankfully Holley is building more and more systems are boost capable. Can’t wait to see what the future holds!

I couldn’t absolutely care less about a 292 Chevy engine.....and I just love watching videos about it making more power!! Really cool channel!!

Very enjoyable watching your videos, always learn something.

I haven’t watched this and I already love it.

Thank you Richard, that was fun.

great stuff, sir!

Back in 85 I put a T04B on a stock cast piston AMC 230 inline with a side draft SU, Later a blow thru autolight carb and no waste gate. 20psi boost, best time ever lifted the head and broke all the ring lands. Awe the memories

Nice!! Can't wait for the EFI conversion!👍👍

How fun thanks for doing what you do

Richard is going to make the straight six popular again😎

Thank you for beating your spark plugs on the table to adjust the gap. It makes me feel better knowing I'm not the only one that has done it that way for the last 20 years 👍🏻

It's nice and REAL WORLD how you take mismatched, sketchy, and non-optimized parts, and still get something out of it.

Best videos on RU-vid and nicest guy. Will answer any questions.

OMG Richard, you're an animal! LOL, that was fun and there are enthusiasts out there I know a couple of them.

I am reaally excited about this build

Love your videos man can't wait for the other guy Buick 455

Very nice,,,I was expecting power gains all the way thru,,,,from seeing Nelson's run ,,Getting Monster Torque all the way,,,,,good Video Richard as well between Holley and Edelbrock,,Thank you so very much,,Enjoy your weekend

I enjoy your data breakdowns but I really enjoy watching the build first...especially watching you talk to the parts 😂. Appreciate what you do. Please keep it up for a long time !!! 👍🏻

Awesome. I’ve been planning on doing this to a 2929 in my old c10

My auto shop teacher in high school had a 292 in his late 60s nova with a cam and 3 sidedraft webers and header. It was a ripper with a 4 speed. Fun stuff in the 80s

Your subs are climbing! 👏

Sweet! I like that you're gonna take this engine to a new level with a proper turbo. I'm really looking forward to seeing what this engine does cause is love to do a cheap build for an older f150 but still have some fun.

Ah man this is so good, keep it coming keep it coming...BOOST 😝

Very nice to see some thing different, and I will be doing the same thing for my 63 Nova, not another SBC . Thanks 😊

Great job Richard.!...Not an engine most of us will ever use...but good to See Standard Hot Rot Horsepower Principles Still Apply..i enjoyed it...👍

I like how your showing the mechanical side now and not just slides 👍

I wish it was a Ford 300, but I love what you're doing with it! I can't wait for more!

LOVE THE VIDEOS! YOUR A MAD SCIENTIST !

Hog out some extra holes and bolt a plenum to it, doesn't need to be perfect. I did exactly this with a log intake manifold and used truck coolant hoses to connect the two additional inlets. Those inlets were upper thermostat housings because it's what I had. Sit the carb on the plenum and send it. Love these videos, junk is fun.

Your channel is awesome

There are "better" performance intake manifolds out there. Larger runners, equal length. I'd love to see what a manifold upgrade on this little beast would do. Excited for cam and valve job.

I love that plug gap adjustment. Same way I do it

Life the vids Richard.you make turning look easy...

I hope we get to see a lump port in n/a.

Love it! Keep going!

Awesome! Nice change of pace. Making me wanna do a blow through set up on my 347.... just might have to plan that for the future

Great video but it would have been nice if you added a Clifford 4 barrel intake manifold, some form of performance camshaft and a electronic ignition system! Oh a ball bearing T3 turbo as well! This video makes me want to find a 292 to build up as a 4x4 torgue monster

Brings back memories of my 62 Nova and its lil 194 6cyl.

Good friend of mine ran one of these in an old Rat Rod F100 chassis. Put a Vortec, no I/C, Swapped to full Dist, and blow thru. Wasnt any neck snapper, but was a bad ass cool build for a Rat Rod, that looked even cooler and sounded nutty with no exhaust!! And yes it did kill tires very easily!

We ran a 3/4 ton Chevy with a 292 and Clifford intake, 500 Holley and headers for several years and towed a lot of cars. We turned it 5500 rpm but we would have to grind the valves about once a year. It would outrun the one ton 454 and 460 tow trucks. One of the guys got a ticket for over 100 mph towing a ford station wagon! I enjoy your videos! I’ve built a twin turbo 05 1/2 ton Silverado for a daily driver now. Thanks Pete

AussieSpeed makes a really popular 4V intake manifold for 292s.

I'm buying a 1988 G10 van with this engine for 900 dollars and not one dent in the van nowhere!! My goal now is to turbo charge it!!! 😀😎

I really wish turbos were popular when I had my 250 straight 6 Camaro. Could've been fun

You're thinking of this all wrong, it's not that you have too much turbo it's that you have room to put on a bigger H/C/I. :D

Absolutely EPIC!!!

With what your working with that is some amazing gains!! 300 hp with an old strait 6, awesome 👏.

Can't wait to see what's next! I like how the first run was set at 5.3 👍👍

I turbocharged the chevy 194ci in my 65 Nova. Works great, fun little car

Nice job!!!!

Its nice to see you used the proper tool for the job (nut driver). So many on the Tv shows using flat blade screw drivers! That makes me scream at the tv!!!

Priceless!

Great to see all the steps! Thank you for the timing and jetting numbers. I LIKE DETAILS!😁 As much as i really want to see a built motor, I'd like to see a good intake and a proper size turbo (with good ignition of course) on the stock engine, for us budget guys. These L6 parts add up quick. Those almost 7" long rods and 1600+ gram pistons are going to be the limiting factor on the stock bottom end. 12Bolt Tom Lowe has the answer with his forged rod and piston setup. Give him a call Richard! He may just hook you up!