<VV> Corvair v. everyone - Did Chrysler rule "Style Wars" ? 2c worth

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

I remember an article YEARS ago, I think in Hot Rod magazine, of installing  
292 crank in a Poncho OHC 6. The lack of a lifter gallery on the side of the  
engine may pose challenges in using that head on a pushrod block, as well as 
no  place for the externally mounted distributor/oil pump drive. 
 
In a message dated 1/5/2009 9:42:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
tirediron at charter.net writes:

I have  two of them (Pontiac SOHC 6 230 ci "Sprint" 215 hp.) hope to put one
in my  1937 Pontiac 4 dr.  Have read that they were based on the 250  Chevy
block but virtually nothing is interchangeable.  Never read in  my research
that the OHC head could be fitted to a 292?  The bulletin  board at
www.inliners.org has postings on them. Tom Langdon  dba
http://www.stoveboltengineco.com/  raced them and is very  knowledgeable on
them. The web site at http://sohcsix.yuku.com/ is I  believe the best single
source for information.

I'm enthralled by  them although also addicted to Corvairs!

Bill
Gardnerville,  NV


 
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