Posted by jdemaris on December 18, 2010 at 06:43:51 from (67.142.130.13):
In Reply to: The 292 engine!! posted by Murray Hebblethwaite on December 17, 2010 at 18:58:38:
That's one I never heard. Define the difference between "small" and "large." Heavier blocks?
I worked on many 292 sixes used in light trucks, heavy trucks, school buses and farm equipment and all seemed the same physical size to me.
They varied in compression ratios (I think), but that's all I noticed. 292 was GM's 3rd or 4th attempt at a long-stroke in-line six, as I recall. They briefly used a 270 with a 4" stroke and a 261 around the early 60s with a 3 15/16" stroke, but then went to the 292 with a 4 1/4" stroke. Long stroke gives low-end torque instead of horsepower. In the "modern" era, I think 292 was the longest stoke gas engine that GM made and it was never used in any cars that I know of.
Fords early equivalent was the 262 inline six with a 4" stroke(early 60s) and later the 300 with 4" stroke. The 300 was Ford's equiv. to GM's 292. But Ford also made a similar engine for cars in 240 c.i. Shorter stroke, but same basic engine with a gear-drive cam (no timing chain).
Around the same time, Dodge had the longest-stroke of them all with a 265 c.i. inline six with a 4 3/4" stroke.
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