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To Build a Six or Not to Build a Six That is the Question
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gemnewt3
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| Joined: 04/12
Posted: 05/01/12
12:36 PM
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Has R & C done a complete build on a 235, 261 or 292 Chevy engine. I would really like to see it done.I don't have anything against V8's I just think there are a lot of us inliners out there that would appreciate seeing something a little different for a change in R & C.
I for one have a '51 Chevy tin woody and I plan on building a hot six. I know it would probably be less expensive to go the 350 route but that's what most people
would expect under the hood now a days.
So what do you say will you make a lot of us readers happy by considering a Chevy
six cylinder engine build.
Thanks for your consideration and
Best Regards
gemnewt3
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Posted: 05/04/12
05:41 AM
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a six build.. i am only a forum member.. but there are over 50 magazines on this site.. have you searched any of the truck magazines? i have seen at least 6 or 8 scattered around the various magazines..
there might be some money saving tricks in those to share...
the really hard to avoid expense is the head work... hard seats and valves.. i recall one of the articles covered the head in detail... step by step in the rebuilding and modifications..
only problem.. i don't recall which magazine site i saw it in.. and i did not book mark it..
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XC_Ute
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| Joined: 01/07
Posted: 05/12/12
06:54 AM
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I have collected every issue of R & C except those that were combined with Hot Rod. Don't recall ever seeing a Chibbie-GMC six build up within R & C but with the current "state-of-art" for rods being "Vintage" it is time to look into the GM sixes.
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Posted: 05/14/12
06:38 AM
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i did find this article in one of the other magazines...
somebody has disabled some of the search features so you cannot search more than one magazine at a time.. so i only had to go through a dozen magazines to find this article..
i did mention that it was in a different magazine.. there are only 55 or so on this site..
http://www.classictrucks.com/tech/0706ct_the_old_six_fix/viewall.html
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Posted: 09/24/12
04:45 PM
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I would enjoy seeing a buildup of one of those sixes also, as I would like to build a '33 Ford three window as a commuter vehicle. You are probably correct that you can buy a crate motor cheaper, but with gas getting terribly close to $4 per gallon, there has to be a better way. And in my opinion, none of the contemporary econoboxes are worth taking for a test drive.
Dennis W. Parks
Author of automotive how-to books
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Posted: 09/25/12
06:44 AM
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dennis... wow.. how about a book on tuning carbs for MPG...
drop me a line... check your messages above to the left of where you log out at..
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Posted: 10/16/12
06:40 PM
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Thanks Wayne... I did send you a message.
Dennis
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Posted: 10/31/12
06:13 AM
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in stovebolt six building...
one wonders... if it might be better to go to a Later model TOYOTA motor...
at one point in the mid 90s.. there was a 228 and an toyota F or 2F motor sitting on the machine shop floor next to each other.. there were slight visible differences like thread sizes..
makes one wonder if the toyota F motors might not change how six cylinder applications are rodded...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_F_engine
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jalopy45
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| Joined: 04/07
Posted: 10/31/12
01:22 PM
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The Japanese are famous for reverse engineering, the Toyota 6 out of a Land Cruiser is a copy of the Chevy 6, just like the 1200 Datsun 4 is a copy of the British Austin (MG etc.)4.
For a load of info go to the Inliners web site and join. 
http://www.inliners.org
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