OK guys. As many of you long time bolters remember I got the first 292 done a couple of years ago. Learned some valuable lessons from that first build. The most valuable of all - spend the extra few bucks and use hardened exhaust valve seats. :rolleyes:
Anyway now that both my boys are big enough to get into other things and not have daddy watch them every minute I'm pondering my next project. I want to build another mild 292 but I want to get as much torque out of the engine (naturally aspirated) as possible. I want low end torque like crazy this time. Here are the parts I currently have to work with.
1. I have both the Clifford water heated single 4 barrel intake and the Offenhauser single 4 barrel intake (which of course I'll fab a water plate for, for street use).
2. Clifford shorty headers. I'll probably get a set of Stovebolts if I go with the Offy intake.
3. 2 sets of 292 LPG pistons - one is .030 over and the other .040 over. These bump the compression ratio up to around 9-to-1.
4. Brand new GM HEI distributor.
Here are the parts I'm considering buying and work I'm considering doing or having done.
1. Mild Schneider cam with a high lift and single pattern grind.
2. Really good port and polish of the head with slightly larger intake valves and stock sized exhaust.
3. Stock rods and crank, all reworked and balanced, using a 2 groove GM factory harmonic balancer.
Any suggestions for additional work or changes to my current plans are welcome. I'm building this for a street cruiser, as the vehicle it will go in will probably be geared to turn around 2100 rpms at 70 mph in top gear. I'm hoping to get 350 true lb/ft of torque out of this engine. Horsepower is somewhat irrelevent. Let me know what you guys think! TIA
-ftyler
