as a point of fact, when I was ordering pistons from Ross, the fella said many people went with forced induction of some kind in old 6 cylinder engines as it isn't all that easy to get compression, and the heads flow horribly. If I had used the 235 crank in a 216 I could have gotten 8.5-1, but since I went with the 216 crank, the most they could give me was 7.6-1 which is still low enough for forced induction. I do know that 270 GMC rods will fit in the 216 and clear the cam, but I don't know about the 235,(longer stroke). You could give Gene Beck a call and he would know for certain, there is very little he hasn't done with these engines. He said the 235 crank in a 216 with the GMC rods will hit the cam. If you were to use these rods in a post 53ish 235 you would have to cut the big ends on each side to fit, as the journals are all different after 53. These crankshafts are quite stout, and the GMC rods appear to be nearly unbreakable, although heavy, which is fine if you turbocharge it, because you wouldn't need a lot of RPM to make power. Just some fodder for you to chew on in your quest for power. Not to mention the fella here some time ago adapting fuel injection from something or another to run on these engines. The only limit is how much do you want to spend. It also helps to have a friend with a whole pile of stainless tube bends and a tig welder.
Last edited by brokenhead; 08/26/2012 12:10 PM.
