I never owned a 292, but there were a bunch of them around here hauling rock with end dumps when they built IH10 around here in the 60's. They ran them wide open all day long and claimed they were the best engines they had ever run. I was hauling grain and feed ingredients during this time with a 550 GMC with a 370 cu. in. engine that was actually an Olds 371 block. I stuck a set of rings and bearings in it about every 100k miles. My shift points were 3800 and 4200. I sometimes over ran the 4200 down hill but I never let it get below 3600. It was still a strong running engine when I wrecked the truck in 1968.
