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I'm Just starting my 1947 ('46) 1/2 ton and trying to find a engine. dose anyone know a good place to find an inline 6 and any recimandatios on the engine. I'm not planing on doig a rebild more of a street rod. but I would Like to stay with an inline 6. dose anyone know of any kits the include evrything bloke and all?

There have been several threads on this, try a search or two for more info-

Of course what engine you want will depend on what you want to do with the truck and how much you want to spend-

You can probably find a used chevy 292 inline six that'll bolt up to the original bellhousing. There are probably lots of performance parts for the 292 out there since it came in lots of vehicles, including camaros. Also, since the engine is pretty common you might find a used one at a junk yard for fairly cheap.

Many people will say that if you are going to hotrod the truck you might as well just go with a small block chevy 350 or 400- They are probably the most common engine in the world, hot rod parts are everywhere for them and consequently they are cheap to build/improve/fix/buy.

here is a site i came across.

http://www.chevytrucks.org/

dont know exactly wich way you wanna go but maybe this will help.
kelly

NM51, I don't think a 292 will bolt to his original 216 bellhousing. A 235 or 261 will. Lots of 235's still out there. Parts for repair/rebuild and high perf. are readily available. Bolt-in with few snags. Jim Carter and others have rebuilts ready to go. Get you some catalogs or visit the websites of some of the vendors listed in the links section of this site.
Why not keep your 216? They are quite rebuildable and dependable if the rpm's are kept down. Lots of vintage custom speed parts and stuff available for them. Looks cool! The GMC 6's like a 270 or 302 are good candidates for a hot rod 6. Practically indestructable though the 302's are harder to find. Lots of discussion on related topics in these forums. Look in the Hi-Po forum and run some searches. Good luck.

It sounds like you want a hot rod crate motor, but an I6. I don't know of any sources for that,although as Frank says, Jim Carter and others have rebuilt stock motors.

If you want a hotrod motor that's already built, then it would be much easier to get a 350 V8 crate from GM or other source.

However, if you wanna stick with the 6, then your choices are a little more limited...mainly to stock builds, rather than performance motors.

Another alternative is to have a motor built locally. Find out who build motors for the local racers and see how much he'd charge you to build up a wonna the Jimmy motors Frank suggests. Can't hurt to ask.

My preference is to build my own motors, but there are a lotta guys who run crates or speed-shop-built motors and are real happy with them.

my first inclination would be to go to a junk yard and find the engine you want be it a 235/292 or whatever and build it yourself but the fact is machine labor etc has gotten expensivie to the point you can buy a re-man witha gurantee that is more economical. I would suggest checking with some of the re-man and ask them if they have one they have bored....say .030 oversize, with new stuff in it. Then once you get it put in a mild street strip cam.(may void warrantee?) Then just dress it up with twin carbs etc. Now if you really want to hotrod do as I did.....Go V/8 chevy. One thing for sure. It doesn't cost much to check and compare, and then check and compare some more until you have what you want. Ask questions and keep notes. Whew, thats my .03 worth!!

If you want to hotrod your truck I would not want to keep the splash oiling 216- If you want to keep the original look but have more performance, get a 235 or 261 from a post 1955 truck or car- Keep your 216 valve cover and the studs it mounts to and put it on your new engine, that way it'll look almost like the original one but be better on the inside- The main differences between your engine and the post 55 engines are inset bearings rather than babbited bearing, full pressure oiling and full flow oil filtration. You can build a pretty strong 235 or 261, however its more expensive than building a small block chevy. For what it will cost you to build a strong 235/261 you could build a monster of a 350.

thanke you all for the replys I have a lot to think about. I Like the look of the inline 6 but would like full pressure oiling and full flow oil filtration.