The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Engine Shop Did GM ever make an Industrial version of

their inline sixes? I am going to look at what is supposed to be a 292 on a portable welder. Usually they were 230 or 250s. Might be a 292. I'll know tomorrow afternoon. I would think there may be a plate somewhere like a slant six I saw a few years back with an industrial tag on it from the Chrysler Corp Industrial division. Had probably a billet crank, shot peen rods, high nickel block and head with stalite valves and hardened cam. Just thought I would ask if GM made such or just used car engines. :confused: H.

the 250s saw a lot of marine applications

There were a lot of 292,s used in farm machinery.

Thanks very much. I'll check that out this afternoon. I'll post what I find. I did have a friend that had a swather with a chevy 153 four cylinder and it ran very well. It was the same as the ole' Nova as far as size was concerned. Also the same as the boat version. H.

Alot of Chevy inlines, both 4 and 6, saw use in Hyster lift trucks, too.

Thanks for the replies! My Goodness, I never thought about hyster lift trucks but why not? They are really made for long run time and quite tough. Well......I went and looked at the supposedly 292 and it was a very old 216 on a very old home made welder. A far cry from a 292. Just a little under powered for my 87 rig. ( a little??? LOL ) It seemed liked it was not froze up, but for an old rig it would be just fine. Soooo, I finally found one nearby. They are supposed to deliver it later this week at my storage shed. Its amazing how many have 230s or 250s thinking they are 292s by someone who told them it was. Oh well. Its fun to look at them anyhow. This one is a rebuildable core. At least its complete. Hope to start on it in the next few weeks. Also found another one about 100 miles from here in a very small town where I have some customers for elec repair. May get a trailer and just go get it. It is a running motor but probably needs a rebuild as it supposed to use some oil. Can get it for $75. Cheap enough! Plus this motor I'm getting has an extra head and some other extra parts to boot. Sounds like work but also sounds like some fun as well. I will know in a few days on the other motor. H.

F Y I guys. I am a forklift mechanic for a hyster dealer. What a job, all those inline chevys we are using! If you do find a 250 six or maybe a 153,181, or 3.0 4 cyl. The camshafts in these engines are dramatically different as they are profiled for industrial use in our forklifts. They have a strange power band on account of hydraulics and power shift trannys and such. Also some of them can only use marine parts internally and that can get pretty spendy. They are tougher than nails though!

It does sound like there are industrial applications to the GM inline family. I have heard of Mercruiser using them in marine. Have any of you put one of those industrial GM 6's in a car/truck? Can I drop in a marine or forklift cam into a chevy six and get some good towing power? What rpm's do those forklift cams like? I know about RV cams, but like being different. As usual I got more questions than I got answers, a good topic posted by Henry certainly.

My only input is to say that the Mercruiser marine cams were much hotter than the auto or industrial versions. I've had a couple of ski boats with them and they were killer. Great power.

Henry,

Any chance it could be a military build? I believe that they had several creative applications for stovebolts....

Just a thought.

We once had a '71 Reinell 19 footer with a Mercruiser 250 - I do not recall carbeuration other than it being a two-barrel, but recall that this thing would yank up a skier with no problem, and would cruise endlessly at 4,000rpm - plus, it withstood a number of overheats due to the ultra-wimpy coolant impeller that Merc had in the stern I/O drive.

I had a 19 ft Cuddy Cabin with a Chevy 250 Marine engine that I had rebuilt. Rebuilder said the marine engines were different in many ways as they were built to run at constant high rpm and make most of their power there so I wonder if a marine engine would be appropriate for truck/pickup use. The 250 was plenty of engine for that 19 ft boat. It went away when I bought an acreage and traded it for an old Terratrac (Case)bulldozer to clear land.

Hmmmm, Something to think about. Probably would make a killer engine for a pick up. No doubt more torque and hp than a standard pick up 250. There are some boat places here. I'll have to check them out. I saw one boat with a 292 chevy in a 24 or 26' cabin cruiser. The owner said it had good torque and power for that boat. It probably had a 2bbl on it or a 4bbl. Henry