One hot 292

[Jeff's bowtie's]

Originally Posted by fatbass

Nah. My wife's new boyfriend likes BMWs.

Wait! What?

I'm thinking that 292 needs to be in a '54 'vette.

I'm thinking that 292 would be awesome in anything it would have been put in !!

[Shaky]

Anybody know where you can get those side covers? <drool>

[davepl]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

You come into this world naked and you leave the same way ...

Be it an old tattered wallet with $10 in it or a mansion with a garage full of muscle cars you can't take it with you .you only rent material objects along the way ...

you may love your old truck but once your gone your wives new boyfriend may like a vintage Porsche more .....

Indeed. I do have one vehicle that's now had 5 generations in it over 40 years in the family, so I hope it makes it through at least one more generation if my kids can find the room to keep it!

Other than that car, though, I was talking to my wife about this issue and I decided to ask her to sell all of my stuff if I die. She asked why, and I explained I didn't want some other asshole driving my cars. She answered "What makes you think I'd marry another asshole?"

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Shaky

Anybody know where you can get those side covers? <drool>

Tom Lowe. [no link]
Sometimes Tom Langdon's www.langdonsstovebolt.com [p/n: 15-0292].
Maybe Cliffords www.cliffordperformance.com ?

OK: Cliffords does not have the side lifter covers, but has some other hard candy in their jars.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by davepl

Indeed. I do have one vehicle that's now had 5 generations in it over 40 years in the family, so I hope it makes it through at least one more generation if my kids can find the room to keep it!

Other than that car, though, I was talking to my wife about this issue and I decided to ask her to sell all of my stuff if I die. She asked why, and I explained I didn't want some other asshole driving my cars. She answered "What makes you think I'd marry another asshole?"

Bold mine. I hope my wife doesn't see this! She'll get together with yours and trade notes!

[Shaky]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Tom Lowe. [no link]
Sometimes Tom Langdon's www.langdonsstovebolt.com [p/n: 15-0292].
Maybe Cliffords www.cliffordperformance.com ?

OK: Cliffords does not have the side lifter covers, but has some other hard candy in their jars.

Thanks - it looks like you can get them here:

http://www.12bolt.com/store/c10/Side_covers.html

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Shaky

Thanks - it looks like you can get them here:

http://www.12bolt.com/store/c10/Side_covers.html

Thanks. I had lost T. Lowe's website...
Looks like Tom Langdon no longer lists that part. I think this is a newer batch that has the forward plate milled thru the fins and a cup polished for the bulge of an HEI distributor.
Clifford seems to be leaning toward a 2bbl Weber rig, [even for 292s] in complete packages...
To get back to the subject of the original post: What carb was that on that black-and-silver turbo job?
[Looked like a Holley or clone.]

[Shaky]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

What carb was that on that black-and-silver turbo job?
[Looked like a Holley or clone.]

Looks like it might be a Demon? I dunno…

https://www.holley.com/brands/demon/

[Jeff's bowtie's]

I think it was a demon carb

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by LongBox

That engine is all about torque,

That's right, high torque at low rpms, something similar displacement V8's don't do very well ( i.e. 283 307 ).

['68OrangeSunshine]

I didn't know Demons were made by Holley. I thought it was a clone brand. Made offshore but compatible with Holley's system.
Looks like the lowest CFM you could get was a 625. I guess that's big enough for a 292 @ .060 over = 300 ['301' is what Santucci calls it so as not to be confused with the Ford 300.]

[Lattimer]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

I didn't know Demons were made by Holley. I thought it was a clone brand. Made offshore but compatible with Holley's system.
Looks like the lowest CFM you could get was a 625. I guess that's big enough for a 292 @ .060 over = 300 ['301' is what Santucci calls it so as not to be confused with the Ford 300.]

Demon was a re-worked Holley, but Holley bought them out a few years back.
https://www.holley.com/brands/demon/

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Lattimer

Demon was a re-worked Holley, but Holley bought them out a few years back.
https://www.holley.com/brands/demon/

Thanks. I learned something.
Looking on Tom Lowe's site, I saw he modifies 4-bbl Holley carbs into 3-bbl carbs and downsizes them. [2 primaries and one big secondary.]
A 600 CFM becomes a 450 CFM.
A 750 CFM becomes a 562 CFM.
The kit to modify your own Holley is $25. $350 for the whole carb, a modified aluminum 600 CFM Holley. [Looks like a 4160 model]
Still cheaper than Jeg's 390 CFM 4160 p/n 8007 Holley 4-bbl at $488.95.

But an Edelbrock 1404, 500 CFM 4-bbl is $330, so why mess with Holleys at all?