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Remember to post your model-specific questions in the correct section. The Chevy "Stovebolt". Thread Tools. December 6th, , AM. So I picked up a old chevy inline 6. Could possibly be the same engine displacement that was in my buddies old Bel Air.

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Only 17 and feeling my oats, I drove the old Chevy like a maniac and enjoyed surprising V-8 drivers at stoplights. This got me in trouble with the boss, a hard-working Swede who ran the hometown meat market. I daily cleaned his butcher blocks and delivered steaks in a Chevy two-door commercial sedan. The plain-Jane car, sporting only front bucket seats and a wood rear floor, was really a station wagon without side windows. Heavy-duty springs and shocks reminded you it was built for work, not fun. But two factors made it fun to drive: a very low differential gear and stovebolt six developing max-torque at low rpm. This baby could haul meat faster than Porky Pig ran from the big bad wolf. Most races were over before shifting into second.

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This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Blue Flame is a six! The thermostats for that housing have been out of production for many many years now and are hard to find. You must log in or register to reply here. There were a few '60s variations I am not familiar with, and in the late '60s Chevrolet used some similar engines, but they also looked just a bit different. RE: The Chevy "Stovebolt". There is no myth about the Gen 1 Chevy six being called a stove bolt- we know why it's called that, the Myth applies to calling a 2nd gen and 3rd generation a Stove bolt which they are not. If you want to switch it out for a standard pass car version, so you can use a standard common GM style thermostat, PM me as I may have a spare housing set. I have a very rough measurement of the crankshaft with a window of possible shortening or lengthing of the actual throw between 2. The original usage of the term stovebolt applied to a bolt with a slotted head that fastened into a nut. Langdon's Stovebolt Engineering is a genuine resource for any Six cylinder enthusiast. Insert Quotes Quotes Post Reply. The Stovebolt page is back up and running I suspect those headers are cast steel.

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The terminology and the slang usage of Stovebolt refers to three different things: 1 A bolt with a slotted head, used in the assembly of wood-burning stoves constructed from metal. I had to press the pulley assembly off of the pick up water pump and press it on the car water pump to make it work. It's easy! Joined May 17, The 's were still painted grey in Forums Active Threads. Find More Posts by horseballz. Edited May 15, by wayne sheldon I hate leaving typos! Manual trans Chevs are mechanical until the mid - '50s when the top end oiling changed, then they are found with either. When I speak of the Chevrolet six cylinder engine I think of it in truthful technical terms, not in terms of endearment or what people think. Latest update on the Stovebolt EFI build. All times are GMT Others will know better.