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Had a 65 Chev PU with a 292 loved it my bud borrowed it and it sounded like it had a rod knocking, found a rebuilt 283 V8 cheap and put it in did not like the loss of torque
for putting around better highway rig but missed the tractor like power of the 292. Had several Ford,s with the 300 6 did not like it as well as the 292.

Oakie,
Well that's ah keeper. Theyre affordable to rebuild should you decide to freshen it up.

Kurt,
I here yah. I'm currently pulling the 327 chevy out, for the 292. Nothing wrong with it, but not really a tractor motor, more of a high rpm/quick throttle response kinda motor.

Yea went cruising when I put the 283 in and kept spinning wheels in loose gravel the 292 had a very smooth torque curve and more useful traction. Thinking back the 292
knock probably was the harmonic balancer. But the 283 was better for highway use.

Grand Truck

Gotta love those big GM sixes

I had a friend in high school in the 90's that had nearly the identical truck but blue. His step dad had an old 327 that he had no idea where it came from we put in it. I'm not joking i have no idea how high that 327 revved but i swore the rods should have came out of it 1000 times and it never let go. Ran like a scalded dog.

I do too.

That vintage of Chev/GMC truck is actually my favorite. I'd love one that was 4x4.

K20, yep that 327 likes to rev. With an over-load of green birch, the motor wants 3000 rpms between shifts. Steep inclines, 4-5000 rpms between shifts. Couple times I hit 6000-7000 rpms without issue. Gets there in a nano second.

T-zone, yah the 67-72 are some dmn good lookin rigs. Very little emissions madness. Engines of the era put out good power. Just pulled another 292 from an 80s chevy 3/4 ton.
It's going in my 1972 k5 blazer. It's mustard yellow.

The k20 is getting 4:56 geared m1008 cucv axles. 14 bolt rear with Detroit locker, Dana 60 front with a limited slip. That's how the military axles came. Direct bolt swap, that's the joy of 67-72. Parts commonality over a broad spectrum of years and models.

No bling, no plush, just straight tough, no chaser, and the eye knows it goes down to the bone.