Chevy I6

[Twisted Minis]

Anyone running the later Chevy I6? The 194, 250 and 292?

I've got a 250, and I am wanting to run lake headers and a 2 or 3 carb intake for two barrel carbs, 94s, 97s, etc.

I've only found things like this for the earlier inline motors, and even then they are hard to get the intakes.

I am going to build my own. But I was curious if anyone else would want and intake/header combo. It could be lakes style or a traditional header, or zoomies, whatever, And run 2 or 3 of the 3-bolt two-barrels. I am trying to figure out if it would be worth it to have the pieces laser cut.

Also, same thing goes for the earlier inline motors. I have one available to me that I could use to build the same type of setup.

 

[24dodge]

here is the 194 I just built , it has 3 81`s BobW and DMW56 also have multi carb set ups on their late 6`s

 

[bob w]

If you go to the "Builds" section and find the thread titled, "another Internaional build" you will see the junk I built for my 250 six. My intake manifold is water heated. Don't know if it helps but as long as I was building and it is recommended by some experts, it did it.

 

[Twisted Minis]

Thats a great looking motor 24Dodge. And Bobw I had seen your international. I like what you built for the engine.


Maybe I should make my question more simple though. I basically want to know if there would be interest in a custom intake to run a 2x2 or 3x2 carb setup? Or if most would rather just run single barrels? Also would have either a lakes style header or one similar to what 24 Dodge has. I am thinking of making it all one piece.

 

[dmw56]

I've already got what I need, but thanks for the offer. Good luck and I'd love to see the finished product.

 

[24dodge]

I would think there would be alot of heat transfer from the exhaust to the intake if it were built in one pc. , I think that you could find out if there was any interest in your idea by building one and putting it on ebay , the audience there is huge

 

[dmw56]

The later Chevy/Corporate L6s had an integral head with the intake, exhaust manifold, and head all one piece. They had lots of issues with the design, such as cracking.


Check out this link
http://www.manifoldsbymoose.com/

 

[22dodge]

Nice....

here is the 194 I just built , it has 3 81`s

Beautiful engine, 24. Looks great. '22

 

[Twisted Minis]

I would think there would be alot of heat transfer from the exhaust to the intake if it were built in one pc. , I think that you could find out if there was any interest in your idea by building one and putting it on ebay , the audience there is huge

By one piece I meant using a one piece flange, which is why they would come together as one piece. Since I want to build a header and an intake for myself, I might as well just make them together. One flange would eliminate those oval washer things holding two pieces together.

I guess I will give the eBay thing a shot. Doesn't seem like much interest though, so I may just make my own and call it good.

 

[bob w]

I made a one piece header/intake flange for mine. Used a 1-5/8" hole saw and then gasket matched with a die grinder. Lots of time, no $$$. I think lots of Chevy 6 guys like the aluminum aftermarket intakes as they sure look nice. Tom Langdon at Stovebolt.com makes a great looking cast exhaust manifold that is popular too.

 

[Twisted Minis]

Yeah I like the Langdon cast header. If I where building a 6 powered fendered car I would probably use that. Just not the look I am after for this car.

I started work on my flange today. Made a press forming die for the tube. Will probably have some progress on it next week.

 

[CROMAN69Z28]

hey Twisted- just found this topic after doing a little inline research. Any progress or pics of your header/intake?