Blue Flame Engines & Blitz Steering
 

Hi Guys,

on my 1943 Chev Blitz C15a 4wd the Steering wheel has a good couple of inches play before the road wheels move, I am used to vague steering on old Land Rovers but is this too excessive for safe Road use as i dont want to be a highway wanderer ?
Also, I knew my engine had been replaced with a 'direct replacement' engine and thought it was a Holden straight 6 but it may be a Blue Flame, its number is GM 2771291 on the block and on the manifold it says 'GM Mexico 1972' and a bunch of numbers too, if it is a Blue Flame are these also know as Chev 235's ?
plus are they a good engine and decent performer in a Blitz ?

Thanks

Andy

steering
 

Andy,

The steering box is a recirculating ball design. Very advanced for that time and it needs adjusting by the sound of it . By contrast the Fords had a crude steering box :wacko:.

Best engineered thing about Chev's is the steering box :thup2:.

Mike

thanks for the 'hands on' reply Mike !

Did you manage to sell the Land Rover ?

Cheers,

Andy

yes
 

re: LR - Yes a guy in central QLD bought it :confused !!

Engine
 

The engine sounds like it may be the 292 'Mexican' engine as in Euan's CGT.
Beast of an engine for a CMP.

235 v 292
 

If the dizzy is 1/2 way down the engine its more like a 235. The 292 has the dizzy up the front of the block. On a 235 the side cover plate doesn't extend up the head like a 216.

Thanks guys,
dizzy is front left as you look at the engine, it is just above and back from oil filter, sideplate wise there appears to be 2, I think a light blue colour and I can see grey on the engine but i dont know if colours help establish what it is further than this ?
is there other feature or numbers i can check to assist in recognition ?
Cheers

292
 

Sound like keith is right! 292 has 2 side plates and the dizzy above the oil filter. I recon the water pump would be close to the radiator and a thermo fan fitted.

yes Euan, the water pump is close though there is a normal fan fitted too.... its literally an inch from the radiator ! I think they may have 'massaged' the surround and it has a couple of homemade lower radiator brackets that makes the Radiator slanted slightly and bulge out touching the grille.
So what is the actual model of engine so i know for sourcing service items, is it a Blue Flame, 216 or 235 ?

Cheers,

Andy

or 292 even ?! :doh:

292
 

292 mexican engine most likely out of a C10-C20 chev truck.

Hi Euan, The C60 custom delux I owned had a 292 with monojet carby in it and with 9 ton of apples on the deck it could suck up a massive amount of petrol.

bit more info -

on the inlet manifold it says ''mecho en mexico''

on the exh manifold it says "GM 1972 HEONDEN MEXICO"


thanks

Mehico
 

Hey Mike, I could do with a Tequila or 2 after wrestling this bugger !

Mexican 292
 

Hi all - i have been reliably informd from several sources that the Mexican 292 Chevorlet motor is the best Chevrolet engine every released. For what is it worth.

Bob

Thanks Bob
unfortunately this seems a bit sick so not sure if will be leaving it in place