Talk:Chevrolet Stovebolt engine

message: Why was the Chevrolet Straight-6 ingine called Stovebolts?
David — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.206.191.165 (talk • contribs) 15:30, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It was called a "stovebolt six" because it was held together with stove bolts, which is to say 1/4"-20 machine screws such as were universally used in wood and coal burning stoves of the era. This had the overwhelming advantage that if you lost or broke a bolt in your engine, you could take a bolt out of your stove and use it instead. You don't often see that kind of component standardization in more modern engines.RockyMtnGuy (talk) 00:55, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Although they may have shared a thread size with common stove bolts, it would have been a mistake to use them as a replacement in your engine as the factory bolts were a higher grade steel than a typical stove bolt.  The phrase was originally a derogatory term only later adopted as a affectionate one. Nyth63 11:38, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Such is true, although during the Depression people did what they could afford. Often the alternative was taking the engine out completely and replacing it with a horse, known in Canada as the Bennett buggy and in the US as the Hoover cart. My late father once strapped together a broken connecting rod in his Model T engine with his leather belt. It held together long enough to get him home.RockyMtnGuy (talk) 17:59, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Name?

message: Which of these engines were fitted with a Rochester carburetor? See Rochester Products Division where there is little early history. Rupertlt --Rupertlt (talk) 01:08, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Rochester carburetor

message: In the Oldsmobile's flathead straight six in Chevy and GMC trucks section, an IP editor put the following comment:
:(an edit) It is my understanding that they used an Oldsmobile engine in 1937 and a Pontiac Engine in 1938.
It doesn't read very well on the main page, so I shifted it here.  Stepho  (talk) 01:44, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oldsmobile's flathead straight six in Chevy and GMC trucks 

message: I don't have it in front of me, but there's a GM "75 Years" history which mentions a 400ci inline 6 available in 7 ton commercials, too.  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura  22:32, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Spartans? 

message: I uploaded these pictures of a blue flame in-line 6 on a 1953 Corvette convertible. Can someone verify if it is genuine? 
 Kowloonese (talk) 07:32, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not expert, but the Blue Flame valve cover looks gennie. The 3-pot setup isn't stock, AFAIK, tho it might be 'vette-spec. Those chrome hats I would doubt are stock, either; again, maybe 'vette-spec. Might want to post the question at the Project page to get more eyes on it.  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura  20:20, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
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message: I don't see any mention of the straight 6 in the '59-up Bel Air. My dad owned one for years...  TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 03:18, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calling Will Smith 

message: I have also seen mention of a 360 (4.125 x 4.5) and a 477 (4.5 x 5) from the late 30s - early 40s. They might have been sourced from Continental. Also a 707 (5 x 6) from the 30s that I thought would have been from Mack, but others have said not. Thanks. AMCKen (talk) 23:12, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Other GMC Sizes

message: I think the GMC should be split into its own article: GMC straight-6 engine -JonathanDP81 (talk | contribs) 23:27, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: No reasons given, section is not very big. Article size does not suggest the need for a split. No discussion in 2 years, declining. · · · Peter (Southwood) (talk): 12:40, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: GMC straight-6 engine

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message: In the section on the 250 six it is stated that the 231 3.6 L and the 4.2 L Buick V6 engines that replaced the 250 straight 6 were a version of the Chevrolet small block V8 minus 2 cylinders. This is in error. The Buick engine was designed on the model of the Buick 215 V8, minus 2 cylinders. This allowed the Buick V8 and V6 to be built on the same machine tools. The first version of the Buick engine was 198 CI and it was enlarged to 231 CI (3.6L) in 1975 when it was returned to production after the design and tooling was bought back from AMC who got in the purchase of Jeep who produced the engine from 1967 till 1971. Rover ended up producing the V8 version of this engine for 30+ years after they bought it from Buick. Corumplex (talk) 03:22, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buick V6