Re: Any love for the/6?
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Uncle Tonys Garage has videos of slant 6 builds. At 225ci a supercharger from the 231ci 3.8 liter Buick (Bonnevilles Grand Prixs and Lesabres) would be a nice sized component.
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Re: Any love for the/6?
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Uncle Tonys Garage has videos of slant 6 builds. At 225ci a supercharger from the 231ci 3.8 liter Buick (Bonnevilles Grand Prixs and Lesabres) would be a nice sized component. He's also a particular fan of the 170 - "the perfect engine". Apparently in its day it ran in some junior NASCAR type series and ran away with the championship against the opposition (presumably other sixes??)
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Re: Any love for the/6?
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Uncle Tonys Garage has videos of slant 6 builds. At 225ci a supercharger from the 231ci 3.8 liter Buick (Bonnevilles Grand Prixs and Lesabres) would be a nice sized component. He's also a particular fan of the 170 - "the perfect engine". Apparently in its day it ran in some junior NASCAR type series and ran away with the championship against the opposition (presumably other sixes??) The slant six was so successful in the NASCAR series that they discontinued the events. They took 1st through 3rd and no one was close. They kicked a$$ on the road course too. But this was a six cylinder event.
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Re: Any love for the/6?
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Uncle Tonys Garage has videos of slant 6 builds. At 225ci a supercharger from the 231ci 3.8 liter Buick (Bonnevilles Grand Prixs and Lesabres) would be a nice sized component. He's also a particular fan of the 170 - "the perfect engine". Apparently in its day it ran in some junior NASCAR type series and ran away with the championship against the opposition (presumably other sixes??) That Miata he's stuffing it into is going to be hilarious. Would love to see a reactions video of faces at a Miata event with the hood up.
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Re: Any love for the/6?
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Why didnt mopar follow GM and Ford and produce a 300 cubic inch inline 6 cyl?? GM came close they had a 292 CID version. and I havent seen em all but I'm familiar with Uncle Tony.
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Re: Any love for the/6?
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What gets me is that everyone who isn't trying to talk me into dumping the/6for a V8 is telling me to dump the 727. It stays for now. Are you wanting suggestions or not? That low 1st and 2nd geared 904 will feel like another 75 HP in that truck and get better MPG. Also a rough truck with a running 318 can typically be had for $500 ish around here and provide every part needed for a swap for less than you just spent on a 225.
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Re: Any love for the/6?
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What gets me is that everyone who isn't trying to talk me into dumping the/6for a V8 is telling me to dump the 727. It stays for now. With your current 727 and 3.21 you have a starting line ratio of 7.86 in 1st gear. With the 3.21 axle and the low gearset 904 you have an equivalent starting line ratio equal to 3.62 axle ratio behind the 727. But why porting, cutting the head for more power, etc. then leaving something on the table. 1980 and later low gearset transmissions are a dime a dozen plus you can get lockup for better mileage. Only setback is you will need a little longer prop shaft. Obviously your call.
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Re: Any love for the/6?
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I race a slant 6 powered 63 valiant in the 24 hours of lemons series and it works really well. This is probably the wrong forum though for slant six info. Check out slantsix.org for good info and look into Dutra's book. https://www.amazon.com/Chrysler-Slant-Six-Engines-Rebuild/dp/1613254326 The people at slantsix.org are really helpful!
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Re: Any love for the/6?
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Slants are cool because they are unique. You find a few off the beaten path engines in the comp classes. A couple centuries ago a guy named JP Keck (?) ran a 300 cube Ford six in one of the gas classes. He cut up 3 Ford Cleveland heads and welded them together to make one head, put it all in what looked like a Pro Stock Pinto and the thing flew. Unique builds like that are very cool. Today builders seem to have lost that kind of vision and just LS swap everything, BORING! Good for you for sticking with the slant, have you considered cutting up some small block Eddy heads for it? Turbo charging it?
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Re: Any love for the/6?
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many, many years ago, a buddy of mine from jamestown ny. had a T-bucket that was /6 powered. pretty snappy combo that was, and lots of looks with headers out over the driver's side frame rails ! That's really cool! My first job other than mowing lawns for myself was at a Marina. I was the kid that did anything and everything. As the boss was showing me around we walked by the travel lift and the first thing I noticed was this HUGE thing had a slant six! It was an oldie. For those of you who don't know what a travel lift is here's a picture of a newer one but same design.
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Re: Any love for the/6?
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I've owned 5 slantys of various years. Every single one of them left me stranded. Two of them, neither myself or an actual mechanic could figure out what the heck was wrong with them (both were in PU's). In disgust, one truck ended up with a sledgehammer thru the windshield then sent to the crusher. The other was sold off for pennies on the dollar because emission laws at the time would have made a V8 swap too much.
I'm not gonna bash on someone if they can make it work, but, I'll never own another (unless I was doing a V8 swap).
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