55 Fargo Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Slant 6s were installed in cars and trucks for many years 1959- 87. As well as the Industrial applications for farm and industry. Here is a new use for a 1971 Slant 6 ot of a 71 California Cuda. Attached is an A833 trans. 2200 lb car, should launch well. Needs driveshaft, clutch throwout setup and rad/ electric fan and she could be test driven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knuckleharley Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 3 hours ago, 55 Fargo said: Slant 6s were installed in cars and trucks for many years 1959- 87. As well as the Industrial applications for farm and industry. Here is a new use for a 1971 Slant 6 ot of a 71 California Cuda. Attached is an A833 trans. 2200 lb car, should launch well. Needs driveshaft, clutch throwout setup and rad/ electric fan and she could be test driven. There is a video on youtube I think you would enjoy. It is a 61 Valiant stationwagon with a slant6 squaring off at a drag strip against one of the new Dodge Chrargers that are rated at around 700 HP. The Valiant eats him alive. Both are painted the same shade of green. I think there is something wrong with the Valiant,though. It doesn't want to idle very smoothly. Who knows how fast it would be if he tuned it up and got rid of the rough idle? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55 Fargo Posted September 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 Yes have seen that very video. And many more. Even in a relatively stock form, this car would be peppy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 10, 2018 Report Share Posted September 10, 2018 if the slant six were revisited by modern engineers and revamped to utilize the electronics, sensors and rest of the whiz bang technology...and built with todays specs/metallurgy I would suspect a HP output of some 275 plus at worse scenario.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51cambridge Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 14 hours ago, knuckleharley said: There is a video on youtube I think you would enjoy. It is a 61 Valiant stationwagon with a slant6 squaring off at a drag strip against one of the new Dodge Chrargers that are rated at around 700 HP. The Valiant eats him alive. Both are painted the same shade of green. I think there is something wrong with the Valiant,though. It doesn't want to idle very smoothly. Who knows how fast it would be if he tuned it up and got rid of the rough idle? Was a slant with full race cam etc against a 707 hp hellcat Challenger. Both owned by the same guy had his brother driving the other car. They swapped drivers and beat it again. ? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knuckleharley Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 38 minutes ago, 51cambridge said: Was a slant with full race cam etc ?? It was a joke son,a joke! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51cambridge Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 I knew that. Just posting the facts from the Slant 6 board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 8 minutes ago, 51cambridge said: I knew that. Just posting the facts from the Slant 6 board. or is that Slant 6 bored....? that again, is a joke...I have owned as many /6 cars-trucks as I have with V8.....the 61 Lancer Sport Coupe is the only /6 still held captive at my house. The '73 QRS was the best engine ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radarsonwheels Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 I had a worked /6 head along with headers and a two barrel holley that destroyed a bunch of junkyard shortblocks revving all over town through a ford 7.5” rear with 3.73 gears. It was a lot of fun and when I bought the hotrod top end it was still installed in an early dart which was stripped to a shell- not even glass in it. That car must have weighed like 1800 lbs! The guy let me rip around his (rural) neighborhood in it banging pushbutton gears and sitting on a milk crate. It was a rocketship. I also had a stock 225 with an aluminum case OD 4 speed. You had to wait for a huge gap to merge if an on ramp had a stop sign but that 1987 D150 ran amazing filled to the brim with gravel! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51cambridge Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 My 51 Cambridge has a slant . 3 angle valve job , r.v. cam , edelbrock intake with Holley 390, headers out to duel exhaust. Along with a lock up converter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55 Fargo Posted September 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 25 minutes ago, 51cambridge said: My 51 Cambridge has a slant . 3 angle valve job , r.v. cam , edelbrock intake with Holley 390, headers out to duel exhaust. Along with a lock up converter. And how does she role along? I like this Slant turboed in a Duster. https://youtu.be/4sghBQKI5q8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51cambridge Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 It takes right off from a standing start, but then the tall gears hold it back. Probably be much better as a standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kencombs Posted September 14, 2018 Report Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) a couple of slant 6 stories. When I was about 19 I worked for an airline as an aircraft records clerk on the flight line of an overhaul base. We were located on the opposite side of the airport from the passenger terminals. Daily work required several trips to/from the terminal, about a 6mi round trip. We bought a 63 crew cab 3/4 with a slanty and Torqueflite. When I left that job, it has about 130,000mi and with 127 different drivers! Never missed a beat. Slow as molasses since it was so heavy, but bulletproof. When I was much older, my oldest daughter had a Swinger, 74 model, cherry one owner. She married a quy with the mechanical knowledge of a rock. He was driving her car to work, about 45 mi one way. He called on morning saying the car go hot and wouldn't start.. I was drafted to go get him and it. When I asked how far he drove it after it overheated. 'till it stopped!!!" I pulled head and pan. Bearings were fine! Rings were toast. Replaced rings, rod bearings to just because, did a quick valve touchup grind. It ran perfectly for years after that mistreatment. Those things are just indestructible. Edited September 14, 2018 by kencombs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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