Kid has anybody tried putting a hemi 6 head on a slant? Are they even close in design? I'm always looking on Craigslist hoping to stumble across one
In all seriousness, Some GOOD off the shelf cam grinds. A good AFFORDABLE roller cam. In short somewhere OTHER than Clifford to buy parts from.
Hey guys, I'm headed off to college (IUPUI) for Motorsports Engineering. I'm just curious on the interest level in for performance parts for Slants.
Gimme your $.02!!!!
This is totally awesome!
Clearance issue or not, a crossflow or simply a better cylinder head would sell.
Edelbrock is making heads for the 348/409 Chevy and that's a pretty small market, think of the market for a good slant six head!!
Downside is most slant sixers are cheap bastards. Rocket scientist smart, but cheap. ;)
even if they just cast a stock port head with more meat in the right area alot would buy it... then have a CNC port work and it would be sweet...
just need a bracket for the intake and maybe headers so they dont pull the studs out...
Can somebody (anybody) explain to me, just what, specifically, the flow advantages of a crossflow head are?
Unless there are issues with one set of ports (intake, for example) infringing on the space that might be used by the exhaust ports (in this case,) I fail to see what kind of advantage a crossflow head would have over a same-side setup. The mixture coming out of the combustion chamber doesn't CARE which way it goes, does it?
I have thought about it a lot, trying to justify the added complication of moving the exhaust port to the opposite side of the head, and except for some minimal advantages in packaging (room for components,) I can't see a single thing to recommend it (a crossflow configuration,) over the OEM setup on a slant six.
It would complicate turbo plumbing, for sure...
Somebody help me out here... please.:glasses7:
heat mostly... you dont have 900* header tubes or manifold right next to your intake... but as you said for these it really wouldn't make sense due to the lean... just no need
That (heat) is something I hadn't thought about, and is worthy of consideration. Thanks for the tip!:bounce:
You might try emulating the Ford Mod motor three valve head. The bore is only slightly greater than the small bore of a slant six (3.552 for the Ford, 3.4 for the slant) and guys are commonly pushing the bore of the slant six out to 3.5. Running the exhaust on the right side of the engine frees up the left side for a barrel style F.I. intake and a non overheated starter. Not cooking the master cylinder with exhaust heat is a good idea too.
ive seen i think two slant guys that took the time to make a sheild between the int and exh... you can imagine what that looked like... i was thinking of making a plate much like the old nascar set ups that drops over the hole top of the engine compartment and seals the intake in its own cold area...
That N.A.S.C.A.R. cold air intake idea is a good one! Shouldn't be too hard to do, either. Go for it!!!
You might try emulating the Ford Mod motor three valve head. The bore is only slightly greater than the small bore of a slant six (3.552 for the Ford, 3.4 for the slant) and guys are commonly pushing the bore of the slant six out to 3.5. .
tell you the truth i was gonna make a whole new "lightweight" engine comparment for increased areo... also gonna set the motor back about an inch...
Or you could just set your whole drivetrain into a '62 Valiant 2-door sedan and pick up about a half a second... LOL!
Or you could just set your whole drivetrain into a '62 Valiant 2-door sedan and pick up about a half a second... LOL!
im STILL working on trying to get this old race car... its gonna be crazier than marks...
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