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Well I'm sure I'm not the first one, but I got my Doug Dutra written /6 rebuild and hot rod up paperback book preordered up on target online. $20.49 free delivery as opposed to barnes and noble $28 for it. And that's their 30% off sale price. Says I wont get it until mid February, but that's okay. I am wanting to get in the know with the /6 and I figure between the help of all the very experienced guys here and a couple books I can get there.
 
penstarpurist, let me stir up controversy by saying that, IMHO, although the Slixer was a fantastic engine dependability-wise, the heads were originally designed for economy and Ma Mopar never redesigned them, so they need one hell of a lot of porting work if you want it to breathe well.
 
Bill Crowell said:
penstarpurist, let me stir up controversy by saying that, IMHO, although the Slixer was a fantastic engine dependability-wise, the heads were originally designed for economy and Ma Mopar never redesigned them, so they need one hell of a lot of porting work if you want it to breathe well.
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I agree. We all realize it was a durable, economy engine. Has basically, has no NEW real aftermarket support, other than what is going into the turbo. And there lies its potential !? But it can be made to have better hp and torq with simple mods.
Us fans of the engine enjoy it for what potential it has, and I will also order Doug's book.
I hope Target does not go out of business before Feb!
 
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Bill Crowell said:
penstarpurist, let me stir up controversy by saying that, IMHO, although the Slixer was a fantastic engine dependability-wise, the heads were originally designed for economy and Ma Mopar never redesigned them, so they need one hell of a lot of porting work if you want it to breathe well.
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No controversy from me, I am a long time mopar fan, but have honestly until recently never given the /6 a fair opportunity to be or not to be a good go to engine for anything. If it hadn't been for members here and their open reviews of its potential I would keep piling them up for scrap metal or parts for others cars. Now, I could be wrong but arent they (Chrysler) reintroducing the /6 to the new market of engines for the upcoming lineup of vehicles? I think this could create a stir of new appreciation for the old proven workhorses of the past. I'm ready to give the sixer a chance and I think and like Barbee6043 mentioned there's mods out there to wake it up. And after a conversation with halfafish I think I can achieve this within a reasonable budget. It wont replace the big block in my duster, but I bet it will be a good fun ride even if it doesn't beat anyone on the track or light to light. Lol.
 
Ordered. Looking at a D100, 4spd, /6. Always like having something a little different.
 
Oh boy,another one has come down with SLANT SICKNESS ! Welcome to the madness.Don't care what anybody says,I had a blast with my Slanters,Racing,cross country driving and FUN beaters.Have plans for a B Body Slant Gasser now.
 
barbee6043 said:
I agree. We all realize it was a durable, economy engine. Has basically, has no NEW real aftermarket support, other than what is going into the turbo. And there lies its potential !? But it can be made to have better hp and torq with simple mods.
Us fans of the engine enjoy it for what potential it has, and I will also order Doug's book.
I hope Target does not go out of business before Feb!
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You're damn right it takes a lot of time to port the long runner, you gotta lay the turn back even more than 906 head. Its tricky getting up in there. A lot of grind. .stop and feel, stop and feel. In the end all you get is a head that will 200 cfm.... but a bottom end that wont rev up fast or high enough....almost undrivable on the street with any auto by the time you get enough camshaft.. oh and they DO NOT like high cylinder pressures on pump gas and start detonating after 155+psi , horrible chamber.

You make more power modifying, but the return is never worth more than the novelty of it....hell, a 225 Crankshaft weighs 85 lbs for christs sake.
 
barbee6043 said:
Yea but it was way too cool to actually see a NA Slant Road Toad outrun that HellCat at the 1/4 at MoKan Dragstrip!
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I've seen them run fast too. Neat stuff.
Most bad *** slant was covered in 'Car Magazine', they cut holes in the head straight to the bowl, made a flanged set of tube runners and braised them into the head...added a carb to each, in a pacer late 70's. That's how you make that engine competitive....redesign its runners to flow some real cfm.
 
Charrlie_S said:
I also have a 84 D-100 with a slant/A833od, Used it to tow my racecar from Fl to Ky and back.
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Yes. I have a 1/2 ton '86 I believe it was. Pulled the car trailer with B bodies. Also A833OD, went down the road great, but getting it rolling loaded always made me clutch nervous!!! Great truck for a half ton.
 
Penstarpurist said:
I've been looking at d-100's lately. Really like the looks.
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I have had maybe 5-6 square trucks, mostly 1 t. cummins.....I think the 94 up bodies are maybe tighter, but I love the old square ones. Can't beat them in a 12 valve Cummins!! I love them in the slant too, with the OD, just a different animal.
 
Bill Crowell said:
penstarpurist, let me stir up controversy by saying that, IMHO, although the Slixer was a fantastic engine dependability-wise, the heads were originally designed for economy and Ma Mopar never redesigned them, so they need one hell of a lot of porting work if you want it to breathe well.
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Or you can force the air in with a turbo-charger or super-charger. One youtube shows a 9.09 sec 1/4-mile in a slant w/ turbo, plus tubbed rear-end with big sticky tires. It is not easy to do either since no store-bought kits.
 
I ordered mine from Amazon, I am still waiting for it. I need a lot of books because they do not have a Slant 6 Performance Upgrades for dummies. I am in research mode right now. I want to make my 64 Dart Gt, a street performance approximately 400 horsepower, local show car. I want to do it right, and I intend on using the Torqstorm Supercharger. I do not want anything to break after I put all of this power into the car. Therefore, I am currently researching transmission and rear end challenges.
 
cchrishefish said:
I ordered mine from Amazon, I am still waiting for it. I need a lot of books because they do not have a Slant 6 Performance Upgrades for dummies. I am in research mode right now. I want to make my 64 Dart Gt, a street performance approximately 400 horsepower, local show car. I want to do it right, and I intend on using the Torqstorm Supercharger. I do not want anything to break after I put all of this power into the car. Therefore, I am currently researching transmission and rear end challenges.
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Besides our site, check out slantsix.org it is a Bible of slant info
 
I got an email from CarTech (the publishers) saying that the book had been delayed due to Chinese New Year and a massive increase in imports before a Tariff increase. Another 2 to 3 weeks before the books hit their warehouse.
I'm waiting on a new Hemi book as well as the Slanty one, so I am grateful that they gave me an update.
 
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