Slant 6 turbocharging- yea or nay?

Bill Dedman said
Here's what I THINK to be true: As I said, please correct me if I am wrong...

BECAUSE the /6 was originally designed to be an aluminum block engine, and because aluminum is not as strong as cast iron, the main bearing webs, the top deck of the block, and just about everything else relating to design parameters that affect block strength, ended up being manufactured of cast iron, (when the plans for an aluminum block went away) without changing the specs at all. In other words, this engine should be constructed UNGODLY strong (as cast) because of the foregoing. Add to that, a forged crank (early models,) and a cylinder head that is as robust as the block. It is one rigid s.o.b., at 84 pounds!!!

If anyone has any disagreements with what I've written here, please post the CORRECT info; as I said, I don't know much about these engines....

Thanks for any comments!:read2:

Bill, I'm really not into the design history of the slant, but (this is my opinion), I disagree with the statement (I have heard this before) that the slant six was designed as an aluminum engine, and therefore the cast iron version is much stronger. I have looked at both blocks.
If you compare the aluminum block to the cast Iron block, there are many differences. The aluminum block has main saddles that are iron/steel and bolt into the block. The deck on a aluminum engine is open (you can look down right into the water jacket), and has free standing cylinders. The side of the block is a different configuation. I would submit that if the cast iron block had been cast the same as the aluminum block, the current cast iron block would be stronger.

PS: I do believe in turbos on a slant. Go for it.