Slant Six mpg's?
That's the 2nd time you've mentioned that.
Engine Weights:
Slant Six 475 lbs.
273-340 "A" V8 525 lbs.
360 "A" 550 lbs.
361-383-400 V8 620 lbs.
413-426W-440 V8 670 lbs.
Street Hemi 765 lbs.
Slants are a lot lighter than I'd expect for an overbuilt engine designed in 1959, and just like V-8's, can be lightened with aluminum parts. Why do you keep mentioning how heavy it is?
Because those number are not right........
If you stuck all the regular bolt on's into the picture, the v8 would weigh a lot less.= aluminum intake, headers, water pump[early had iron] and even aluminum head's', but hey....whatever you say.
slants have the aluminum intake, headers....and thats it.
still stuck with that tank of an iron head that weighs 'close' to the block does.
and since when does an iron '3.58' crank add 25lbs over a steel 3.31 crank?? really??
Lets look at that 4 a minute...
HP 10.5 340 pistons from the factory weigh more than a 360 piston by a considerable amount 'in the world of pistons' let alone the bigger bore.
then the windage tray, the diff main bolts.......ah heck it's obvious those number are garbage by the way it say's the 318 weighs the same as a 340........meanwhile the 340 has a way larger bore,pistons,rods,tray,intake, valves,springs......I could go on but my point is made that the info you have listed is incorrect, wether the slant is lighter or not.
I will go the scale and start weighing....
