$ Building a Slant 6 for performance
Bill, believe me, I've watched those videos many times. I really want to do a turbo Slant. Boost works on bigger engines too though... I kept my last slant with the 4 bbl. header, ported head and .530" solid.
Oh, you are SOOO right!
If you want to go REAL fast, turbo a big block!!!:blob:
I think, for sane people, though a 500 horsepower street car is pretty much the limit for safe, sane driving. My Vortech-supercharged 360 Magnum makes around 500 HP and in a 3,330-pound '72 Valiant goes about as fast and as quick as I want to go on the street.
Will it take a Hayabusa from a traffic light? No... but it will scare him... LOL!
I'm 73 years old and I guess I just am losing it, but that Valiant scares me... It goes fast enough, quick enough, to get me into trouble in a heartbeat.
The slant six car we are building will (if it runs at all, like it should be capable of,) make MY Valiant look like it's backing up... seeing as how it's got about the same amount of power, in a 500-pound lighter body...
I don't really want to go any faster than that...
But, there are folks who are looking for 700+ horsepower (or, more), and you probably aren't going to find that with a slant six... turbo, nitrous, or both.
To them, I say, have it it!! Twin turbos on a 510-inch 383 stroker in a Duster could be lots of fun... if I weren't such a wimp!
But, 500 is going to be plenty for me, I think.:cheers:
Now, the next problem is finding it (that 500 HP); I may get this monstrosity bolted together and find I have built a 14-second car... that is always possible!
TALK IS CHEAP; WE'LL SEE!!! :prayer:
