12 Second N/A Slant 6?

Darter6 said

OOps, Forgot to mention that several slanters tested the Aussie intake and felt that the Clifford made more power.Now these were dedicated drag cars so.....I sure like the looks of them though.
I like your thought about building for "Torque" I approched Jack Clifford at the SEMA show in the 90's and told him that I wanted to build a short stroke 170 to rev high.He sat me down and said "Son what you want is Torque,these engines weren't designed to rev.Head won't do it".Same as said in several posts above.
Sorry for getting carried away........

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Jack did a lot for six clyinder engines but "I" think he is wrong about the 170. If you look at what they were trying to do in 60 with the slant you will see a different picture. "I" think the 170 was the engine they designed the hyper pak for. The valve sizes and port sizes if used on a 170 vs a 225 would be much larger just based on cubic inches. I was told by my mentor who ran all kinds of slants that the 170 would zing. At Daytona the 170's were running 120+ miles an hour. Marvin changed a rear gear for the last race, started after everyone else and won the race going away. That is why I am building a 170 to see just what it will do. Remember Jack was in love with a Hudson Super Six.