1967 Barracuda - Slant Six (orig) or 440 Big Block? Daily Driver, Need MPG

Why bother rebuilding the slant? Just get a cheap running one.

Maybe I'm not reading this right, but it seems to me like for you, the slant might be temporary, then you'd want to convert to the 440 later, right? If there's ANY chance of that at all, don't put any $ into a slant. And even if the plan is /6 power long term... same answer...

Just look on CL or here for a used /6 that runs, buy it cheap or maybe even free, and stick it in. It will get you by. You're already talking $900 to rebuild the slant you have, but that will end up being even more before you're done. It's the first rule of projects... always cost way more than you plan.

All this of course is just if you don't just pick up a cheap daily driver and stick the Duster in storage for now, which is probably an even better option.

Don't get me wrong, I love slant sixes, and have no plan to convert my '72 to V8 power even though I have everything I need to do it, but they're cheap and plentiful, I don't see any reason to stick good money into one unless you're doing a performance build, and even then, it's arguably wackadoodle (in a good way, but still...)

If you were close by, I have an extra nice /6 and 904 I'd sell you... there's gotta be guys near wherever you are that have the same lying around.

EDIT: Oops, Barracuda, not Duster, whatever :)