Slant six turbo cost analysis: 300 hp
Is that what you are running now? I've looked at this company, but can't find anyone with firsthand experience.
And Bill, you're doing a good job of making sure everyone knows! lol
Brandon, I just spent about 20 hours emailing an editor at one of the Mopar magazines, explaining in detail, and as simply as I could, exactly WHY he doesn't get any enthusiastic response from the slant six articles he has run in the past. As we know, the output of the motor is reflected in the flow numbers exhibited by the head. The head (the ONLY ONE available, EVER,) is incapable of supplying the volume of air needed to make much horsepower, no matter how much you massage it, treat it to wonderfully-engineered induction systems, and cam it up to the nines... IT JUST WON'T RUN!!!
Naturally-aspirated, that is.
I asked him point blank, had he EVER run an article on a turbocharged slant six of ANY KIND.... ever, in the history of the magazine...
The silence was deafening.
See, nobody knows about this... It really IS, the best-kept secret in hot rodding.
It's like trying to stand rope on end to change that...
After pointing out that Ryan Peterson's 66 Valiant can flat outrun a 707 horsepower HELLCAT in a drag race, and that if the Hellcat made as much horsepower per cubic inch as Ryan's 50-year-old economy car, it would be advertised at 835 horsepower, not 707... he still wasn't impressed. Ryan's engine isn't a fluke..... Tom Wolfe's motor makes virtually as much power, with the same equipment on board.... a flat-tappet cam, one 4bbl, a stock-type distributor, and a 5,500 rpm redline.
This ISN'T rocket science. but it is not commonly known, and that is why slant sixes are a ho-hum engine for people who are unaware of all this.
Maybe we should just be happy that we have discovered the secret of making a lot of power with not a lot of speed equipment on this motor...
It certainly was NOT ME, who discovered this wonderful information. Tom Wolfe and Ryan Peterson blazed the trail for all of us, and for that, I will be forever in their debt!!!
I think we all will...:prayer::prayer::prayer:
Just a reminder...
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QzUfV8iTpQ"]Turbo Slant Six 10.74 @ 127 mph 7-19-10 - YouTube[/ame]
and just as impressive at 500-pounds heavier
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAxRmoDgsdY"]Turbo charged Slant 6 11.02 @ 120.56 - YouTube[/ame]
Enjoy...:coffee2:
