Fireside Valiant chat
Funny that a Valiant chat has conjured up so much slant six talk. When I first acquired this car, I wont lie and I admit that I was thinking V8 swap. I right away jumped on FABO and started looking at early A's galore to see the V8s in the car pics Vs. the slant six in the car pics.
I might be strange but I actually like the way a slant looks in an early A engine compartment.
Also, when I realized what the exhaust options are .....made the slant look even more appealing. Unless you want to spend huge money on headers the only option really is 273 manifolds.....****yawn**** :poke:
So my solution was to head to the barn and see what I have for a slant six build. I have a slant I had built a few years ago for a 72 dart that didn't pan out. It has the Clifford header and 4 bbl. intake. To me, this is a solution....get headers in the car and a relatively cool set up WITHOUT having to mess with V8 swap woes and even more expense because i already have the slant stuff here.
Plus I always wanted to build a slant six car. For some reason a slant six and an Early A just seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly. I guess the engine was basically made specifically for the Valiant.
Funny that a Valiant chat has conjured up so much slant six talk. When I first acquired this car, I wont lie and I admit that I was thinking V8 swap. I right away jumped on FABO and started looking at early A's galore to see the V8s in the car pics Vs. the slant six in the car pics.
I might be strange but I actually like the way a slant looks in an early A engine compartment.
Also, when I realized what the exhaust options are .....made the slant look even more appealing. Unless you want to spend huge money on headers the only option really is 273 manifolds.....****yawn**** :poke:
So my solution was to head to the barn and see what I have for a slant six build. I have a slant I had built a few years ago for a 72 dart that didn't pan out. It has the Clifford header and 4 bbl. intake. To me, this is a solution....get headers in the car and a relatively cool set up WITHOUT having to mess with V8 swap woes and even more expense because i already have the slant stuff here.
Plus I always wanted to build a slant six car. For some reason a slant six and an Early A just seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly. I guess the engine was basically made specifically for the Valiant.
