Opinion on Clifford mods for Slant 6 motors

slantsixdan said

Best advice I could possibly give: start by defining, in specific detail, exactly what-all you want the car to do (or not-do, or do differently). In terms of real, practical function, not in terms of how many horsepower you think you want it to have (that number is good for bench-racing, and nothing else).

Be sure to factor in that a car that goes faster also needs to steer and stop better, and these cars mostly don't steer or stop well in stock form, so a good chunk of your money-time-effort budget needs to go for stuff like that. A higher-perf engine also requires more in the way of a cooling system, a sturdier transmission and rear axle, etc. Y'might want to see here to get some ideas about accounting for non-engine aspects of your build.

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This is all research at this time, that’s the reason for the post. I’m not sure what to do with the car to be honest. My 71 340 right now is my daily, but this popped up on my radar at 1200 dollars for a solid original with an already good interior.

I’m not worried about the rest of all that extra stuff, suspension and drive train because all of that will depend on what I do with the motor. I don’t anticipate going and buying an original /6 only to swap it out to a v8, I’ve already got a non matching swinger with a v8. The reason that this appeals to me is two fold, 1 the entry price and 2, I could take my time and really learn how to do everything myself for the first time.

I’m not really hung up on the horsepower either, the original idea for the post was opinions on Clifford’s suggested build and their reputation as a company. Obviously that has been answered already that they’re not the direction I need to go but to build this motor I need to know the correct direction so that’ll mean researching the other options.

If this becomes too massive an undertaking then that’s what it is, but having a blank canvas like this to start with is very intriguing.