What I like about the slant........and ALL straight sixes, really, is they respond RIGHT NOW to throttle changes. Very peppy. I only have the 170 in my 64 Valiant, but man, it's a hoot to drive. I love it. It gets up to speed really quick and you can tell it WANTS to go. It's just a fun little car. I am building a long rod 225 now with the 2.2 4 cylinder Chrysler pistons, big valve ported head and somebody's bigass custom cam, four barrel and headers (MAYBE a ported and hogged stock manifold). Haven't found which cam I am going with yet. Was hoping for some help from a member here who works at Crower, but after several attempts to get with him, I have given up and am going another direction.
Slant sixes are very unique. They're from a completely different ear, they're archaic, they're DIFFERENT, they're indestructible AS LONG AS you keep oil and water in them. The simple fact of the matter is this. People who say "throw the slant in the ditch and put a V8 in it" just don't get it. You don't build a slant to run fast.......well........a few do. There ARE some really nasty ones out there. Some that run in the 9s. Maybe faster. BUT they are REALLY nasty and not very streetable.
