Torque + Fuel economy

another guy with a slant powered D150. Not my 1st. Back when I had the 1st one, I did the 318 swap..... this time I am going to see what I can get the slant to do..... My son also has a slant powered truck.... a good tuneup, replaced the melted out 4 pin ECU (ignition box) with a good quality new aftermarket one from "back in the day" (we found an old Niehoff box that was at least 35 years old but brand new in the box) Super 6'd it with an NOS BBD, and just played with it to get it "the best it could be" for now..... head will probably come off for a shave and possibly mild porting, eventually. but even without that it runs much much better than when he got it.

On mine (actually has a 727 not a 904 to begin with) I happened upon another slant.... I figure I have a fighting chance to get a decent running truck that will get out of its own way by instead of having to buy a V8 trans, V8 mounts, V8 exhaust, and depending on the motor I wound up with to swap in, also possibly having to buy V8 pan and V8 mounts..... that gives me "extra money" to see just what I can get out of a slant..... yeah it's a bit doggy at present, but no worse than the 3.9 in my 99 Dakota..... I am rebuilding this other slant, it's in the machine shop right now. It's gettin bored, the head is getting shaved (as soon as I finish the porting job) oversize valves, a reground cam, a Super 6 with an NOS BBD like we put onto the kid's truck, and we will see what that gets me.