Slant 6 Aluminum Performance Head
Back around 1979, Larry Sheppard referred me to someone at Chrysler (can't remember his name) about the turbo program. At the time I was contemplating installing a turbo on my 65 Valiant 170 slant six. Back then, there wasn't much info available about turbo conversions, and I was looking for some basic info. My contact at Chrysler, told me, they had cancelled the program, as they couldn't make the engine live. They would not give me any info at all. Not god, bad, or indifferent. I was told that Chrys was looking at the turbo system for trucks.
I wound up doing it anyway. The biggest problem I had was with the "tune up". Having no/low boost drivability, without detonation at boost. Back them there was no such time as AFR gauges, or "boost timing masters". By 1981 I was driving the car to the track, and running 13.4's at 104 mph. about 11-12 lbs boost. The only engine failures I had were caused by detonation (head gasket, rings, pistons). I used a Rajay F70 turbo
