SonofaHatchet
Well-Known Member
Whats a good slant 6 set up you guys running?
Lite mods
Mild mods
Heavy mods
Thanks
Lite mods
Mild mods
Heavy mods
Thanks
Dang! Very nice, you like that combo?
Build yourself a decent cylinder head.
Ported,over size valves,shave it .100 for some compression.
Pick your favorite bump stick. Under 500 lift would be fine.
Offy or Clifford 4 bbl intake.
Holley 390 Or Eddy 500 carb.
Hooker or Clifford headers. 2 into 1 2.25" exhaust, with favorite muffler.
Electronic ignition.
3.55 gear or so, and your set. :twisted:
You'll hear the name "Clifford" come up, but be very careful before you decide to spend any money with Clifford. They have a long and ugly reputation for being a bunch of clowns; see for example here, here, here, here, and here. Much of what they sell is inaccurately described, and a lot of it is not even slightly cost-effective. The good news is that you don't need to go to Clifford to get hot rod parts for slant-6s; there are lots of other, better options. See for example Dutra Duals and header options discussed in this thread and this one, Erson custom cams, HEI ignition upgrade, Mike Jeffreys windage trays, Hurricane intakes, other exotic intakes. Hi-perf engine buildup here, high-perf parts and build info here.
Build yourself a decent cylinder head.
Ported,over size valves,shave it .100 for some compression.
Pick your favorite bump stick. Under 500 lift would be fine.
Offy or Clifford 4 bbl intake.
Holley 390 Or Eddy 500 carb.
Hooker or Clifford headers. 2 into 1 2.25" exhaust, with favorite muffler.
Electronic ignition.
3.55 gear or so, and your set. :twisted:
Build yourself a decent cylinder head.
Ported,over size valves
shave it .100 for some compression
3.55 gear
Yes.
Yes.
No. Just shaving this much or that much metal off the head is the wrong way to do it. You really need to calculate your combustion chamber volume accurately, factoring in the piston deck height and cylinder head gasket compressed thickness, and figure out your actual compression ratio, and then you can make a smart, informed decision as to how much to shave off the head and/or block.
Optimal rear gear selection -- like camshaft selection, intake and carb selection, compression selection, and just about every other aspect of a performance build-up -- is a function of the car's parameters (weight, etc.) and how it's going to be driven. 3.55 is usually not a sound choice for a street-driven car with an automatic or non-overdrive manual transmission.