Charrlie_S
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Yep. Had .040 poured babbit rods. Had a guy turn the crank in the vehicle.
Is this normal, or am I really that sick?
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She is a beauty.
I had a Mopar bud back in the 90s. that had that color on a 70 TA Challenger. Stunning and understated!
LIke you, I have had everything from slants to hemis to MX and all in between. I have enjoyed my slant cars just as much as any. Call us crazy!
HemiSSDart
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It all depends on what your definition of is is. Or in this case "fun"
My 67 convert is a hell of a lot of fun to drive. It's hot or cold (top is almost always down), requires more strength to drive than my minivan, only left me stranded 1x in 8 years, but no one talks to me at stoplights in my minivan.
I think it is fun to drive inspire of the modern day short comings.
As for hp I have about the same as you do with my 273 2 bbl,19 second 1/4 mile @ 70 mph. But I don't got the "fun" in doing burnouts, never have.
Give me slow over fast any day!
My 67 convert is a hell of a lot of fun to drive. It's hot or cold (top is almost always down), requires more strength to drive than my minivan, only left me stranded 1x in 8 years, but no one talks to me at stoplights in my minivan.
I think it is fun to drive inspire of the modern day short comings.
As for hp I have about the same as you do with my 273 2 bbl,19 second 1/4 mile @ 70 mph. But I don't got the "fun" in doing burnouts, never have.
Give me slow over fast any day!
I’ve not even seen it and already want it. Probably a SM420 with unsynchronized low and first. I learned the skills of proper double clutching and float shifting from seat time in a ‘67 C30 with a 250-6 and that transmission. Those old GMC/ Chevrolet trucks make the best home for a bone stock base level 283 or 307 Chevy with an HEI ignition. Not a huge leap in power, but it allows for going up hill with a load in high gear. The fuel mileage is at least as good and usually better than the with the straight six. I’d love to have an early fifties GMC/Chevy cabover! It’s a whole different kind of “way back” machine.
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What about a later Buick motor? An L67 (supercharged 3800) ought to make that Jeepster move, if you're up for the wiring.
And drilling the crank for a pilot bushing/bearing....
Throwing the biggest engine you can find into an old mopar is only one way to enjoy them. Driving them the way Chrysler designed them is another. Watch Uncle Tony's youtubes video on the slant 6 and its development. It gave me a much greater appreciation of them.
I love my Slanty. Simple and a great cruiser. Everyone asks me, "340 in there." I usually say, " Good guess, but it's a Slant 6." 280,000 people bought Dusters in 1974 with most being Slants and 318's. So, a lot of people liked them. Just being in a Classic gives you the nostalgic feeling that you can't get in a new car! Here's my 340 Slant!
timk225
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I don't need my 1973 Duster Slant 6 to be fast, it is a nice cruiser car. But I'll tune up the Slant anyway, because I just gotta! If I want to run to 140 on the highway, I just get in my Tesla Model 3 and do it! On empty roads, of course.
Mix cruising with nostalgia, and not being in a big hurry, just cool. Slants work well. Mix in a little old car smell! 
58belvedere
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/6's can get you around quite nicely. My 1960 225 putts around O.K. Needs Valve seals now though.
Sign me up for the slants-are-cool club. I have this 66 with three on the tree, and the D150 with A833OD. Both make me smile every time I pull one out for a drive.
^^^ I have add many pickups, but one of my fav was a '88 slant half ton, 4 speed OD, all black. Yea I pulled the cat trailer with it. Getting rolling was a stretch but when it rolled, it rolled!
I don’t think it is one or the other to me. I like fast cars for sure. But on the other hand, one of my pals had an early A with a slant and a three on the tree in really nice shape. I have got to say that it was a much fun to drive as a muscle car. Different old cars have their own charm.
slantsixdan
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Shirley, you can't be serious.
There is no right/wrong here. Your car is yours, set up the way you like it. His car is his, set up the way he likes it. It does sound like he was being a dіck, carrying on as if he gets a vote on your car and trying to "prove" you "wrong" about whether you actually like driving your own car…which makes him seem real insecure. Add that to his big engine he swears is the biggest and bestest and loudest and bestest and fastest, and it all probably adds up to he's not getting laid and has some stuff he's trying to compensate for.
Why even engage with his idiotic argument?
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Gadabout
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I'm a sick as you are, Mopal!
Bennoel 10
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Good points. I would like to add hopefully for his wife/girlfriend (if he has one) he's not so quick to get to the finish line. Under 10 seconds really wouldn't be anything to be proud of. Lol.
I gotta come back and answer you directly.
So yeah, it's normal for people to crap all over something that they see as "inferior" to what they own.
...and yes, you really are that sick. You're in good company, however.
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stillrunners
Just a wrench short of a full tool box !
Yep....I'm another one that enjoy's a slant 6 ride while having more HP laying around. My 4 door Val with the slant and factory A/C gets it's share of looks as I tool around in the Texas heat and on the other end is my slant 6 three on the tree Barracuda.....still fun fun fun.....and yours looks pretty sweet !
BkrDude001
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Your car, drive the wheels off of it and enjoy it!!!
jos51700
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I've considered pulling the 5.9 Magnum and four speed out of my Dart and putting the stock 225 and automatic back in on more than one occasion.
In reality, my stock 5.2 auto Dakota is one of the fastest, funnest vehicles I've ever had.
I think a 225 would leave me wanting more passing power, but I definitely would enjoy it more than some the other hot rod cars I've driven.
In reality, my stock 5.2 auto Dakota is one of the fastest, funnest vehicles I've ever had.
I think a 225 would leave me wanting more passing power, but I definitely would enjoy it more than some the other hot rod cars I've driven.
HemiSSDart
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In the 90's I built a 68 D100 Utiline with the original slant, put a Holley 390 4-bbl on an Offenhauser intake with Clifford headers and put the column shift 3-speed on the floor with a Mr. Gasket shifter. I won many shows with it and it was fun to drive! Another one I should not have let go...
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