Slant 6 stroker?

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I remember in one of my uncles old hot rod magazine, that there was highly modified Cleveland headed ford six, I always find those type of builds the coolest, wonder if there's a head that could be modded to fit a /6 ?
That was Bruce Sizemore's Pinto Pro stock car. It was a Ford 300.
 
Mike said in post #7 that the stroker behaved like it had 324 cubes.....not that it had 324 cubes.....
Does not surprise me that it felt like 324....
People building engines do not pay enough attention to the rod/stroke ratio. The stock 225 is already low at 1.6.
Stroking the 225 & keeping the same rod will reduce the R/S ratio to lower than 1.6 & boost low/mid range tq, all else being equal.
 
I imagine you could offset grind the 225's 4.125" stroke or even weld and grind.
24 years ago we did just that. offset grind the crank . I wasn't the engine builder so don't remember the specs.
It was the now defunked Mopar Engines West. The reason was the use of aluminum rods, blah,blah etc.
Why ? just for experimental reasons to see what can work.231 cid. $$$$$ to run a normal aspirated slant engine and put a 67 Dart into the low 12's. Most benefit was head work. Just something we wanted to do.
 
I remember in one of my uncles old hot rod magazine, that there was highly modified Cleveland headed ford six, I always find those type of builds the coolest, wonder if there's a head that could be modded to fit a /6 ?
Unfortunately, the Slant has a staggered bore center. If it didn't, I'm pretty sure someone would have adapted something like a 2JZ head to fit.
 
There were lots of stories in the old days about a Truck 240 Cu Inch slant.
Here is a blurb from a 1969 Hot Rod Engine Swap book.
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A 240 would be a .110 overbore with a stock 4.125 stroke.
I have never seen any Mopar documentation of this engine.
Lots of the slant racers are doing that much overbore.
 
I remember in one of my uncles old hot rod magazine, that there was highly modified Cleveland headed ford six, I always find those type of builds the coolest, wonder if there's a head that could be modded to fit a /6 ?
There was this floating around the Internet a few years back.
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Supposedly a cut/weld job with 2 Gen 3 hemi heads... lots of speculation of whether it was real or not.
 
There was this floating around the Internet a few years back.
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Supposedly a cut/weld job with 2 Gen 3 hemi heads... lots of speculation of whether it was real or not.
There's no speculation, it was sliced & diced 1st gen. heads epoxied together, it was rumored to have been started & failed quickly...photo-op over...
 
A 3.50" bore 4.50" stroke is a 260c.i. , that's the biggest Dutra ever did & didn't recommend it for anything more than a torquer street cruiser. The proximity of the cam tunnel etc. will limit how much bore over 3.50" can go, and how much extra crank throw can be had.
 
Years ago while Jack Clifford was still alive he said the Slants should be built for torque.
Me being young expressed my desire to build a high revving 170. He didn't agree.
 
There were lots of stories in the old days about a Truck 240 Cu Inch slant.
Here is a blurb from a 1969 Hot Rod Engine Swap book.
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A 240 would be a .110 overbore with a stock 4.125 stroke.
I have never seen any Mopar documentation of this engine.
Lots of the slant racers are doing that much overbore.
That's very interesting. I've never heard of such.
 
Around the late 1980's Direct Connection had a stroker crank kit for the \6. The kit made a 242 CI. I was doing 2.2 stuff so I was not interested.
That would be a .020"-.030" over bore & 4.375" stroke, & not one catalog or book from Mopar shows or even mentions that, sounds like an independant setup from somebody.....a dealer or Mancini etc......
 
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That would be a .020"-.030" over bore & 3.375" stroke, & not one catalog or book from Mopar shows or even mentions that, sounds like an independant setup from somebody.....a dealer or Mancini etc......
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There were lots of stories in the old days about a Truck 240 Cu Inch slant.
Here is a blurb from a 1969 Hot Rod Engine Swap book.
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A 240 would be a .110 overbore with a stock 4.125 stroke.
I have never seen any Mopar documentation of this engine.
Lots of the slant racers are doing that much overbore.
Piss poor Hot Rod Folklore, no such animal.
3.25" Bore ; 218c.i. '34-'54 , 230c.i. '41-'60 .
3.375" Bore ; 228c.i. & 241c.i. '37-'41
3.4375" Bore ; 237c.i. '42-'52 , 251c.i. '42-'68 , 265c.i. '53-'60 .
*These are all listed truck apps.*
All of which would be flathead engines.
 
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That would be a .020"-.030" over bore & 4.375" stroke, & not one catalog or book from Mopar shows or even mentions that, sounds like an independant setup from somebody.....a dealer or Mancini etc......
May be right about not being a "P" part but I think it was listed in the Direct Connection monthly magazine. They said a fully ported head and Fuel Injection was in the works too. Some things are pipe dreams and never came to fruition.
 
DC/MP did offer a ported head, good pistons & a few decent cams, a windage tray & bolt package, intakes/carbs etc. all of the hotrod valvetrain stuff was just SB to go with the 1.70"/1.44" valves they sold. I think that would've been cool if they'd have offered one.
 
Dutra documented a stroker 225 build over on .org several years ago. The production cylinder, even ported to the max is still largely inadequate even for 225 cubic inches. So more demand for airflow makes the head even more inadequate.
 
Dutra documented a stroker 225 build over on .org several years ago. The production cylinder, even ported to the max is still largely inadequate even for 225 cubic inches. So more demand for airflow makes the head even more inadequate.
Maybe some wants a diesel like powerband :)
 
Just swap in the amc designed 4.0 and have a far superior base to work from.
the reputation these motors have for durability and the amount of abuse they'll endure borders on myth, but can they make a respectable amount of power and hold together as well? asking for a friend....
 
May be right about not being a "P" part but I think it was listed in the Direct Connection monthly magazine. They said a fully ported head and Fuel Injection was in the works too. Some things are pipe dreams and never came to fruition.
funny you mention that...

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