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For sure Delco never made an alternator for Chrysler.At first they were made by Essex as was the voltage regulator.After 1964 they were made by Chrysler.I had a 1974 Dust with the 904,a nice car, but definitely no rocket.Probably the odometer was turned back and it had over 100k miles.....It was stolen

Great video, just subbed

Both are not stock. Therefore your test won't be right at all.

The only engine more solid that the slant six was the Ford 300. Man, that thing was truly indestructible.

What a ridiculous question! I drove a Dodge van slant 6 for years. It was a dog.

a 1971 318 is a olot quicker than the 73.....still i like the six for its simplicity.....post emission slants are absolute turds unless you tune the dog from it...

Most of the A-body survivors I have seen had the slant 6, wish I could still get this car today

You make it sound like there were never any Straight 8's. The V8 configuration came about early on, but was dumped in favor of the inline. Only Ford really went with the flathead V8 for many years. Until the late 40's the bulk of 8's were inline. Torque monsters.

No offense, but the carb on 6 looks like the Holley 2280 instead of Carter BBD

Those Auto's are really holding back both engines.

You must be in SoCal 😊

Peter from finland,i have 2 valiants i 3 on tree and second 318 on904 automatic trans the slant is a museum conditision.

People forget that the almighty slant makes all of its torque pretty much off idle and holds it for a while. The 318 just doesnt then does then doesnt again

That 318 has to be really sick, especially with a 4 barrel on it. I like both engines, but the 318 should run much better than it does in your test.

Thanks for a nice video. The slant is a underrated engine! I am building a highcomp slant for my Dodge Diplomat now. Cant wait to try it on the streets.

Anything mandated by the EPA like the EGR is a pest@

My first car was a 1976 Dodge Dart Sport my father got for my 15th birthday in 1985. He paid $300.00 for it, it was a 3 speed manual, looked like it was painted with a broom, interior looked like a bobcat was set loose in it and the slant 6 burned more oil than gas... But it was a solid body and frame car with no rust. This was his way to teach me about cars. I had saved from summer jobs etc about $2,000 at the time and had a cousin who taught me body work and painted the car for me in the "Spirit of 76" theme with the strips. Dad helped me do a lot of the mechanical work it needed, bearings, bushings, brakes etc, Mom helped me redo the entire interior in the same Spirit theme, turned out beautiful. My grandfather who was a mechanic and had his own shop rebuilt the slant 6. He custom made a 4 barrel intake and headers, put a better cam in it bored it 20 over, ported and polished head and put after market ignition and that thing was quick! It took about the entire year until I turned 16 of work work work, but that car was perfect when I did turn 16. How did it do vs stock 80's cars in a 1/4 mile? 1980 Z28 Camaro, 350 ci , beat by 1.5 cars. 1984 GT Mustang, 302 ci, I won by 1/2 car. My cousins 1981 4.9L Turbo Trans Am, I won by 2 + cars. I'll throw in a 1972 ( I think?) Plymouth 340 Gold Duster: I won by about 1/2 car, not positive, but think he had some mild work done to it. It certainly wasn't the fastest car around running low to mid 14's, but for what it was, a big heavy car with a slant 6, it never failed to impress. I to this day wish I never sold it in 1991. It was such a solid car, looked good, ran great and I always got compliments on it.

The Hudson Hornet's 308ci engine made good power because displacement has more to do with power output than number of cylinders. A 5 litre engine will make good power whether it's an 8 or a 6.

Well I happen to think the Slant 6, particularly the 225, is perhaps one of the worse I6 engines ever built. For the life of me I cannot understand why people like them so much. The reliability and durability is below par compared with any contemporary I6 of the era. I don't say these things without qualification. Firstly I'm a qualified mechanic and secondly a Mopar nut. I've had a 440, 2x 383's and a 318. I worked at a Mopar place for 7 years in Australia where the 225 was very common and they would have to be about the most troublesome POS engine that Chrysler ever made. The the amount of Slants that threw no.6 big end out through the engine block is amazing. The exhaust manifolds crack, they have no power, you can't rev them over 3600rpm, they're thirsty, they're as harsh as your mother in law which is strange since it's an inline 6 with perfect primary and secondary balance (apparently) and it has a very heavy 4 bearing crank with stupid counterweights which is why it is harsh. The Mopar LA V8 is so vastly superior to a Slant it makes any comparison ridiculous - it's small, light, revs up, makes power, is reliable dependable and durable - in short all the things an idiot Slant isn't. Just because a few make high mileage doesn't mean they're great. For example, a few of those very troublesome 4 cylinder Landrover engines in the 1980s never gave any trouble either but 90% of them did! I like inline 6 engines, my daily driver is a Barra turbo, my Landcruiser FJ40 has a 2F in it - I'm not hating on inline 6 engines, I'm hating on the 225 because it deserves it.

if not stuck the EGR is closed wide open throttle, removing it makes difference only in part throttle emissions. EGR also lowers combustion temperature during cruise, therefore also lowering detonation sensitivity.

Everyone was aware of offsetting the pistons for more power, but NASCAR banned the practice. Smoky Yunick obtained a raw block and offset the crankshaft instead of the pistons. He never got caught with this type of "cheating", and his cars tore up the competition.

Awesome video! Chrysler's humble "Slant Six" has a well-deserved alternative name "Leaning Tower of Power". All that said, a V8 still sounds better than a L6 or V6.

Repeating some earlier comments, Australian designed and manufactured the most powerful factory Chrysler 6 cylinder engines ever made, 303 hp 265 cu hemi inline 6 cylinder with 3 45 DCOE Weber carburettors, available strait from our local dealers capable of 14.4 second quarter mile.

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Can you try to not sound like a robot? And maybe ditch the shitty background music?

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I knew a guy in Long Island, in 1984, that had a 1978 Plymouth Scamp coupe, with a 225slant 6. It had all the goodys on it. He won bets from Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros, you name it, he probably beat it.

Dang, that poor slant 6 didn't even get a chance to rev out and make power. Seems like something to do with the kickdown on the transmission. My old volare had o.k. power when it revved out

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You need to learn how to tune the 318 better! It cut out badly as soon as you tried hitting the throttle meaning it needs both carb and timing tuning. Then the 318 would "eat up" the "leaning tower of power"!

Great video. Was the slant modified at all? Or was it bone stock? Manifolds, cams, and head work can make quite a difference

That 318 is a 1979 dodge dart

great history the leaning tower of power is a great motor if you look up Tex Smiths XR-6 it was running a full aluminon steel sleeved six. but the LA 318 is a rock and is cheap H.P. good vid

My 78 D100 runs 65mph at 3000rpm is that normal? Slant 6 motor runs great just wondering since o just bought her

I wish you guys touched on the 265 hemi down here in australia, equiped with like 10:1 comp and triple webbers, sounded incredible and if it werent for how poorly their suspension was setup they would have dominated in the bathurst racing series we have over here. Some examples can happily see over 400hp+ with little work done

Great video, Intellitronix makes a direct fit LED gauge cluster for those vehicles

wrong,gasket goes first up against the gas tank sending unit hole then the sending unit and last the retainer,you said sending unit then gasket and you’re wrong that bad boys gonna leak my brother

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dude ditch the stupid shitty background music it’s not necessary to have it why did you feel the need?we are trying to listen to you but you’re in competition with the stupid noice why the fuck would you want that

It doesn’t sound like your getting wide open throttle in either car

The 5.2L V8 318 CI starting in 1980 was a dog with the Chrysler Spark Control System (AKA Lean Burn) These in civilian form could only make 145HP and 180 FT of torque in the 1980's M Bodies Plymouth Gran Fury (1982-1989) Dodge Diplomat (1982-1989) and the Chrysler New Yorker(1982-1983) Chrysler Fifth Avenue (1982-1989). By the 1980's due to poor fuel economy these had a "Gas guzzler Tax" of 745.00 added to the car because of CAFE standards were not met. The Police package cars either got the 5.2L 318 V-8 got 180 HP 210 Ft of torque or the 360 CI V-5 4BBL carb set up that got a 12 MPG and 215 HP and 260 Ft of torque and was discontinued in the M bodies after the 1984 model year due to poor gas mileage and lighting CAFE standards. the early 1970's and 1980's emissions crap never worked correctly all the vacuum lines would crack and leak and cause running issues. So in the 199's I worked at a Standard Oil (AMOCO) garage we would disconnect all of the emissions crap and chuck the lean burn in the trash and put in a distributor out of a 1974 or earlier 318 a GM voltage Regulator (1987-1997) Chevrolet C-1500 truck and a Holley 4 BBL carb and these 318 V-8 would get better economy and gained from 145HP to 170HP by chucking the Lean Burn emissions crap in the garbage can and also disconnected the stupid smog pump. By the way my area has no state inspection or emissions inspection either.

Where you got that in for it takes the slant six over the years was more like 16.00to 60mph and 19.00-20.00 in the1/4 the 318 you give the slant six a run that would embaris it in full.these are facts from owning both.be fore you miss lead any one get some real grease under your mopar facts like own over 17 slant six varis size from 170 198 and 225 hyper pack.and 23 318's and two 318 polys.where you got those times is false.the only factory slant six that could give the 318 a run for the money was 225super six in 1977 and 1977f for the 318 two barrel that's it cause the hyper pack was a in dealer option after 1962.i love the slant six but I have 40 years of mopar cars under my belt.even better look up utg garage on you tube ask him if your facts are spot on.!!!!!!!

NOT 190 slant six it was 198...

Nice video, but that 318 2bbl is missing something and a lot of something's to run in the 18's in the 1/4 mile.

Well done. I had a 170 slant in a 63 Dodge Dart. it was a fabulous first car. Wonderful video, especially about the sonic aspect of the slant. I read about it somewhere else.

I don’t think the 318 is running correctly.

I heard no mention of differential gear ratio, this will be a huge factor in a 250 yard race. And, as another commented, that 318's transmission is not at all shifting right. Let's address these, then we'll decide.

It's not a small block it a la block Chrysler and Dodge did not use small block and big block terms

Interesting vid. I did some experimenting back in the late '60s and 70s with very similar results. '64 Valiant with 225, high comp head and 4bbl carb turned 17.76 in the 1/4 at 76+ mph. Had two track records at Lakeland International in Memphis. A couple of years later my 73 Dart with 318 2bbl turned 17.67 at 73 mph. The Dart would have beat the Valiant, but the Valiant would be closing the gap quickly. Some of the most fun I've ever had behind the wheel. Used to drive the big Ford 352s crazy with the Valiant. A real sleeper. God I miss that car! Still have the Dart which now wears the Carter AVS which I had on the Slant Six.

Does this guy work for NPR?