If you spend like 20 seconds browsing videos on my channel, you will learn that not only do I already have a spicy 360 four speed street/strip car, but I’m currently building a dedicated drag car, and I have two driver big block B bodies. I literally have a shop and a separate storage unit full of Mopar V8s. I don’t need another V8 swap. Have you ever heard of fun? Have you ever *DRIVEN* a turbo car? I have had a truly ridiculous number of classic Mopars, many with V8s. Three years ago, I owned a Cobra replica. It was *plenty* fast. And yet… I have dreamt of building this turbo slant for many years. And the moment it actually worked, I felt an immense amount of satisfaction and pure, unadulterated joy. You don’t know why? Try opening your mind a bit. It’s called hot rodding, and it’s damn good fun.
I get why Jamie's going this route. A cheap 360 would be great but wouldn't be nearly as unique or interesting. Imagine showing up at a Mopar meet with this car. it would be a blast just to sit back and watch guys do double-takes. Plus, it's getting him a lot of views.
Couple of suggestions for installing a head on a slant six. I use Hylamar gasket sealant. Also I put shaving cream in the water openings on the block surface of the head. That way no "trash" can fall out of the passages onto the deck surface while putting the head in place. As soon as water hits the cream it dissolves.
I think the stance is perfect! Cool to see it drive! This is going to be such a sweet little car with all the bugs worked out! Such a interesting build!👍
Two reasons I like this channel so much. First, you find creative solutions to problems. Second, you make me laugh every time. You sound like me and all of my friends at work (not an insult, I promise). 😂
I like the stance of the valiant. It reminds me of a strong bull dog in its stance showing off for his mate. I know weird ,I wish it was mine, and I was able to work on it. I'm disabled. All I can do is enjoy people like you working on your cars. May God bless everyone 🙏 ❤
I love the stance too! I was thinking I’d bring the front down just a hair, keeping it up relatively high, but the general consensus is to leave it right where it is - so that’s what I’m going to do. Thanks for watching!
BIG FAN of copper coating head gaskets and ARP studs. I've never had head gasket problems after doing that and adding about 5 ft. lbs. to the max torque rating.
Only 5lbs? Brother most ratings are well below 85% the ultimate yeild of a given bolt, meaning you can stand to spice things up a few notches. Live a little, add 10 next time!
I'm talking ARP studs. Their torque spec. is already over that of bolts. I think I torqued my Cummins head 25-50 pounds over ARP spec. if I remember right. I saw a video of an engine builder testing various studs for Cummins 12vs....I THINK they finally yielded at around 1,000 ft lbs.😮
We do it because we can and something is always learned first hand. The slant six has been a engine with a multiple following for just about any reason. They are not a leaning tower of power but for life of many of them, just about bullet proof in stock form. I played with them clear back in the sixties and most lived for about two hundred thousand slow miles. They just kept on running even with all the torture I put them through
A 273 with a real lumpy cam, 4 Bbl., wheel well headers, and loud side pipes, alum. hi-rise intake, 4 spd., and posi 8 &3/4 Rear, now were talkin.! Yee Haw !
I am LOVING this build! The way you smiled after the boost kicked in made the watch all worth while!! And I learned some things. Still some progress ahead!Awesome job Jamie!!
I always decreased my pistons compression ratio when wanting more high PSI pressure from a turbo. I would put them on the lathe and introduce a decent bowl area. Compression ratio dropped to about 7.4:1 (more or less). No detonation problems when running above 16psi turbo boost on premium. I also o-ring'd the head (easier than the block unless you have the Edelbrock tool)
Two awesome video's in one day! Your spoiling me. This build is very interesting. I would have never imagined how cool its turning out. WOW!! Great Job!
This is awesome build, Just imagine if Mopar brought back the inline 6 design and made it smaller lighter and more efficient, yet made it so powerful that the standard output version would be equal to the power of a 426 Hemi from the 60s.... Baruk Hashem קול יהוה על־המים אל־הכבוד הרעים יהוה על־מים רבים
i adore the look of this thing, i'd say the stance is pretty good, i wouldn't even want to lower the front. also reminder to get a remflex gasket on order
Have you considered an incantation beginning with the words "double, double, toil and trouble"? Add eye of newt and other various and sundry ingredients. Maybe a little lime in the coconut. Wait that part is for you.
I must miss something when you say fuel injected. Isn't that a carburator? Only thing that is needed is a haircut and a beard trim. It should run real clean then.💇🧔
I combine oil with the grinding grit and use the suction cup on a wood rod spinner. Spin, then lift it up and reposition a few times. Start with the coarser grit, wipe clean then finish off with the finer with fresh oil.. You still get the grinding sound but easier to clean up. And a nice continuous line on the valve and seat indicates uniformity in finish. Yeah, number 6 always seems to be the problem child. If you have a thick piece of sheet glass, and a large roll of 60grit sandpaper, cut off a suitable piece, glue it to the glass and rub that head face on it a little bit. You will soon see if it aint flat . Perhaps a two man job with the slant head. Got several of the old steel shim head-gaskets. Here in New Zealand.....Even some for the intake/exhaust. You are an inspiration.
I won’t be doing any paint jobs any time soon. In fact I’m planning to do a video about that at some point. I also love the look of the car as-is. But maybe some day… I certainly hope to drive it, a lot!
2:38 "lose the T bolts on the valve cover." LOL. Reminds me of the time I was 17, way back in 1986, when there was a highly customized 1970 Nova on display at a very small car dealer in Sierra Vista, Arizona. On my way home around 1 AM Sunday morning, after drinking most of a 12 pack of Bud at my friends house, I pulled my 1969 Nova into the lot to look at the Nova, which was only about 100 feet from the main street. It was such a small town there was zero traffic on the road that time of night. Anyway, I lifted the hood and lo and behold they had some beautiful Mickey Thompson valve covers on the small block Chevy engine, held down by what? T bolts! it made it very easy to remove the bolts, pull the valve covers off, along with the high-rise air cleaner, and stow them in my car. I was in and out in 5 minutes. It was completely unplanned, but those T bolts made it irresistible. The only thing I ever "procured" in my life. I can't imagine how shocked they were to open the hood and find the valve covers missing. It was so long ago, but I'm still a little embarrassed I did that. I blame the Bud… LOL. Consider this my confession. 🙂 EDIT: Oh yeah, I took the chrome dipstick, too.
Well, it wasn't a kitchen table, but I'll credit you for the effort. A repurposed pizza stone and various grits of wet/dry for the deck, cross checked with my Mom's "Good" steel sewing yard stick and a Sears square that my grand father built a house and two barns with. All three are still in use. Black and Decker corded 1/2 inch drill for the porting and grinding. Hand lapping... because my Step-Dad said "You can feel a seated valve". He was right by the way. Right choice with the copper coat. Works for boat bottoms... 🤣😜 Excellent work young Jamie. That whine made me smile. 😃
Oh, I am *sure* he is right. And I realized during this project while re-lapping all of those exhaust valves that trying it by hand would be a good idea. It seems like that grinding compound smooths out really quickly with the drill, and then it’s doing almost nothing. Had to re-apply compound many times. I’ve also never done a head this terrible before, so there’s that. I do need to figure out a nice flat surface for home surfacing heads eventually. Thank you!
Hey man, I never cut you a break but I could absolutely feel the pain that this car was giving you. You worked really hard on this in that car gave you nothing back.
It gave me something back… a solid 7 pounds of boost on the very first test rip. I’ve laid the groundwork for something awesome, and I’m about to find it.
AWESOME job Mr J. Next EFI try the FAST EFI system, works great no issues. I have it on my 73 Challenger no for 8 yrs. Still going strong.....MOPAR 4 EVER.
Love that car! Some 70s disc brake spindles and a 4:11 Dana 60 would be a grand icing on the cake! On my slants, I shave off that heat well that joins the intake and exaust putting long bolts and brass bushings creating an air gap between the 2, it makes it very cold blooded but increased mpg and throttle response. Just a thought if you're building for power. The only caveat is longer warm up time but in my eyes it's totally worth it
I removed the entire heat riser section of the exhaust manifold with a band saw and welded on a turbo flange 😅 I’m assuming you haven’t seen that episode. I won’t put a Dana 60 in what will ultimately be like a 250 HP car. Serious overkill. I am actually looking forward to stress testing the 7 1/4, and then will look for another 8 3/4 housing. Would like to be able to test different gearing but I think I know what it’s going to want. Disk brakes are definitely in the program. Thanks!
I love this! so much more fun to go fast in a slow car then it is to go fast in a fast car. it's not about just power, it's the challenge and the fun that comes along with making something work, doing something that's been done a thousand time's before is easy and meh, doing something nobody has done is fun and very rewarding even if it doesn't result in huge HP gains. I feel the hot rod community kind of got away from the real sprite of hit rodding and it just became about bolt on junk no creativity and deep pocket's, but THIS is what it means to hot rod!
Exactly! You just captured and perfectly explained my feelings on this project. It’s true hotrodding. Hell, I/we *made* the manifolds for this build. It’s give or take exactly the way I wanted to do it. I took a lot of notes, but I made my own decisions and laid it out the way that made sense. Doubling the original horsepower of the 170 is firmly in my reach, and if I can do that and make it live reliably, I will be over the moon with joy. Not everyone gets it - but I am so pleased when people do. Thank you for that.
The 225 was also built in Argentina, the bulletproof engine of all times. It powered Dodge pick up´s, the Valiant line, and the Argentine Dodge Polara, Dodge Coronado and Dodge GTX.
I LOVE porting CAST IRON cylinder heads.....the first two sets of ports....then it's monotony.....😢 BTW, I put a square LED work light shining through the port at an angle that doesn't blind me. Back-lighting works AWESOME to REALLY see what you're doing.
The stance is just about right. I'm sure you'll get around to it. Commenters can be a nuisance sometimes but they too can be quite helpful. It's a slick set up under the hood.
I pulled and replaced the slant cylinder head on my '64 Valiant by myself on the side of a street in Seattle about 25 years ago. Oh yeah, in the rain, too. Decided that was the one and only time I would do that without help! I don't know if my back ever properly recovered from that lol.
On an inline 6, 1&6, 2&5, 3&4 are at TDC at the same time (but 360deg apart). So you can conveniently adjust the the tappets in 2 crankshaft revolutions in the firing order. Rock, no.6 adjust no.1 Rock no.2 adjust no.5 Rock no.4 adjust no.3 Rock no.1 adjust no.6 Rock no.5 adjust no.2 Rick no.3 adjust no.4 Notice how all the adjust nos are 1,5,3,6,2,4. 'Rock' means overlap of intake and exhaust, so intake opening and exhaust closing. When that cylinder is rocking then the valves you adjust are on the compression stroke. Helps if you leave the plugs out. Works on inline 4 cylinder engines too 1&4, 2&3 both being at TDC at the same time but 360deg apart in strokes.
I have been wanting an older mopar with a slant six like this for ahwile, tubocharged slant six iseems a nice balance of reliability and some extra guts. Some of these slant sixes could still be running in a hundred years with a little care. When I worked in a junkyard we had dodges literally run into the ground and the engines still purred.
Gotta tell you - when you shut the door after your test drive, reminded me of my old 64 Dart GT - same really crappy Mopar assembly - my door actually swung open on my wife to be many years ago - scared her to death. I had to actually take it to body shop, where the old guy wedged a 2x4 in the door at the bottom and gave it a couple whangs and it shut like a refrigerator - sort of...
Don't know why u guy's play with theses turbos crap just spend couple grand on a 360 or strock a 318 just saying
If you spend like 20 seconds browsing videos on my channel, you will learn that not only do I already have a spicy 360 four speed street/strip car, but I’m currently building a dedicated drag car, and I have two driver big block B bodies. I literally have a shop and a separate storage unit full of Mopar V8s. I don’t need another V8 swap. Have you ever heard of fun? Have you ever *DRIVEN* a turbo car? I have had a truly ridiculous number of classic Mopars, many with V8s. Three years ago, I owned a Cobra replica. It was *plenty* fast. And yet… I have dreamt of building this turbo slant for many years. And the moment it actually worked, I felt an immense amount of satisfaction and pure, unadulterated joy. You don’t know why? Try opening your mind a bit. It’s called hot rodding, and it’s damn good fun.
I get why Jamie's going this route. A cheap 360 would be great but wouldn't be nearly as unique or interesting. Imagine showing up at a Mopar meet with this car. it would be a blast just to sit back and watch guys do double-takes. Plus, it's getting him a lot of views.
Got the pin shame lmao
40:25
I've always wanted a Cobra Replica with a 413 Max Wedge......why? Because!
Couple of suggestions for installing a head on a slant six. I use Hylamar gasket sealant. Also I put shaving cream in the water openings on the block surface of the head. That way no "trash" can fall out of the passages onto the deck surface while putting the head in place. As soon as water hits the cream it dissolves.
I think the stance is perfect! Cool to see it drive! This is going to be such a sweet little car with all the bugs worked out! Such a interesting build!👍
"There's nothing it can do to stop me" is an ominous choice of words for a car with a known brake leak.
😅 I wish I had done that on purpose.
I love this car!
Sir, YOU are a genius and I salute you 🫡 🇺🇸
You are too kind! Thank you.
Who needs brakes when you have all that glorious slant six whistling POWAAAHHHH
Would you say the power is unlimited?!
Two reasons I like this channel so much. First, you find creative solutions to problems. Second, you make me laugh every time. You sound like me and all of my friends at work (not an insult, I promise). 😂
Haaahaha. Much appreciated.
Love it
Turbo slant has so much cool factor.
Kinda speechless, tell ya the truth - runs, goes & stops, (mostly). You iz are truly a professional, genuine, wizard mechanic man....
Thank you! I’m excited. Haha.
Watching you work is like watching me work. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it's good enough! Can't wait to see it all come together.
Darn right!
Love this car, the stance and the CENTERLINES !!
Me tooooooo!
I like the stance of the valiant. It reminds me of a strong bull dog in its stance showing off for his mate. I know weird ,I wish it was mine, and I was able to work on it. I'm disabled. All I can do is enjoy people like you working on your cars. May God bless everyone 🙏 ❤
I love the stance too! I was thinking I’d bring the front down just a hair, keeping it up relatively high, but the general consensus is to leave it right where it is - so that’s what I’m going to do. Thanks for watching!
BIG FAN of copper coating head gaskets and ARP studs. I've never had head gasket problems after doing that and adding about 5 ft. lbs. to the max torque rating.
Only 5lbs? Brother most ratings are well below 85% the ultimate yeild of a given bolt, meaning you can stand to spice things up a few notches. Live a little, add 10 next time!
I'm talking ARP studs. Their torque spec. is already over that of bolts.
I think I torqued my Cummins head 25-50 pounds over ARP spec. if I remember right.
I saw a video of an engine builder testing various studs for Cummins 12vs....I THINK they finally yielded at around 1,000 ft lbs.😮
Even a Chevy owner can appreciate this ol’ girl .👌🏼⛽️
Big ol mopar-hater here and I love seeing slant 6 turbos documented on youtube.
That was ridiculously fun , Do some more !
Don’t mind if I do!
Good job on keeping an otherwise unknown vehicle on the road, especially with what I'm guessing is the original engine.
As near as I can tell, it is! Thanks!
We do it because we can and something is always learned first hand. The slant six has been a engine with a multiple following for just about any reason. They are not a leaning tower of power but for life of many of them, just about bullet proof in stock form. I played with them clear back in the sixties and most lived for about two hundred thousand slow miles. They just kept on running even with all the torture I put them through
Yes! Exactly that.
Whenever I hear a slant 6, it reminds me of my dads four door Plymouth Volaré 3 speed on the floor with a bench seat. Yup.
Nice little project car for sure .
It sounds like the worst part of your project is the peanut gallery! Good luck man!
Wow, it sounds great!
Nice sleeper, nobody will suspect a thing.
I just love your no give up win it all cost method of working on the vehicle
Tenacious J
Thank you! I have no intentions of stopping until it’s where I want it to be - or on fire.
Nice! You'll get it all sorted out. Brakes are definitely a must. And, yeah, it sounded awesome when the turbo kicked in!
Brings back memories of my 64 Valiant convertible minus the turbo, the cool factor, the rust.......😎
You are a brave soul Jamie, but it runs and drives Congratulations 😊
Thanks!
I used to owned one just like this. Damn good car and loved that slant six engine. Simple, practical and reliable.
Great car, love that you went with a turbo slant 6
A 273 with a real lumpy cam, 4 Bbl., wheel well headers, and loud side pipes, alum. hi-rise intake, 4 spd., and posi 8 &3/4 Rear, now were talkin.! Yee Haw !
How about two four barrels on a tunnel ram? Because otherwise you just described my Garbage Can Cuda build 😅
I'm glad she decided to go down the road.
It makes whooshy turbo noises. Congrats!
Thank you!
More excellent learning opportunities for me. I never knew about leak testing valves with brake clean. Thank you 🎉
I am LOVING this build! The way you smiled after the boost kicked in made the watch all worth while!! And I learned some things. Still some progress ahead!Awesome job Jamie!!
I am so excited, I can hardly contain myself. Haha. Yeah, there’s a ton left to do, but it kinda works, and it’s AWESOME! Thanks!
@ You’re welcome!
It still is what i would call a good day, enjoy it all! Even the bad stuff 😂
Nice work. The slant 6 is criminally underrated, especially with Stellantis doing a modern straight 6 bi turbo.
No it isn't. It's accurately rated. If anything, it's slightly OVERrated.
Port matching helps tremendously. Bad castings can cause real turbulent airflow
I always decreased my pistons compression ratio when wanting more high PSI pressure from a turbo. I would put them on the lathe and introduce a decent bowl area. Compression ratio dropped to about 7.4:1 (more or less). No detonation problems when running above 16psi turbo boost on premium. I also o-ring'd the head (easier than the block unless you have the Edelbrock tool)
There you go!
Jamie that's awesome now you have me wanting to build a turbo slant 6
It’s challenging, but so fun - and I think rewarding!
Best build series, no ramp truck. They're all great.
Thank you. Haha. I love them both. Kinda need them both too - for future science…
Made me so happy hearing your laugh after the first decent boost pull.
I love those moments when building cars
Love the 63 , my first car was one. Blue on blue, , 3 on the tree. One wheel peeler 2 door signet.
Two awesome video's in one day! Your spoiling me. This build is very interesting. I would have never imagined how cool its turning out. WOW!! Great Job!
And I thought my '72 was cool with Dual/Carbs, Exhaust, thanks fer sharing!
I’m sure it is! Haha. Thanks!
Very good video, Jamie.
Love putting these vidz on when I want to fall asleep
You’re not the only one that says that, and while I sometimes wonder whether I should be insulted or not, you do keep coming back 😅
I sure do love those centerlines all around that beast, super cool man!!
This is awesome build, Just imagine if Mopar brought back the inline 6 design and made it smaller lighter and more efficient, yet made it so powerful that the standard output version would be equal to the power of a 426 Hemi from the 60s....
Baruk Hashem
קול יהוה על־המים אל־הכבוד הרעים יהוה על־מים רבים
Waaaaaaait a second
i adore the look of this thing, i'd say the stance is pretty good, i wouldn't even want to lower the front. also reminder to get a remflex gasket on order
Hell yeah dude 😎
I love the video commentary, so funny 😜
Great job,gotta love the slant
Great show, Thank you Jamie
Awesome build! Don't forget the REMFLEX! Cheers! 😎👍🏎🏁🏁
Have you considered an incantation beginning with the words "double, double, toil and trouble"? Add eye of newt and other various and sundry ingredients. Maybe a little lime in the coconut. Wait that part is for you.
I probably should have thought of that before now 😅
Jamie built himself a fuel injected turbo Signet. Car is just entertaining to hear it and see it respond under boost. congratulations.
That’s what I thought! Thank you!
I must miss something when you say fuel injected. Isn't that a carburator?
Only thing that is needed is a haircut and a beard trim. It should run real clean then.💇🧔
@@gvet47 Jamie installed a electronic fuel injection unit on that slant 6. It looks like a carburetor but it's a fully adjustable EFI unit.
I love that Car!!!❤
Your a great teacher . Thanks man .
Best show on TV
You’re too kind. Thanks!
👍 The turbo sounds happy.
Good work Jamie.
Awesome timing, just got around to watching the last video of this last night and was super hyped
Keep it going Jamie, your doing well.
Thank you!
I combine oil with the grinding grit and use the suction cup on a wood rod spinner. Spin, then lift it up and reposition a few times. Start with the coarser grit, wipe clean then finish off with the finer with fresh oil.. You still get the grinding sound but easier to clean up. And a nice continuous line on the valve and seat indicates uniformity in finish. Yeah, number 6 always seems to be the problem child. If you have a thick piece of sheet glass, and a large roll of 60grit sandpaper, cut off a suitable piece, glue it to the glass and rub that head face on it a little bit. You will soon see if it aint flat . Perhaps a two man job with the slant head. Got several of the old steel shim head-gaskets. Here in New Zealand.....Even some for the intake/exhaust. You are an inspiration.
I love how it sets!!
I'm really enjoying this. Thanks!
Thank you!
Hi Jamie, love this car and build, once it's sorted out it deserves a paint job and to be driven daily.
I won’t be doing any paint jobs any time soon. In fact I’m planning to do a video about that at some point. I also love the look of the car as-is. But maybe some day… I certainly hope to drive it, a lot!
It looks great and sounds great (most of the time ;), and with that transmission cooler mount it is part mail truck now 🤠
Watching for the second time 🎉
looks like it got more fun alright
Ohhhh yeah!
2:38 "lose the T bolts on the valve cover." LOL. Reminds me of the time I was 17, way back in 1986, when there was a highly customized 1970 Nova on display at a very small car dealer in Sierra Vista, Arizona. On my way home around 1 AM Sunday morning, after drinking most of a 12 pack of Bud at my friends house, I pulled my 1969 Nova into the lot to look at the Nova, which was only about 100 feet from the main street. It was such a small town there was zero traffic on the road that time of night. Anyway, I lifted the hood and lo and behold they had some beautiful Mickey Thompson valve covers on the small block Chevy engine, held down by what? T bolts! it made it very easy to remove the bolts, pull the valve covers off, along with the high-rise air cleaner, and stow them in my car. I was in and out in 5 minutes. It was completely unplanned, but those T bolts made it irresistible. The only thing I ever "procured" in my life. I can't imagine how shocked they were to open the hood and find the valve covers missing. It was so long ago, but I'm still a little embarrassed I did that. I blame the Bud… LOL. Consider this my confession. 🙂 EDIT: Oh yeah, I took the chrome dipstick, too.
Well, that’s a good one. Haha.
@@DeadDodgeGarage young and stupid.… real stupid. 🙂
Very interesting. I am mesmerized. 😮
Me too 😍
Well, it wasn't a kitchen table, but I'll credit you for the effort. A repurposed pizza stone and various grits of wet/dry for the deck, cross checked with my Mom's "Good" steel sewing yard stick and a Sears square that my grand father built a house and two barns with. All three are still in use. Black and Decker corded 1/2 inch drill for the porting and grinding. Hand lapping... because my Step-Dad said "You can feel a seated valve". He was right by the way. Right choice with the copper coat. Works for boat bottoms... 🤣😜
Excellent work young Jamie. That whine made me smile. 😃
Oh, I am *sure* he is right. And I realized during this project while re-lapping all of those exhaust valves that trying it by hand would be a good idea. It seems like that grinding compound smooths out really quickly with the drill, and then it’s doing almost nothing. Had to re-apply compound many times. I’ve also never done a head this terrible before, so there’s that. I do need to figure out a nice flat surface for home surfacing heads eventually. Thank you!
Signet turbo! So cool!
Hey man, I never cut you a break but I could absolutely feel the pain that this car was giving you. You worked really hard on this in that car gave you nothing back.
It gave me something back… a solid 7 pounds of boost on the very first test rip. I’ve laid the groundwork for something awesome, and I’m about to find it.
Wow footage of Jamie actually completing a task rather than saying he’s gonna do it and then cutting to when it’s done!
I know! WOW
😮🤯
Cool car Jamie👍👍
AWESOME job Mr J. Next EFI try the FAST EFI system, works great no issues. I have it on my 73 Challenger no for 8 yrs. Still going strong.....MOPAR 4 EVER.
Don't forget the exhaust manifold gasket! Too bad there don't seem to be any aftermarket crossflow heads or other crazy things like that
You have no idea how many hours I've spent laying awake in bed thinking about how to build a crossflow slant head...
5.7 twin turbo sounds like a winner
My 170 cubic inch six cylinder is all the winner I need it to be
Great video and very nice progress on your Turbo Turd. Haha.
Hey it's drivable! A little more time and a lot more frustration and you'll get where you want it, good job!
Exactly! Can’t wait. Haha.
I would have left the charge air cooler yellow. That way when the vtec kicks in and the charge air temps are lowered you can yell "YELLOW!"
Haha. That’s my bad.
Love that car! Some 70s disc brake spindles and a 4:11 Dana 60 would be a grand icing on the cake!
On my slants, I shave off that heat well that joins the intake and exaust putting long bolts and brass bushings creating an air gap between the 2, it makes it very cold blooded but increased mpg and throttle response. Just a thought if you're building for power. The only caveat is longer warm up time but in my eyes it's totally worth it
I removed the entire heat riser section of the exhaust manifold with a band saw and welded on a turbo flange 😅 I’m assuming you haven’t seen that episode. I won’t put a Dana 60 in what will ultimately be like a 250 HP car. Serious overkill. I am actually looking forward to stress testing the 7 1/4, and then will look for another 8 3/4 housing. Would like to be able to test different gearing but I think I know what it’s going to want. Disk brakes are definitely in the program. Thanks!
Every time Jamie laughs, I laugh. Don't know why, but I do.
I like it. Haha.
There's something I like about that 4 barrel EFI sitting at the wrong angle under the hood.
I really like it! It’s unique. It does present a throttle connection challenge though.
I love this! so much more fun to go fast in a slow car then it is to go fast in a fast car. it's not about just power, it's the challenge and the fun that comes along with making something work, doing something that's been done a thousand time's before is easy and meh, doing something nobody has done is fun and very rewarding even if it doesn't result in huge HP gains. I feel the hot rod community kind of got away from the real sprite of hit rodding and it just became about bolt on junk no creativity and deep pocket's, but THIS is what it means to hot rod!
Exactly! You just captured and perfectly explained my feelings on this project. It’s true hotrodding. Hell, I/we *made* the manifolds for this build. It’s give or take exactly the way I wanted to do it. I took a lot of notes, but I made my own decisions and laid it out the way that made sense. Doubling the original horsepower of the 170 is firmly in my reach, and if I can do that and make it live reliably, I will be over the moon with joy. Not everyone gets it - but I am so pleased when people do. Thank you for that.
Turbo six against a twin turbo 318, let’s goooooo! 😤
Oh shiiiiit! Sign me up.
@ let’s put on a show, I’m building the 318 in my living room as we speak
The 225 was also built in Argentina, the bulletproof engine of all times. It powered Dodge pick up´s, the Valiant line, and the Argentine Dodge Polara, Dodge Coronado and Dodge GTX.
Got the first drive out of the pressure cooked 170!- fantastic!- it's Alive!.
Now down to the list of things to iron out!
Yessssss!
I LOVE porting CAST IRON cylinder heads.....the first two sets of ports....then it's monotony.....😢
BTW, I put a square LED work light shining through the port at an angle that doesn't blind me. Back-lighting works AWESOME to REALLY see what you're doing.
Oh yeah. I was using my pocket light most of the time. It fits right in the port though, so I had to be careful not to grind it at times. Haha.
Awesome build! From dream to reality. Sounds awesome.
good video of hotrod frustrations
Great stuff , much respect👍🏼
The stance is just about right. I'm sure you'll get around to it. Commenters can be a nuisance sometimes but they too can be quite helpful. It's a slick set up under the hood.
Absolutely. It's a double edged sword. I've gotten lots of good information in the comments - but lots of annoyance too. Haha.
Did you see the Powernation Slant 6 EFI build? Dream engine right there
I did, and I was actually annoyed 🤣 because I had been talking about this for a long time.
I pulled and replaced the slant cylinder head on my '64 Valiant by myself on the side of a street in Seattle about 25 years ago. Oh yeah, in the rain, too. Decided that was the one and only time I would do that without help! I don't know if my back ever properly recovered from that lol.
Oh wow. Haha. Yeah… that’s not fun times.
I sure like it and heck with the naysayers that's a cool little car
On an inline 6, 1&6, 2&5, 3&4 are at TDC at the same time (but 360deg apart).
So you can conveniently adjust the the tappets in 2 crankshaft revolutions in the firing order.
Rock, no.6 adjust no.1
Rock no.2 adjust no.5
Rock no.4 adjust no.3
Rock no.1 adjust no.6
Rock no.5 adjust no.2
Rick no.3 adjust no.4
Notice how all the adjust nos are 1,5,3,6,2,4.
'Rock' means overlap of intake and exhaust, so intake opening and exhaust closing. When that cylinder is rocking then the valves you adjust are on the compression stroke.
Helps if you leave the plugs out.
Works on inline 4 cylinder engines too
1&4, 2&3 both being at TDC at the same time but 360deg apart in strokes.
I know 😁
I have been wanting an older mopar with a slant six like this for ahwile, tubocharged slant six iseems a nice balance of reliability and some extra guts.
Some of these slant sixes could still be running in a hundred years with a little care.
When I worked in a junkyard we had dodges literally run into the ground and the engines still purred.
Gotta tell you - when you shut the door after your test drive, reminded me of my old 64 Dart GT - same really crappy Mopar assembly - my door actually swung open on my wife to be many years ago - scared her to death. I had to actually take it to body shop, where the old guy wedged a 2x4 in the door at the bottom and gave it a couple whangs and it shut like a refrigerator - sort of...
That’s a classic. Haha. The passenger door on my Duster would occasionally swing open on left hand turns.