Idea was cool, problem is they build it like a v8.. trust me on this. This build sucks on the lower Rpm and wastes loads of hp. That's the biggest problem. Simple v8 builds don't really work with a six. Better to spend your time different!
@@bigsean2473 exactly.. original peak torque is at 1800rpm. Get a good cam.(and with a good street can you don't get over 4500rpm) 2bbl or 400cfm 4bbl. Dutra dual and intake heat.. you'll get 150horses atleast
I wish they would have taken it for a drive afterward, or at least gotten the owner's (or wife's) thoughts after delivery. He didn't seem like a car guy, but I'd have loved to know what he thought of the final result.
We built a stroker flathead a few years back with a single 4 bbl, it is no joke how little these engines respond to tuning/timing/etc. Ours bubbled out to 165 corrected HP. Certainly a cool sounding engine.
3 main bearings is barely enough for a twin-cylinder. It’s amazing that a heavy duty $800 forged crank is only good to 250hp when the same amount of the same steel from the same company is good for 1000hp in a small block. There’s just no support in the bottom end.
Can't help but have a huge smile with all these straight 6 and slant 6 builds. My face hurts from it. Of course I'll take any of these engines. 6 or 8 plugs makes no difference to me. That 292 turbo dyno numbers blew my mind. Big fan of the 292 and the 300. Makes me want to get both and jabe some fun. Thanks guys for all your excellent knowledge and keep em coming.
Those were all super impressive. Not a Chevy guy but low and slow was killer with that torque and that FE makes me wanna go pull mine out and refresh it.
We raced these back in the 70's, bored them 125 over, used a ford piston that brought it up to the deck with 11-1 cr, ported the crap out of the Aus truck head & I built tunnel ram intakes for them with a sideways Q-Jet.
Love watching the engine builds , as a suggestion for future builds be cool if Truck tech or Engine power did a budget friendly rebuild of a 6.2 Detroit diesel and use the 6.2 diesel engine that Carcass did not use in there build . =)
Wow guys I have not been this excited to see such a sweet build! The last time I saw this type of build is when I accidentally found a 331 hemi, it looked just as crusty, and hopeless looking uh but was worse, in less than 3 hours, I was absolutely and totally convinced it was TOAST! And the only thing left was the heads which were saved and rebuilt and succesfully used again with good results, uh but only the valve covers, those heads and the intake, and the crank. And when I was done, I sold the whole wreck for $300.00 which of course you know was insignificant, but unfortunately my block was just far less than worthless, because as Im sure you already dont have to guess the block had rusted yep all the WAY clean thru the cylinders, and about 90% thru the water jackets, and I was very saddened but not at all surprised water and iron just aren't 2 forgiving Period! And my short ass build was over in less than a heart beat! WAH WAH CRY BABY WAH!!!
Man I miss my flatheads. I had two 1949 Ford coupe with the 239 flathead v-8's. I swapped one of the little ford with a 255 Mercury flathead, 3 deuce manifold, aluminum heads, headers and a full race cam. That SOB would run like crazy. I had a ton of various parts, two deuce manifolds, straight headers, etc. Unfortunately I spent 20 years in the Air Force and when I got out in 1992 my dad had gotten rid of everything before he died. There was also a '57 Merc station wagon with a 312 Y Block that I wanted to swap into one of the '49's. Man what I wouldn't give to have all that back again...
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Love to see more vintage engine builds whether it be a straight 6 or a flat head V8. Seeing to much modern engine builds/swaps. I have nothing against modern engines its just too common and I love seeing classic engines being brought back to life and running
I wish y’all would do a 3.0L 7M-GE build and see how much power you can make I think it would be an awesome way to throw everyone off from the original Ford and GM engines
When a friend bought a barracuda 1960's bubble back slant 6 window put duel quads . Bored 2 over full cam don't know hp. But he took a lot of $$$$$$$ on 8mi in Detroit. Wheels always cam off the ground I 2nd gear.
Would of loved to see the complete flat head build. have never seen cam, lifters, valves , valve springs installed on these engines. Guess i will have to keep waiting for a video of this step of engine build.
John here had a slant 6 in dodge dart convertible.love it super gas miles quick start speed on highway. Love it miss it. Like better than my 1964 as impala with 327.well almost.lol.
You could order the slat six with with a four barrel carb these engines only had 4 main bearings and were notorious for breaking crankshafts ...if you want to build a hot inline six ..get a 292 Chevy truck engine with a forged steel crankshaft and rods and use the cylinder head from a 194 Chevy II Engine..cut the head bolt bosses out from inside the intake ports and use head studs inside the intake ports.. Cut the intake valve seats out and replace them with z/28 302 valve seats and use 302 intake valves that are 2.02 inches in diameter ..get a cam and two fours intake manifold from Clifford Research .and run two Holley 750 cfm carbs ..and beat most V8's or do the same with a 300 cu. In. Ford inline truck six ..and ask Clifford research what the hot set up is to hot rod the ford sixes...either way you should be seeing in the 500hp range at the rear tires on a dyno-jet in a early Chevy II or a early mustang ..anyways that's what we got out of them in the 70's in the hot rod classes at the NHRA tracks running in the 7's for 1/8 mile and at Lincoln Park dirt track when 6 cylinders were the rules for the bombers and hobby stock
I wish they would have at least wrapped the headers on that Slant6. The heat emanating from the exhaust has to warm that intake quite a bit. I'm new to this so I might be wrong but it seems to make sense....?
I had 70 coronet I ran the hell out of it. Drove for Denver to Miss State in 24 hours in 1974. I give $550 for it. The values sound like they where going to come of the top of the more. My neighbor who found it. Thor hi to buy a can of transmission fluid. When we pick it out I rode around the corner and poured it in the motor. By the time I home the values were quit.
V8 engines came out before Ford ever brought theirs out. They just couldn't stay together long enough LOL. Ford made a v8 that actually stayed together and that's why the flathead got to be the engine as we know it today. My favorite and only Ford engine I really liked was the 390 FE. The cool factor for the Chrysler slant six is definitely great, but I want a Chevy straight 6 myself.That turbo Chevy you built is just right for me:D
Agreed! In fact, I built a similar 445 cid stroker FE for my 64 T-bird. I love it! I built it before the Trick Flow heads were available - I think those are a step up from the Edelbrock units I’m using. The FE is one cool engine.
I wouldn't exactly call the slant six bulletproof because it only has four main bearing. The real bulletproof engine of the inline six designs from that era is Ford's 300 inline six. It has seven main bearings and was the popular choice in the Hobby Class at the local 1/2 mile asphalt track.
Slant's are not exactly dropping cranks out of the block due to the main bearing setup. And a 300 cid engine was more favored then a 225 cid engine? What a shock. lmao
@@warhound7781 At high RPM's some would suffer from cracks around the main bearing area on the slant six. From mid 1964 onward some also use the 200, 240, 250 all had seven main bearings, so they would use whatever they could get their hands on. They were also spinning them as high as 6500 rpm's and I had heard some where higher than that.
Love the old slant six, my dad had one here in Australia in a car called a Valiant which was considered a big car in Australia but I imagine it might have been called a medium or compact car in America back in those days. My dad got a company car and the valiant was left unused for about six months and one day we thought we’d start it up and with just one short turn of the key it was instantly chugging away as if it was fully warmed up. What the hell has happened to Chrysler Jeep, you hear terrible horror stories about the brand these days.
we called them "Hill-side Hemis" a friend had a slant-six w/ 2-4 bbls in a 63 Valiant wgn beat most cars on the street. Alittle known factoid...the sparkplug tubes and seals were also used on the street hemi!!!!
I AM AND ALWAYS WILL BE A FAN OF THE INLINE. 6 .... All brand's gas and diesels. THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING YOUR PISTONS ALL IN A ROW. ! JUST LIKE DUCKS. ! ALL IN A ROW.
