Slant 6 mod's
Hello all,
So I have a slant 6 225 , what mods can be done from a machine shop to achieve 6=8 +? I have a pair of hooker super comp headers,4 barrel shorty clifford intake, and I do not plan on putting them on, unless the engine is modded to achieve MAX HP and torque, I want to dust one of these rice rockets :burnout: , also what cfm carb is the best for the intake. What MODS can be done to the engine, please feel free to list, Thank you and God Bless, MOPAR 4 LIFE :burnout:
Speed costs money (particularly, in this day and age!) How fast do you want to go???
You can add a 4-bbl carb, mill the head .100", install a cam and valve springs, put on a header, re-curve the distributor and change the rear axle ratio and (depending on the weight of the car...) end up with a high-14-second car @ 90 mph, for not a lot of money, assuming it doesn't weigh over 3,000 pounds.
Most ricers aren't that fast....
There ARE other options, if you feel you need to go faster than 14's....
Picki up a copy of this month's Car Craft and look at what Steve Nitti did with the slant six in his Duster. It now runs high tens in the quarter with a ProCharger (centrifugal supercharger) setup. Similar (and maybe even better) performance can be had with one turbocharger, but a ported head and forged internals (pistons and rods) are necessary for that kind of performance with reliability on a boosted motor.
Here's a YouTube link to one such animal:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QzUfV8iTpQ"]Turbo Slant Six 10.74 @ 127 mph 7-19-10 - YouTube[/ame]
That car has 1 4bbl carb, a smooth idle, is quiet, has an automatic transmission. and has "highway" gears in it.
But, it's a
fast car, in anybody's book....
You pays your money and you takes your choice. You don't need a V8 to go pretty fast. I don't know if you noticed, but that little '66 Valiant ran 127 mph on that run....
