Performance Questions 225 vs. 360

Here's what to do. Take the slant and have the head worked over. Shave THE BLOCK, NOT THE HEAD to reach a true 9:1 compression. Recurve the distributor and you'll have the 360's 175hp with much lower rpms. And the torque. Oh my sweet jesus the hot, sticky badass torque. :burnout:

The slant was rated 149hp stock. Don't forget that it has a 4.125" stroke, longer than any other factory chrysler engine ever built. 215 ft-lbs of torque. Stock.

You're already ahead of the 360. $$$ wise.

Now put a 2 barrel Carter on it, a mild cam and some Dutra Dual exhaust manifolds (featured on memike's Valiant) and do a full 2" dual exhaust with some turbo mufflers. An X-pipe would be good too. 3.23 gears and you should be able to blow away any Honda my peers are driving while still getting better gas mileage than the 360 and still have great highway characteristics. Not to mention, nobody will beleive you have a 6 banger under the hood and people at car shows will appreciate the uniqueness.

Long live the /

Do I still agree that a potent slant six will never be able to keep up to a potent smallblock? Yes. And don't forget, the slant will never sound quite as good. Something about having 2 less pistons firing every 720 degrees is the issue there.