Performance Questions 225 vs. 360
even a built 175 net hp /6 will lose to a bone stock 175hp net 360, the torque on the /6 is probably down around 100ft-lb less compared to the 360. The answer to this if you gonna build a /6 is cause you want too there is no other reason too, Mod for Mod, $ for $ the 360 will win even a 273 would win.
Your 400 hp 273 is no match for the 500hp slants I have been showing videos of from You Tube on here (Tom Wolfe's and Ryan Patterson's '66 Valiant.)
So, how can you say "The answer to this if you gonna build a /6 is cause you want too there is no other reason to."
I'm not sure I know what that sentence means, but here are some torque figures for a turbo slant six that is a fairly mild build:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4Kl9MBr15o"]Valiant Slant 6 Dyno 370 rwhp - YouTube[/ame]
418 pounds feet of torque on a chassis dyno.
The reason to buld a slant six is they are cheap, reliable and powerful.
I can't see a normally-aspirated 273 coming anywhere close to an engine like Tom's or Ryan's on a dyno OR on the strip in the same car.
Yes, you can make the slant six look like an also-ran by using forced induction on a V8. No argument there.
But, that wasn't the premise of this thread.
