Beginner's Bucks-Down /6 Build...Suggestions Welcome

805moparkid said

Here is the great thing 68. you can build a 9.2:1 motor, do all the head work, intake/4 barrel/headers, build the rest of the car and bolt a turbo on and go! your not cutting the turbo out by any means, you just need to have a solid footing before you jump in IMO.

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That's true. The turbo is still an option, for later. After I become more familiar with how to tune and maintain one and after I have maybe 2 /6 engines in the garage as spares just in case...

It's the same with what I do for a living. Electronics recycling, computer repair/refurb/resell. In order to do that well, I had to become thoroughly familiar with their parts, how they worked together, and how to do moderately advanced troubleshooting. I still can't do board-level repairs...yet.

If I remember correctly, in the older Clifford catalogs, the Old Man used to include a basic upgrade list with estimated results for the slants and other inline 6's. Stage I was basic, and est. 25% more rwhp. Stage II included headwork, cam, and headers, etc. and est. 40% more rwhp. I forget what Stage III included and what it's est. results were.