New project which direction turbo slant six or 360 magnum efi with od

Brandon Weaver said

See, that's the nice thing about the Magnums, you can adapt the factory EFI. With a slant, the best you can do is some aftermarket stuff (MegaSquirt, FAST, etc.). Sure, some have adapted the Buick EFI, but I wouldn't trust that for anything much above stock.

I wish the concept slant with a draw thru turbo had been been produced (along with the Fast-Burn Aluminum head too...) Even though it was only a draw through, retaining the BBD, of all things, that would have given us a leg up, along with 30+ years to better a factory setup. Then, just *maybe* we'd have half of what the turbo Buick folks have lol

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But, but, but... he already HAS the slant six; with the Magnum motor, he has to buy EVERYTHING, engine, transmission, etc... and a new ring and pinion; he already has a 2.76:1 ring and pinion installed; that and the 518's OD will give him a final drive ratio of 1.90;1.... too tall. A 2.76 is perfect for the slant six motor, both drag strip and higway. Both Ryan Peterson's and Tom Wolfe's kickass slant cars run the 2.76 ratio on the drag strip and say it works better than a 4.10.

Money saved...

By the time he's through swappping V8 stuff into this chassis, I'll bet it will be more expensive than turboing the slant six he already has.. plus, a V8 is so commonplace, whereas a turbocharged slant six is unusual,,, Maybe a plus, maybe not.

Just my 2-cents (and, probably overpriced, at that...):blob: