Fastest/ most powerful slant six?
Does anybody know what the fastest slant 6 powered drag car is? Or how much power the most powerful slant 6 engine produces? Just curious, thanks.
Interesting question! The pictures shown, all depict high-powered slant sixes in conventional, doorslammer chasses,,, and that is fine, as there are some really bad boys on view, there....
BUT, I have yet to see a really high-horsepower slant six engine, mounted in a dragster chassis. Back in the 1960s, it was possible to see Small-block Chevy-powered dragsters running at weights of under 1,000-pounds, and I don't think a slant six is any heavier than a SBC. Those cars were short, though, so the necessarily-longer- tubing itself, might push the overall weight to a little over 1,000-pounds. With a 150-pound driver and 1,020-pounds of chassiss weight, a 500-horsepower motor would provide enough motive-power to go 7.73-seconds at 175mph, according to the usually-accurate "Wallace Online Calculators."
That would outrun a LOT of V-8 cars...
A shorty-Powerglide with a 3,300-rpm stall converter, and some 10.5" slicks should work well for this little flyer...
SOMEBODY (not me; I just spent all my [limited] money on a doorslammer,) needs to do this! Hell, you could run Super Comp (8.90-bracket) with a 1-second cushion...
Think of the INK you'd get, outrunning all those Big Block Chevys...... LOL!:cheers: