What would you do? Slant performance
Hey everybody I have been saving a little cash and think its time for some more POWER! I have a stock 225 slant 6 and before everybody starts on the V8 ban wagon, go ahead and hope off as this is not the right ride for you. I understand a V8 will give more power than I could get from a slant but I like the slant and don't have the required cash for that purchase... Okay back on track, I would like to get your guys ideas on a $2,000 budget. Cam what dimensions would be good, head work, intake, exhaust... It seems every time read a comment there are never specs given and there is always a comment or two that contradict the last...
I was originally looking at the dual 38 weber intake and dual exhaust from clifford, but after many saying bad things about clifford and having no experience with weber carbs I decided against it...
Basically what would you do to a slant 6 with a $2,000 budget to make the most power and torque. This is my first mopar build and am pretty lost on whats best so all the help is much appreciated! Thanks-Zach
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It MAY be possible to just add a turbo to your bone-stock slant six and get an acceptable performance upgrade IF you are careful with the "tuning." This would be a no-frills, bare-bones, turbo exercise for the street, using a complete-rebuild of the stock reciprocating assembly and changing very little, aside from the induction and exhaust system.
Let's look at the intake side, first: You'd need a Super Six intake manifold and a Holley 2bbl 350 carb (2350.) You could probably get both for $500.00 Now, you're down to $1,500.00 The stock fuel pump could be modified (by drilling and attaching a boost-pressure tube to the top of the pump, from the intake manifold, for boost-reference,) and, that would finish the mods to the fuel system. A stock distributor would need to have the timing dialed back to a total of 18 degrees, mechanical; the vacuum could stay "as is." The stock cam and valve train should work fine. You probably would need a valve job. The intake side would require that you acquire a 60mm turbo (probably off ebay,) for maybe $500.00. Now, you're down to $1,000.00.
The gaskets, rings, and rod and main bearings should run no more than $200.00, according to Summmit.
New plugs, plug wires and a distributor cap should be in the neighborhood of $50.00, leaving $750.00 at this point.
YOU CANNOT DO THIS BUILD WITHOUT A WIDEBAND, DATA-LOGGING, AIR/FUEL METER. You just cannot.
The one I have cost $350.00. Worth it at twice the price! It is a F.A.S.T.-brand.
That leaves $400.00 for an exhaust system, fluids, a tachometer, and a waste gate for boost control.
This expenditure should give you an engine that idles like a stock motor, runs on "pump premium" gasoline, probably will get better-than-stock gas mileage, and best of all, will make, probably, 200+ horsepower; enough to get your 3,200-pound A-Body into the 14's at over 90 mph.
Properly done, that's how it should run.
Good luck!! :cheers:
