Understanding the slant six

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Also, that video is not accurately labelled. Correct title should be "Understanding that one guy's opinions about the Slant-6". There are previous threads both here and on slantsix.org about his…uh…what's that word the news media use when they don't want to haul off and say someone's full of beans? Oh yeah: about his controversial views, claims, and recommendations.
 
Also, that video is not accurately labelled. Correct title should be "Understanding that one guy's opinions about the Slant-6". There are previous threads both here and on slantsix.org about his…uh…what's that word the news media use when they don't want to haul off and say someone's full of beans? Oh yeah: about his controversial views, claims, and recommendations.

What would be your opinion of the perfect slant six that differs from what this guy has to say. Please explain. As far as I'm concerned, the guy in the vid seems to be on his game, having been a career expert on Mopar and other engines, and having been a racing mechanic, I would tend to trust that he knows what he is talking about. And what makes him controversial? I would like to see more proof of your claims.
 
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What would be your opinion of the perfect slant six that differs from what this guy has to say.

There's nothing such as "the" perfect Slant-6. Every build is different, depending on intended purpose and usage in what kind of vehicle, personal preferences, budget, etc. I'm a real big fan of sharing knowledge. I'm not a fan of passing off baseless opinions and misunderstood principles as fact. Add that to the evidence, right there in the video for all to see, that the dude has made some pretty basic errors, and…well, I'm not a fan. I don't say he's got no valid points, but a lot of people with a long track record of knowing WTF they're doing (Dutra, for one example of many) have had consistent, measurable, excellent success with some of the techniques the guy in the video says are dumb ideas that don't ever, can't ever, won't ever work.

I would tend to trust that he knows what he is talking about.

Nobody's going to arrest you for having that tendency. And nobody's required to agree with me, including you. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And what makes him controversial?

See previous threads here and on .org. (Or don't, at your option). Want links? OK, here and here, for a start. You can find others with some easy searches.


You might also see here, here, here, here, and here.
 
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Slantsixdan, maybe rather than me saying "perfect slant six" I should say "ideal SS hop up combination" or something like that. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate your info. Your user name suggests that you would know quite a bit. I'll check
out your links. :thumbsup:
 
There's nothing such as "the" perfect Slant-6. Every build is different, depending on intended purpose and usage in what kind of vehicle, personal preferences, budget, etc. I'm a real big fan of sharing knowledge. I'm not a fan of passing off baseless opinions and misunderstood principles as fact. Add that to the evidence, right there in the video for all to see, that the dude has made some pretty basic errors, and…well, I'm not a fan. I don't say he's got no valid points, but a lot of people with a long track record of knowing WTF they're doing (Dutra, for one example of many) have had consistent, measurable, excellent success with some of the techniques the guy in the video says are dumb ideas that don't ever, can't ever, won't ever work.



Nobody's going to arrest you for having that tendency. And nobody's required to agree with me, including you. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯



See previous threads here and on .org. (Or don't, at your option). Want links? OK, here and here, for a start. You can find others with some easy searches.


You might also see here, here, here, here, and here.

What I really like about Dutra is, he's broken stuff. A LOT of stuff trying different things most "normal" people might not. That's real innovation. It's how you learn what works and what doesn't.
 
Chrysler engineer Pete Hagenbuch (who developed the super six) said duals tied back into a single pipe developed "gobs of torque" but cost prevented it from happening. "..I wanted in the worst kind of way to have a twin exhaust system because, man, will that do wonders for a six. You put one, two and three, and four, five and six together and you run ’em down about 6 or 8 feet and bring them together in one tailpipe and you’ve added great huge gobs of output..." so the statement that was made that the six wont support (shooting yourself in the foot) dual exhaust may be misleading unless 'true duals' is the outcome. getting them back to a single may well be the key.
 
Apparently, Uncle Tony is about as popular as a fart in church if you read the comments on the Slant Six Forum. Not saying that I'm criticizing the comments, because I don't really know enough to make any judgements.
 
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Apparently, Uncle Tony is about as popular as a fart in church if you read the comments on the Slant Six Forum. Not saying that I'm criticizing the comments, because I don't really know enough to make any judgements.

I think it just shows there's more than one way to skin a cat. Tony has a long history of a lot of different types of racing. He knows what works for him and it has worked for him. Other people do things differently. There's no one set in stone way to do anything and if I see someone successful doing something differently than I would, the last thing I would do is call them "controversial" or anything else.
 
There's nothing such as "the" perfect Slant-6. Every build is different, depending on intended purpose and usage in what kind of vehicle, personal preferences, budget, etc. I'm a real big fan of sharing knowledge. I'm not a fan of passing off baseless opinions and misunderstood principles as fact. Add that to the evidence, right there in the video for all to see, that the dude has made some pretty basic errors, and…well, I'm not a fan. I don't say he's got no valid points, but a lot of people with a long track record of knowing WTF they're doing (Dutra, for one example of many) have had consistent, measurable, excellent success with some of the techniques the guy in the video says are dumb ideas that don't ever, can't ever, won't ever work.





Nobody's going to arrest you for having that tendency. And nobody's required to agree with me, including you. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯



See previous threads here and on .org. (Or don't, at your option). Want links? OK, here and here, for a start. You can find others with some easy searches.


You might also see here, here, here, here, and here.

Wow! Thanks so very much for the goldmine of info in the last four links!
 
Exactly what TF team did he crew on? Seems like he"s trying to outjunk Freiburger.

If you can stand to watch 30 mins, this is a 318 built by your Uncle Tony and dyno tested by Nick"s Garage. Sorry, I LMAO. I feel bad for Nick as he was obviously trying to placate him for some reason.

 
I like Tony's videos, a lot of info and theory but not much hands on during the videos.
 
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