I was "318", when 318 wasn't cool......

Ahoey said

I know that the reason for the slant was to obtain a lower hood and fender line. But the old slantie is a very reliable engine. I’ve seen it in everything from gensets to combines

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it is very similar to what VW did with their VR and W line of engines, figure out a way to get as much engine in as little engine bay as possible

and yes, they are considered nearly indestructible

someone once said that after a nuclear apocalypse all that would be left would be cockroaches driving slant 6 darts