"Slant6" (slant-6)
01/15/2014 at 18:59 • Filed to: None
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"Slant6" (slant-6)
01/15/2014 at 18:59 • Filed to: None | 2
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I've had mid terms this week which means everyday is a half day. Instead of studying, like I should be doing I've been working on the Dodge. Yesterday I changed the oil and added ATF. On my test run I blew up the power steering return hose. It was rather smokey as the pump is right next to the exhaust manifold. I got home and had to park outside for the night. Today on the way home from school I got the parts I needed (from 2 AutoZones and an Advance) and immediately put the hose back on and added about a quart of fluid. It turns out my dad put a heater hose where a power steering hose went and the heater hose was not built for such high pressure applications. Now she steers better than ever. I might get to drive her to school on Friday since my sister won't need to be dropped off.
If you're like me, a high school student that enjoys all things automotive and doesn't want to take autoshop (it's pointless, all we did was throw pencils in the ceiling and look for cars on craigslist) I highly recomend getting some cheap american iron with a slant 6. I've learned a lot of what I know from this car. Slants can't be killed so it's perfect to learn on.
GhostZ
> Slant6
01/15/2014 at 19:01 |
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Total agreement.
Best of all, if you save money and do it right, you can upgrade to a V8 and go from maintenance/restoration to tuning, for less than what a V8 version costs already!
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Slant6
> GhostZ
01/15/2014 at 19:03 |
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Im thinking intake on the slant six, a carb with more barrels and maybe eventually headers. Everyone does a V8 swap. I'm saving the 6es.
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Slant6
> GhostZ
01/15/2014 at 19:05 |
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And you can't fit much in the 65s. I think the biggest one they put in factory was a 273.
oldirtybootz
> Slant6
01/15/2014 at 19:12 |
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The 273 only made 30hp more than a 225 anyway.
Edit: the 2bbl 273 made 180hp compared to the 225's 145hp. The 4bbl made 235hp, so that's a pretty healty bump over the six.
camaroboy68ss
> Slant6
01/15/2014 at 19:12 |
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I agree most autoshop classes in high school today suck. I was wanting to do it when I was in high school (class 2010) and when talking to my counseler about it he said yeah it wasn't for me because I did more than they ever thought about teaching. In a math class I sat infront of a guy who did do it and all they did for actual work was change oil that was it. He was doing paper homework one day on brakes and he was looking at the terrible pictures in the textbook, I looked at it his homework for the WEEK just to see what they did. I had his howework done in 20 mins for the entire week. No wonder autoshop classes are fading away.
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Slant6
> camaroboy68ss
01/15/2014 at 19:25 |
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We changed oil once. The rest was Craigslist. One time we found a bag of money on the tennis courts and turned it in. We had a Buick and a Dodge Spirit as shop cars for instructional purposes. We kept running the Buick's battery dead because we would all sit in it and blast the stereo. Our "rival" school on the other side of the city has a race car.
Broughton's Autotech:
Enloe (my school) Autotech:
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GhostZ
> Slant6
01/15/2014 at 19:47 |
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I've always sort of had a fascinating of a turbo slant-6 muscle car, but the cost of rare and fabricated parts seems a bit crazy. But for a daily driver they're definitely worth the value.
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camaroboy68ss
> Slant6
01/15/2014 at 19:48 |
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At least it's at your school. The program offered at mine you had to drive to a diiferent high school for the classes. The only cool car they had was a 60 t bird that was evil. It had hurt students alot because stuff would always break on it. The worst I heard was when they were timing it the water pump came apart and shot the shat causing the fan to shoot into the radiator and the up. Suprisingly no one got hurt. Surprised they still have it sitting at the school.
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GhostZ
> Slant6
01/15/2014 at 19:52 |
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The 273 is the LA block though, right? That means a 360, 318, or 340 should be able to bolt in too, or you could get a 273 and put an aftermarket bore/stroke kit on it, I think. Technically, the revvy 340 Challenger engine is just a bored-out 273 with different cam, 6-pack carbs and 10.5:1 compression, and they were good for around an underrated 300 HP if I remember right.