Great Gearhead Story: Torture with a Slant Six Intake Swap

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[JRoberts]

Re: Great Gearhead Story: Torture with a Slant Six Intake Swap

Isn't this why we love old cars and stuff? I mean if it were easy would be enjoy it as much?

[King Matt]

Re: Great Gearhead Story: Torture with a Slant Six Intake Swap

I did that exact swap on a 71 Duster I had using parts I pulled out of a Pick-Your-Part. Fortunately it went a lot easier that his!

[Ron Ward]

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I used to own a 1971 Dodge Demon. It was factory equipped with a 225 and a 1-lung carb. In one weekend, I replaced the 7-1/4" rear with an 8-3/4" from a 1966 Coronet, installed a 727 Torqueflite from a 1972 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham (retaining the factory Demon linkage and column shift, no less!), upgraded the front brakes to 1973 Dart discs and completed the ensemble with a mild 440 with a set of elephant ears and Hooker fenderwell headers. No kidding! I started on Friday after work and drove it to work on the following Monday. My wife helped me a little bit and I skipped a couple of meals, but I did it on my own.

This, folks, is how to upgrade the power of your slant in one weekend!


Ron

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Great Gearhead Story: Torture with a Slant Six Intake Swap

Yeah, but did you swap the intake?

[BigBlockMopar]

Re: Great Gearhead Story: Torture with a Slant Six Intake Swap

I mean if it were easy would be enjoy it as much?

I dunno, yeah I guess not.
But maybe a 350 Chevy-owner might want to answer that? :D

[DanStokes]

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Obviously, he's my long-lost brother, separated at birth! How do we get in contact so we can reestablish our familial bonds? He's a pretty fair writer, too. Murphy reigns supreme.

Dan

[HillbillySailor]

Re: Great Gearhead Story: Torture with a Slant Six Intake Swap

No kidding! We've all had our trials and tribulations with the machines we love to wrench on. I swear anything I work on works fine once I give it a little blood as a sacrifice.


Man, I love this guy's Dart. The independent rear end under that thing is trick.

[Matt Cramer]

Re: Great Gearhead Story: Torture with a Slant Six Intake Swap

Great story! I was expecting to hear about the infamous single nut under the choke stove, but that one was a lot worse.

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: Great Gearhead Story: Torture with a Slant Six Intake Swap

nothing a 340 can't fix
all that work to get lapped by yugos

[jfuelracer]

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I bought a 64 convertable for my daughter for her first car. It had a later 225 that was worn out so I fixed that problem but it was still a dog so I found a 4 bbl manifold on e bay, and installed a set of Clifford's Research headers and power steering. That little devil ran like a V 8. First thing she did is knock out the sprag in the trans. Push button shifters are great for doing reverse to drive burn outs I found out. Next she blew the rear end. In my opinion any Chrysler rear end shouldn't be in anything short of a lawn tractor. I headed to pick and part in search of a real rear end ( read that Ford) and I found an 8 inch from a 63 Falcon V8, perfect width, and the spring perches were in the right place, I did have to do a little looking to make the u joint work but that was solved at Coast Machine.
Aside from the fact that the wheel bolt patterns didn't match it turned out to be a great set up. By great I mean she didn't break it again.

[jscheimreif]

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Somehow, when this kind of stuff happens to me, I think that I'm the only one. This was hysterical. Love how those cheap and easy things turn into such a disaster.

[SpiderGearsMan]

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I don't know why I pay you so much ! all you have to do is work on cars