I wonder how many cut-n-shuts he did to the original head(s)? Slant bore spacing is alternately 3.98" and 4.00". The 5.7 is 4.46", just like the LA. This means if you start at the front, the #2 cylinder is .46" too far back, the #3 is .92", #4 is 1.38", #5 is 1.84", and #6 is 2.3"... hanging off the back of the block. Even cutting each head in halves (2 chambers each), each pair of chambers (if centered) is off by .23". Lot of welding.
This has to be the best looking slant 6. Being a Mopar man too, this has brought a new genre of slant 6's into the picture. Well done mate!!! HC.
That thing gets my pecker hard, to be certain! Build an all-Mopar hot rod with that engine, a late Twenties or early Thirties Mopar body, a narrowed Dana or an 8-3/4" Mopar rear axle, cop front brakes...oooooh, baby, that would be the ticket!
In the late 60's there was a drag car that had a inline 6 chevy with 427 heads. The car is getting rebuild as we speak.
Anyone notice the intake manifold? It's part of the head that's split in two diagonally (see photos 3&9). No external manifold bolts! And in photo 8 I'm damned if I can see any weld line looks cast to me.
looks like a furd and chebby killer to me. ...you don't know the power of the Slant-Side (i couldn't find the vader emoticon
As you can see in this picture, errr... what's the definition of 'wedge'? This is a nicely polished and reworked chamber from a 245 Hemi 6, unlike a more conventional Hemi design the valves are canted longitudinally instead of across the head. I think that needs to be qualified...
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