Wagon Week EP20 - Slant Six Suprise
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- čas přidán 12. 04. 2024
- Of the 12.5 million Chrysler Slant Six engines made, just over 50,000 featured lightweight aluminum blocks! But how did Chrysler get away with using an iron cylinder head? And what happened when Steve put one on the dyno? Watch and see the action!
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Steve, so glad you're on the mend. Get back to 100% my brother!! In this video, your drenched in sweat and working hard entertaining us and I/WE cannot thank you enough for your dedication to bring life back to these old cars and trucks!!!!!
We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you back in the Junkyard soon
CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE YOU BACK WITH NEW EPISODES, STEVE!!!!!!!
Good to see you back doing well and making videos on the. " junk yard crawl "
Steve must have a library of new car brochure's.
Wait, are you saying that the owners didn’t leave them lying around in the cars for Steve to find? The mystic feeling I had about this yard has now been lost😉
The Slant 6 was the best American internal combustion engine ever built.
Don't need to qualify it. Best automotive ICE ever.
I knew a man that put over 100.000 miles on a225 without an oil change.just added oil as needed.
@@johnchildress6717 he had to change the oil filter. It would stop up.
@@randymagnum1432UZ-FE is better.
Filter has bypass.What I stated was the truth.He was an engineet..Name wasim Kislanko.
My sister had a duster with a slant six. It was a beast that despite her best efforts, never died. It was always low two quarts of oil
I built three 225 for 4x4 trucks with custom crane cams ground for torque along with header, aluminum intake & 390 holly 4 barrels. They would pull like a tractor and performed better than i expected & never exceeded over 3800 rpm.
I've watched quite a few of these videos, but this is the first time I understood why Steve knows so much about cars.
There are a few engines that deserve their reputation, the Slant 6 definitely deserves it.
Keep healing sir ~ Chuck
My buddy's first car was 1980 tan Volare with the slant 6. Some surfer dude at our high school called it the "narc mobile".
Hey Steve, Nice piece on the leaning tower of power. I would like to add to your story by saying many of these engines found their way into industrial lift trucks and mobile power plants along with irrigation pumps. It is so nice to see the junk you know so much about. Keep getting better my friend.
Thank you Steve!👍
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎. Professor Steve in the Class 🍎✏️📓🎓. This video I missed this is informative & interesting, thank you Professor. Hope to see you soon !
I had a 72 Duster with a Slant 6 best engine ever.
Steve , I am very impressed with your back ground , And your knowledge of Automobiles . I also want your viewers to recognize your hard work and dedication to making these videos . Your wet shirt tells it all . Every Episode I look for the Wheel Boro . Here is to you Mag's !!!
Steve, 1 time Fred Sanford went to jail and asked..."What's for Dinner? The other prisoners told him ..."Tomato Surprise." But when the guards brought Fred his tray he said, "This is beans and cornbread wheres the Tomato?" The jailbirds told him..."That's the Surprise!!!"
In ‘81 my auto shop class hosted Ak Miller and he asked the class “if you had to weld the hood shut what engine would you want” ? Most said sm block Chevy or ford 289, I was the only one that said “straight six”. Ak was an interesting and wonderful man , what a life.
Awesome, thanks for the info. It's funny, the story I read originally years ago was that the slant-6 was supposed to be all aluminum from the start. And when Chrysler couldn't get the aluminum to cast properly, to meet production, they changed to cast iron. And without any time to redesign it for iron, they kept the casting thickness the same, which lead to it's legendary durability.
I'm surprised that more racers didn't capitalize on this aluminum Slant 6 engine. Especially in the Hyper Pack version 😊
Hope you are feeling better Steve,
I have a friend who had 2 aluminum slant 6 engines, I ask him about them not long ago and he had sold them! Great episode Steve! Awesome engines!👍
you look great Steve!!! GREAT VIDEO AS USUAL!! NEAT MAG WITH YOUR OLD TOY
Im surprised that uncle Tony hasn't ever shown this slant 6 on his channel
He hasn't found one yet!
I don't think I have ever heard him talk about one. But I also don't watch every thing that he posts. But he definitely does have a love for the leaning tower of HPs
I asked uncle tony about them a year ago and he never replied
@rayhuggart5214 well he is the slant 6 God so I'm surprised that he didn't reply
He gets a lot of comments. Can't likely read all of them
Cool story on the aluminum slant 6 I had no idea it even existed.
I built a 225 Slantie w/ dual intake, dual exhaust in a 71 Valiant Scamp.
Cool 😎 Beans - Growing in p I was my Dads wingman for buying and selling as a profitable little hobby 60s 70s 80s mostly- the more I watch I see how accomplished your knowledge is and am Very impressed Plus you have a CZcams money making channel Way to Go Congratulations and Great Job
Just so cool to learn about the aluminum slant. Thanks for turning me on to them!
We had a lot of two door Valiants in Australia, but not the R or S series.
265 hemi six is the boss!
No kidding! Now there’s a motor I’ve long wished we had on the US.
Rocked a 160 HP slant six in a 4 door valiant when I was a kid. Went through diffs, the engine never let me down even with the exuberance of youth applied proliferously.
😂
Well said.
70 pound weight savings in the block alone. Then the additional weight savings with the aluminum intake and aluminum water pump. Then add the aluminum steering box. Plus the aluminum transmission saved some additional weight. Plus they were looking at using aluminum bumper brackets. I don’t think any of those made production. In addition to that, they were also toying with an aluminum cylinder head. I think they made a couple of those as prototypes but they never left the labs. From what I have read, the big reason the aluminum block was discontinued was they were having a high reject rate on the die castings along with getting the die cast molds to properly seal before they shot the molten aluminum into them. They proved to be too costly to make. So Chrysler discontinued them.
Van you picture a 1964 or a 1965 Plymouth valiant or Dodge dart with an aluminum block and an aluminum slant six under the hood with a hyper-pack package installed on it? In a 2500 pound valiant with around 200 to 250 hp or more would have been something special. Watch out mustang and GTO!
Good to see you back in action,
Had a few slant six engines back in the 1980s. (None of them aluminum) Great engines! Not super quick, but bullet proof! Glad you’re doing better Steve.
Nice one Steve. Its almost a crime that truck was not saved. Can you imagine.
Love the leaning tower of power. Rocked one early A as daily until 2005. I'm sure, having been in california and loving /7s you know Doug Dutra. He did quite extraordinary stuff to keep alive aluminum /6s
In my years I've owned countless MOPAR products that had the sidewinder 6 and I never really appreciated them, aside from the unquestionable reliability of the design. Now here I am in my mid 50s and it would just tickle me silly to score a car or truck with a slant 6 motor. The last one that I owned was in a 1981 Chrysler Cordoba. It was a maroon colored one. Had a really nice interior. At the same time I owned a 1974 Plymouth Valiant with a /6. I traded both cars for a 1976 Chevrolet swb van with 3 on the tree. I was 24 years old so that's 30 years ago.
Anyways, I miss both of those cars today... Heck, I miss the Chevy van too.
But that's just a sad fact of life for most of us. We can't keep all the cars and trucks that we've owned and enjoyed. You can't usually get a new or different one without selling the one you have.
If we could, I'd have a huge lot full of classic cars, all worth much more than what they cost brand new 😁
I'm glad to hear that you're doing better. If I remember correctly the other bummer with the aluminum slant-six is they use a special head gasket that is no longer made.
Chrysler also sold a ton of slant six industrial engines. Many companies including John deere used them in swathers.
My boss had two on an irrigation pump. To get them pulling evenly, he started them at night and played with the throttles til the mufflers flowed the same red.
Although I was not a MoPar Muscle Magazine subscriber at the time, I DID buy those three magazines off the newsstand that you did the Slant 6 build in solely because of that.
Good to see you Steve. Love listening to your wealth of knowledge.
Very cool. I’m praying for you to get better Steve.
Steve, you always have something odd and interesting to share.😊😊😊 thank you
Hey Steve, glad you're doing well. 👍🏼
My grandfather bought a 1964 1/2 Plymouth Baracuda with a Slant Six Automatic. They didn't fly, so they drove it everywhere in the US & Canada with over 400,000 miles in the 10 years they had it. He gave it to my Mom, who drove it another 9 years on the original engine until the back window got smashed. 😢
Had one, and it was internally rotten. I mentioned it in the Valiant video the other day.
Nice to see one again
How are you Steve! You are my hot rod hero! I don’t watch Barrett Jackson if you are not on it. Hopefully you can return to bj, so we can tap into your infinite knowledge ❤
My first car had a 225 slant six, and it was a great engine for basic transportation. It's too bad the aluminum block engines didn't work out.
not just a broken engine mount !great show
Glad to see you coming back strong.
My buddy had a boat with a slant 6 in it back in the early 70 S good times
We also called them the "hot water 6"
Steve . Did an industrial variant of the slant six carry on well after . I seem to think agriculture equipment had them well into the 1990s 🤷🏼♂️
Hands down one of the best Magnante videos right here folks! Just awesome.
Loved my ‘69 Dart with the bulletproof slant six and torqueflight tranny, what an unbeatable combination! Keep getting stronger, Steve, see you soon! 💪
Thank you Steve, this is another I wasn't aware of. I honestly hope a mopar guy gets his hands on this engine!
Your looking much better Steve,Glad you are feeling and looking much healthier,maybe your not into God,but I think God helped you and is still helping you,great video.
Great to see some Slant6 love.
Worked on a many of those Slant6 and it was a joy to replace the points and condensers 😅
My dad wanted nothing to do with teaching my sister or Me how to drive and Mom didn’t like to drive so we learned from Santos driving school. Mr Santo had a Dart Swinger which had an extra set of controls in the front passenger seat, so I probably learned to drive behind a slant six. After getting my license I learned to use a manual transmission in my mom’s 63 Plymouth which had the slant six and ‘three on the tree’. Fond memories, just don’t ask me about driving home twice with no brakes.
DanE!! Where are you??
First car, 66 Valiant station wagon, 3 on the tree slant six.
Here!!
🍎✏️📓🎓 lol !
Subscribed and liked. I think I met the Mopar guy who brought your car. Is he around Brisbane in Queensland??. I was gob smacked by it. I never heard of the alloy block tower of power, Man he has some MAGIC stuff. 👍😱.
We used the iron block ones in a home built sawmill that used to cut sleepers for landscaping around homes…. 2nd gear pinned was scary AF but had heaps of grunt for the job. Lucky one of those blades never got lose!! Work place health and safety would’ve had a conniption 😱😱😱🤣🤣
The master at his best! We’re always happy to see you teach us a few things about automotive history and technology from the past, specifically learning more about those slant sixes. Hope to see you back soon on the crawl Steve!🙏Get well soon buddy!
Great video, always entertaining
Steve, you are the most knowledgeable car guy I’ve ever seen. Glad you are back in the junkyard where you belong 😂🙏
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Great video, Steve. This is the kind of video that gives dorks like me an upper status among car guys just by spewing out facts I learned from you. Then I take all the credit and never divulge how I knew it. You are an automotive encyclopedia. Thanks for all you do, and I hope your recovery is going swimmingly.
Wow, two different metals corodding together!
I always enjoy the junkyard crawls, Steve.
Hope your recovery is going well. We miss you!
Welcome back Steve!
I learned something today, thank you.
Glad to see you back doing what only you can do. Welcome back Steve!
Awww man that unit and engines should be saved....this is cool-
Thanks for sharing this video with us
I love the slant six!❤
During Covid and being a lifelong Mopar guy, there were a lot of stuff coming up on eBay because people needed some money so I ended up with an aluminum Slant 6 from a guy up in Washington and then I saw this and realized I did not have the right head, but someone was parting out another aluminum Slant 6 on eBay and I got a star head
Glad your doing better Steve!!! Thanks for the ecucation. I was a mechanic for years before retiring and never knew of the aluminum slant six. Worked on many cast iron blocked slant sixes. Great engines. With regular maintenance thry lasted for years.
I had two slant six cars. Both of them ended up with over 200,000 miles with never a major issue. Good to see you. Keep getting better
Hey Steve Trust you are getting better !!! Hey Y"all thanks for supporting Steve
I love seen the slant six I have one in my 1967 Dodge dart. Runs perfect so quite. Great MPG. Get better Steve you are a Unicorn. 👍
I had a few different vehicles with the slant six. Yes, the engine itself was great. No problems with the engine. Just problems with the carburetors and electrical systems and transmissions, and everything else Chrysler related with the car or truck.
Great video Steve. Thanks.
Every video is loaded with great information
Thank you Steve
Steve never say never! Cant wait till you are back at 100%
Thanks Steve!
Thanks Steve,Be well.😎
Great sound from the leaning tower.
Great video Steve!
Glad to see you up and about on the road to recovery 🙏
You the man Steve professor
Steve,, a few alloy block slants were brought into Oz. A Chrysler dealer I know used one in a road race car then it went into his mud plugger! Local bloke has a Plymouth Valiant wagon, as well as both 2 and 4 door 'S' models.These days there is quite a lot of 2 doors here in Adelaide.
Weight?? WHY did they not use alloy intakes? Slant 6 ones are heavy. Alloy head to would have made sense,, Buick made them so the casting tequniques were available Modern?? A new engine with only 4 main bearings,,what were they thinking!
Being a GM guy, I spent $3500 in 1984 money to get 347 HP from a 250 inline 6 cylinder. (It was going into a 1965 Chevy G10 van and I didn't want to cut the doghouse.) In hindsight, I should have cut the doghouse!
Awesome Steve
Had a Canadian Army, surplus, Dodge Panel Van (decal under paint). A Slant 6 with 3 on the tree. It loved to rev. Fun, plus a workhorse.
Had a 73 dodge dart.,..ran it from Sheffield ohio to stevens point Wisconsin for five years that slant six was bitchin
Thanks MA MOPAR for the Legend slant 6 owned many 225 slants some modified and they put many brand X to shame .👍🏻🇦🇺.
One of if not the best Engine Chrysler ever made
Glad to see you back at it.just love your content
All the makers should make the straight six engines again. They wouldn't die.
Nice build!
think i saw this exact episode quite a few years back, this must be a re-post. All good, just making sure I'm not any more nuts than I think.