Yep he has helped me many times on my race car. knows slants and racing.Thanks Ron Parker
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| Author: | 86slant [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Does anyone know Larry Chesney? |
Apparently he has a Dodge Dakota with a slant six and I'm trying to find out information about this truck, how the swap was done. I may do something similar to mine. Thanks in advance. Gary |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:11 am ] |
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Dart 270 on this board also has a Dak with a Slant in it. |
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| Author: | Dart270 [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:14 am ] |
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I bought that truck from Meril Bruner and Larry Chesney. It will on the dragstrip at the Clay City, KY Slant 6 race this weekend. Pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16910097@N06 Lou |
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| Author: | Ron Parker [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:31 pm ] |
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Yep he has helped me many times on my race car. knows slants and racing.Thanks Ron Parker
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| Author: | slantd100 [ Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:43 pm ] |
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How far does the engine set back in the firewall? |
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| Author: | Dart270 [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:11 am ] |
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I assume you have looked at the pics. The #6 spark plug just about sits in the plane of the old firewall. Lou |
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| Author: | slantd100 [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:02 am ] |
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Yea I looked at them. I have a 1991 Dakota, longer front end and was toying with the idea of dropping a slant 6 in it. I would be curious to see the motor mounts on that thing. |
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| Author: | Dart270 [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:29 pm ] |
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Mine is a 1990, which should be the same front end, AFAIK. Where are you located? I'll try to get some pics of the mounts, but pretty tight on time at the moment. You could get a Slant in there without messing with the firewall, but the way they did it gives much better weight distribution. Lou |
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| Author: | slantd100 [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:43 pm ] |
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I'm around Dayton, Ohio. 1991 they changed the front end so the 318 could squeeze in there better. |
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| Author: | Dart270 [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:52 pm ] |
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Well, then you'd have more room still! Yes, locating the motor mounts might be the biggest piece of work needed. FYI, Meril Bruner said he and Larry might be building another one of these w/o moving the firewall. Lou |
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| Author: | slantd100 [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:34 pm ] |
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The motor mounts did look like the biggest challenge. The factory mounts/crossmember looked too far back compared to where the slant six mounts were unless you used a motor plate. I seen one on the net for a A body car. I'm sure it could be made to fit a Dakota. |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:08 am ] |
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It's not that hard to make your own plate. We made one for my Daytona. I bought a piece of aluminum from McMaster-Carr and laid it out with a water pump gasket.
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| Author: | slantd100 [ Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:16 am ] |
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I always felt the Dakota should have came with a slant 6. I never liked the V6 they used especially the scatter spark system because everyone of them had a slight balance issue. |
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