love my slant trucks years ago had a 68 w250 shortbed...welll years ago my buddy with his 440 w150 with superswappers start laughing hooked a chain to rear bumpers ....I pulled him all over the field...he dont laugh at my slants no more and i still have that slantinmy82 d150

I've never owned a pickup with a slant six, and slant sixes don't ALWAYS belong in a pickup, but sometimes they do.
I forget his name, but there is a guy on here with a '56 Dodge pickup with a slant six, and it is NICE!

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"Ja, Ich fahre ein altes auto."
'78 Volare 225
'67 Charger 318

wow this is an old thread! Yeah; that '56 is NICE; but it don't get "worked" that much any more I'm sure! (I know I couldn't have cake and eat it too; as in such a nice truck, that I "work"!

As long as this thread has been revived, that '83 that I'd just gotten when this thread was started? Still have. Still a 318. But no longer stock. BIG difference in preformance. Bottom end has not been touched (except to pull the oil pan, because I dropped a pushrod down thru the valley that needed to be retrieved) but the whole top end is new. (well then again not "so" new; I already have over 10K miles on this combo, since it was put in in March)

Cam; melling stock 360-2 replacement (compare to COMP 252 at 1/2 the cost)
Heads; EQ 318-B Magnum heads, stock Magnum ('92+) valve size
Got the "-B's" vs the "-A's" because the "B"'s are drilled for the old SB intake pattern.Otherwise, no difference. These are the same heads used in all the 400 HP 318 builds in the magazines lately. (No; I'm NOT gonna claim that I have that much power, in MY application)

Intake/Carb; Standard Performer (Not RPM, etc) with a 9636 AFB that has had the jets/metering rods "played with" from out-of-the-box form; IDK what has been monkeyed with; dropped it on and it runs good as is. (bought via Ebay, were some scribble notes with the paperwork that came with the carb that I could not make heads or tails of; but it was some sort of "log" as to what they changed and the results, but not done so anyone but the record keeper themself could understand)

I do have 2, ready to run, fresh TQ's (rebuilt myself) that I want to try on there. Fresh rebushed shafts courtesy of "Demonsizzler" I had an '81 W 150 that was a factory 318 TQ truck that ran absolutely great.

Exhaust; Hooker, swap meet find, too cheap to pass up; were brand-new when I got em; Ceramic Super Comps, and the price? $45! and 2-1/4 pipe to the bumpers behind them, and standard, custom exh. shop "turbo" muffs; not sure of brand.
This has really woken that 318 up; I have surprised several people with it to a point that some don't wanna believe that it's "only" a 318; MPG went up initially, from when I got it, but has recently dipped; it is cooler out, winter blend fuel is out, choke has been on more, etc; still better than what I got out of my computerized EFI '97 (also a 318) that I parted with to get this truck! I tow and haul quite regularly with it; lots of lumberyard runs as I'm working on my house; yesterday I went and got a load of OSB plywood in it that goes from the bed floor to a couple inches shy of level with the rails. several "rescue" tows of friends' dead vehicles. Several trips to the nursery for loads of dirt too.

Other than wanting to do a carb swap , I do need to play with the distributor curve a bit; it's a recent Summit brand one that I dropped in, set the timing with the light and away we went. it needs a lil help on a custom curve one of these days. (another Ebay buy)

One other thing? I do know that the old timing chain was worn to where I could nearly pick the chain up and pull it off the cam gear w/o unbolting it. IDK how it didn't jump time. I'm sure that even with the stock cam, I'd have noticed at least "some" improvement, just by replacing that chain and gears. but I was not gonna go thru all that work, to put things back together with just a new chain and gears, just to go thru it again, to put the new cam in, so that I could test that idea.

I know the subject of the board is /6s. but sometimes you're better to work with what you have (whatever that may be) because you'll likely spend less, possibly be less work (pulling 2 engines, dealing with what breaks along the way, and you'll probably modify some things along the way anyhow, and though you may THINK you have "everything" you rarely actually do) and (hopefully) wind up happier in the end with the result.

Glad you are happy with the 318!

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1969-1/2 Dodge Super Bee A12 (440 Six Pack, 4-spd, Dana 60)
1974 Plymouth Duster 360 (4-spd, 8.75")
1973 Plymouth Duster (225, auto, 8.25")
2001 Dodge Ram 1500 QC 2wd (5.9L, auto, Dana 60)

yeah I am; no BB swaps in this rig; but no swaps the "other way" either; had it come with a /6 in it when I got it instead, I'd have made that do, as well.

I realize this thread is old.
Heres my question.
I have a 1955 Dodge pickup 108 WB 3300 lbs empty.
It has a 228 L head long block 6 dual carbs and exhaust.
The engine is very tired as per cyl lesk down tests.
I am considering a 225 slant swap from a 71 Cuda i bought recently.
It will have an A833 trans and 8 1/4 diff 3.23 open drive.
Or could rebuild a big 265 flattie i have.
Would the slant and A833 be a good swap into this truck?
Thanx all

A slant six powered 71 Cuda is VERY rare. I recommend you leave the Cuda all stock and keep the slant six in there. You can find another cheap slant six for your truck.

Thak being said, if you use the truck for cruising or light to regular duty hauling, a slant six/A833 swap would be fine. The slant is a very capable truck motor provided the truck is geared correctly and you adjust your top speed expectations appropriately.

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I have the engine only.
I bought it from the yeehaw that pulled it outta of the Cuda it had a 3 spd standard trans.

Is that truck a Canadian model? Until V8s became an option, all Canadian pickup trucks got the 25-inch flathead (long block) six which is slightly shorter than a slant six. But if you have the 265 L-head six, I'd probably rebuild that motor and use the dual carb manifold from the 228. A slant six would also work.

Yup Fargo version.
Less messin around if i go 265 and it will be hopoed up high lift cam higher compression head.
No.playing with new mounts clutch pedal linkage changes etc.
Not a big deal will save 225/ A833 for a light car.

I also have a 265 that I'd like to rebuild - they were only used in Chrysler make passenger cars for a couple years from '52 - as the base motor for cars with the 331 hemi V8 option, used a few more years in trucks. With the 4-3/4-inch stroke I think the torque output would be about the same as a 225, but the slant six wouldn't need an overhaul as soon as the L-head. The 265 would look like the 228 and you could probably use the 228 head for higher compression. A person to talk to about the 265 is George Asche in Venus Pennsylvania. http://p15-d24.com/blogs/entry/129-geor ... e-updates/

yup very well acquainted with George.
He built my manifolds carbs and linkage.
I have a number of IND 265s from.combines

The biggest hurdle i can think of is not fabbing motor mounts or trans mounting.
Its how to create a clutch pedal linkage for the slant bell.and clutch and retain stock 55 Dodge clutch pedal.
Not sure how that would be.
Gas pedal has to be changed for sure.

"The biggest hurdle i can think of is not fabbing motor mounts or trans mounting.
Its how to create a clutch pedal linkage for the slant bell.and clutch and retain stock 55 Dodge clutch pedal.
Not sure how that would be[/i]."

I used a hydraulic clutch to make the clutch linkage issues go away.
Info available.

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1965 Dart 110k, 225, Carter BBD Super Six, 2 1/4 single exh., sbp manual scarebird front disc, 7 1/4 rear 2.94 sure grip, 14 x 4.5 OEM wheels, 833 OD with hyd. throwout bearing, HEI, electric fan, ram air/heated air, Accusump. http://plymouthcarclub.com/

If you asked the folks over at the D24/P15 forum, they would say build that big flattie!

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65 Dart station wagon slant 6 - now under construction
47 Dodge Custom 4 Door sedan
87 D100 Short Bed slant 6

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