Oh, I dunno about that. I gained a lot of respect for the Slant 6 engine when I saw one under the hood of a 67 Plymouth Fury III land yacht. (!)

Then, knowing that my uncle ordered his 77 Van with a slant 6 and OD, I mentioned to him how impressed I was, and he added his own story of the day he gained respect... when he saw a Slant 6 powering a dump truck. (!) I wish I'd seen that.

- Erik

_________________
Lots of early Valiants and Barracudas have crossed my path.
Also a handful of other toys for variety now and then.

I've actually been more intersted in sticking a modern smaller but high horsepower engine in the Dart(toying, no plans on doing it, just fun to think about). Better gas mileage and emissions, better acceleration, probably less reliability, plus I like my slant too much to do that to my car. That 318 seems like it might fit into a Talon easier if converting to RWD, it's shorter. The slant six is a bit long, I find it intersting that half my engine compartments almost empty since I took the AC out, yet there's still not enough room to stick a normal sized electric fan center on the radiator... lots of room for a turbo though

_________________
My car may be slow to sixty, but at least it's been reliably slow to sixty for more than thirty years.

ShivaDart, you aren't the only one with such perverted fantasies. I've thought about sticking a 2.2 Turbo or the new 2.4 Turbo from the Neon SRT-4 under the hood of a Duster. I'm pretty sure I could get one of these to weigh under 2,500 lbs, and make over 300 hp. Then I'd paint it to look like a late '60s / early '70s Super Stocker, and take this piece of faux nostalgia to import drag racing events to see how many people I could annoy.

_________________
"Mad Scientist" Matt Cramer
'66 Dart - turbocharged 225
My blog - Mad Scientist Matt's Lair

That be interesting, ricer engine with muscle car body. Really annoy them by sticking a huge, super tacky aluminum wing and one of thos horrible sounding tin cans on you exhuast. No one would say you didn't have a sense of humor.

_________________
My car may be slow to sixty, but at least it's been reliably slow to sixty for more than thirty years.

if anyone wants to do that without doing it to their good slant car i will be glad to sell them a 73 dart with some body/interior issues....