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Baron Von Slant
 Post subject: Building a motor 101
PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 2002 7:53 am 
I went out and bought a used slant on friday and my plan is to turn it into a leaning tower of power stroker 225. My plan is this so far:

offy 4bbl maninfold
edelbrock 500 cfm carb
cam (not sure what to go with here)
forged crank
bigger valves (again not sure exactly what size)
ported head shaved .030 (maybe more or less)
340 springs
198 rods
2.2l pistons
higher stall converter
bored +.060
mopar 6x1 header
fel-pro gaskets
8 1/4 or 8 3/4 rear end with 3.55 gears (not set in stone)
( I hope I didn't leave anything out )

I've gone through basically every thread here at .org and .com over the past few months and I printed out a ton of great information so I have a pretty good start, I guess the only thing I have going against me is that this is my first rebuild. So I'm comming here for advice once again...

I plan on going to the bookstore today to buy a book on rebuilding engines just to get my feet off the ground, but I was wondering if there were any slant specific books out there that are still available? I went out to buy the haynes book on rebuilding chrysler engines but it didn't even cover the slant. So for now I'm turning to the world leader in slant engine building, you guys

I just need general advice with all aspects of putting a motor together. I want to do this project right, the first time, so I am going to take it slow. So any knoweldge from tools, steps to take, measurements, to links on rebuilds, ect ect ect would be extremly helpful. Thanks a lot and look forward to many many future q's on this topic.


leaningtowerofpower@hotmail.com
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Red
PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 2002 3:38 pm 
Quote:
: I plan on going to the bookstore today to buy a
: book on rebuilding engines just to get my
: feet off the ground, but I was wondering if
: there were any slant specific books out
: there that are still available? I went out
: to buy the haynes book on rebuilding
: chrysler engines but it didn't even cover
: the slant. So for now I'm turning to the
: world leader in slant engine building, you
: guys


Here are 3 books that are good:

1)-Mopar Engines Manual (available thru your local Chrysler dealer parts counter)

2)-How to Build High Performance Chrysler Engines
by Frank Adkins (ISBN-1-884089-54-2)

3)-Step-By-Step Guide to Engine Maintenance / Repair: The Chrysler Family by Herschel & Ray Whittington (Tab Books-Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214)(ISBN 0-8306-5848-3) this last book is out of print but you can look for it here:

<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/books/misc/bibliofind.html/104-1235090-5912724">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/books/misc/bibliofind.html/104-1235090-5912724</A>

Also read (if you haven't already) all the stuff in the "articles" section of this forum...especially the articles on blocks, main seal installation and pan sealing, oil pump gear failure report, and head and revised combustion chamber.

Also get a FACTORY shop manual (as opposed to Haynes or Chilton) for your car. They can be found @ auto swap meets or on the internet. Go find a copy of Hemmings Motor News in the magazine section of a good bookstore and look in the literature section: there are lot's of listings there for guys who are in the business of selling old shop manuals and parts books. They're kinda pricey, but it's just one of those things that you should have around if you're going to be doing lot's of work on these cars.

---Red
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Doctor Dodge (Doug Dutra)
 Post subject: Re: Building a motor 101
PostPosted: Sun Sep 29, 2002 8:14 am 
Quote:
: I went out and bought a used slant on friday
: and my plan is to turn it into a leaning
: tower of power stroker 225. My plan is this
: so far: offy 4bbl maninfold
: edelbrock 500 cfm carb
: cam (not sure what to go with here)
: forged crank
: bigger valves (again not sure exactly what
: size)
: ported head shaved .030 (maybe more or less)
: 340 springs
: 198 rods
: 2.2l pistons
: higher stall converter
: bored +.060
: mopar 6x1 header
: fel-pro gaskets
: 8 1/4 or 8 3/4 rear end with 3.55 gears (not
: set in stone)
: ( I hope I didn't leave anything out )
:
: I've gone through basically every thread here
: at .org and .com over the past few months
: and I printed out a ton of great information
: so I have a pretty good start, I guess the
: only thing I have going against me is that
: this is my first rebuild. So I'm comming
: here for advice once again...
:
: I plan on going to the bookstore today to buy a
: book on rebuilding engines just to get my
: feet off the ground, but I was wondering if
: there were any slant specific books out
: there that are still available? I went out
: to buy the haynes book on rebuilding
: chrysler engines but it didn't even cover
: the slant. So for now I'm turning to the
: world leader in slant engine building, you
: guys
:
: I just need general advice with all aspects of
: putting a motor together. I want to do this
: project right, the first time, so I am going
: to take it slow. So any knoweldge from
: tools, steps to take, measurements, to links
: on rebuilds, ect ect ect would be extremly
: helpful. Thanks a lot and look forward to
: many many future q's on this topic.


That's a good list so far, add the timming chain and oil pump to it.
Also keep looking for SL6 engine "cores" There are lots around most are real cheap, many are free. Try to find a 68-76 forged crank, 5 freeze plug core. Reason I say this is it is nice to start with 2 or 3 engines to start the process. Take them apart and inspect the parts closely, with two "side by side" it is much easer to see which is better made or which part is stronger. Parts for HP Slants I build these days are assembled from selected parts from many engines, not just a rebuild of the first engine I disassembled. (truth is the factory used some pretty wide tolerances so some of the parts you get are questionable in a performance engine)

Get the books and info suggested and do a lot of reading. Take one issue - subject or engine part at a time and asked for details on that. (search the sites for info. already posted, then work off of that)
Start with the engine block, first how to select the "best" one and then how to prep it. Next comes the crank and connecting rods, pistions and timming chain, then the cam, followed by the head, etc. Just "peal-down the onion", slice-up the "pizza", "one brick at a time" kind of approch works best on these larger projects.
DD
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Tom
 Post subject: Re: Building a motor 101
PostPosted: Sun Sep 29, 2002 7:18 pm 
cleanleness isn't next to godlyness, it is godleness.

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