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| Author: | Daddiojoe [ Wed Aug 06, 2003 10:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Slant Six in the Deora |
I was reading about Dodge trucks a while back and was surprised to find out (but then I got to looking at it and it made perfect sense) that the old show car/Hot Wheels Deora was based on an A100 w/ a slant six. The /6 is mentioned as being "modified" but I've never really seen particulars beyond dual exhaust. Can anybody give me more info?  curiously yrs, Joe |
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| Author: | Red [ Wed Aug 06, 2003 1:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Deora slant |
This article, based on an interview with the car's builder, indicates that the engine was bone stock, moved rearward 15" from it's original mounting position and run thru a 3-speed, Hurst floor-shifted, manual gearbox: http://members.aol.com/thomasv12/privat ... deora.html ---Red |
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| Author: | slanted attitude [ Wed Aug 06, 2003 4:27 pm ] |
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They bulit a modell of this truck several years ago and I have picked up sevearl of them just to get the slant out of them to swap into other models.It's a nicely detailed little engine considering that you can hardly see it once the model is built. |
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| Author: | Daddiojoe [ Thu Aug 07, 2003 12:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Thanks, Red. |
I read that article, too, but for some reason thought that the /6 got modified. Must not have been too hot of a rod, eh? Still a very cool custom, Joe |
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| Author: | mighty mouse 63 [ Thu Aug 07, 2003 6:45 pm ] |
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Have a full write up on this thing. And it was bone stock with the exception of some extrodenarily long upper/lower hoses between radiator and engine. Forget how much this increased coolant capacity and was one of the achiles heels of the design as the stock water pump could not push the coolant through the block at sufficient volume to prevent overheating... Dave 
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| Author: | Daddiojoe [ Fri Aug 08, 2003 7:40 am ] |
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Good stuff to know, Dave. Where did you get the write up--I'm wondering where I could find a copy. Thanks, Joe |
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