Thread: 225 Slant six

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The newer light engines have the cast crank with fewer counterweights, and a lighter head with no spark plug wells. The older stuff is much better.

This one has t he wells for the spark plugs with what looks like inserts.
But the car is on hold right now, someone beat me over there with $50 to hold it. I was going to pay all up front, but couldn't get a hold of him as his phone was dead all day, and when I finally got over there to talk to him I was 45 min late. He said the guy was going to pick up the car tues or wed, and if he didn't or backed out he was going to call me so I can come get it.
If I don't I can always pick up an old rambler for $200. The car is a little rusted out but I can still salvage parts off of it.
Looks like this one only worse


or this one. I do know its a rambler classic just not the year. but these 2 are close

Ok found a new engine, Ok not new but anyways. Does anyone have any pics, close ups. of the motor mounts of a slant 6 225? I am looking for how they are mounted, and a general location of where. This engine is out of a 76 aspen.
Also where can I get some mounts? Both for the engine and the frame?
Thanks for all the help you guys are great.

Tim -

Here (maybe) are some pictures from Chilton manual of slant six engine mounts. I hope you can tell something about them.

Jim

That seems to have gone somewhere, so ....

One more time.

Incidentally, the offer still stands.

Jim

Say, kustom_oz, please check your PM's when you get a minute.

Jim

Say, Joker -

It seems to me that some time back you said that you intend to use an automatic behind your Mopar slant six. This morning I was scratching around in that big pile of crap I call "my files" and found another Chrysler publication entitled "Modifying the Torqueflite for Special Applications".

I'm in no way a transmission man so I don't understand a word of it.

The smaller torqueflite was known as the "A904" and was used with the slant six starting in 1960 and with the 273 V8 starting with the '64 model. The two engines had different bolt patterns, so if you haven't bought a transmission yet and you find an A904 behind a 273, don't buy it. It won't fit your engine.

If you want a copy of this information, lemme know and I'll send you one. Then you'll owe me TWO beers.

Oh .... and Don Shillady, if you see this, I did find a picture of the Tex Smith "XR6" slant six powered roadster. It's on the cover of a booklet on bodywork and is sort of doggy looking, but I'll post it when I get a chance.

Jim

Big Tracks, scan and post the picture of the XR-6 mainly for the younger folks to see a very innovative roadster powered by a slant six. I took a trip to the Midwest a few years ago and part of the trip was an adventure in a little 6-passenger plane where I sat next to a Dodge/Plymouth dealership owner at a time when I had a Volare wagon with a 4-speed OD. He told me that many of the slant six engines would go well over 200,000 miles without even removing the head for any service, they are sturdy engines.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

You're right, Don. They're really good engines. You probably figured out that I'm a fan of the slant sixes by my postings in this thread!

I have had two slant sixes with over 160,000 miles on them and the only real problem I had (with both of them) was worn out valve guides.

Jim

Okay, Mr. Shillady,

Here, unless I messed up (again), is the Tex Smith XR6 roadster. The booklet I took the picture from is probably 1963 vintage.

It was unique not only for its engine but for its assymetrical body body design.

I'd say the picture speaks for itself.

In case that front suspension looks like early Volkswagen, it's because that's what it is!

Jim

nice to see some slantsix talk, i have been racing and street drive slantsixs for years, headers and after market 4bbl intake with 600cfm vac secondaries makes a nice comb for street but if you cant find header or you dont want to make them doug dutra in ca. makes dual cast iron ex manifolds check them out on slantsix web site.slantsix best engine ever built.

as for a transmission go with 904 but get a 318 904 from 1985 to 1993 ,for parts,they are lockup trans but they have the low gear set you can put all the sun gears and high clutch drum in the non lockup trans. that will give you 2.74 low 1.74second and 1to1 high, also you get the five disc front clutches,this really goes nice with low end tork the a slantsix already has.

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You listenin' to this, Tim?

Jim