Those Dusters were SUCH a common sight when I was growing up.

Ive scattered two slants myself. Despite what the 90's infomercials showed,oil is not entirely optional.

@samuelgoodman2825

3 ай бұрын

I noticed they always had a slant or poor old 318 on them

Hi Jamie,I've owned lots of different engines over the years. My best engines that lasted over 300,000 miles were a'69 Dodge 300 4dr crew cab 318 went 345,000 miles. I replaced it with a motor home 440. I rebuilt the 318 and put it into a Dodge Coronet. I've owned several 170 and 225 dodge sixes, never blew one up. I had a dodge A-100 with a 170 and I really enjoyed that pickup. For durability I rate the Dodge slant six, the 318, and the motorhome440 as the best Dodge engines for durability. Now, I'm also have owned a '69 GTX 426 Hemi. My all time favorite hotrod. I rebuilt it when I bought it in '71/ I used a 426 Hemi Bible sent to me by a world famous Mopar icon. That car was a monster performer, I loved it making a sacrifice of it when I was hit hard by the "get married and settle down bug". It paid my way into a new house, and a major Ball &Chain!!!!!!. Meanwhile my work truck my old reliable '69 Dodge 440 powered baby just kept on running! I celebrated shedding the ole ball n chain by giving my truck an excellent B-5 blue paint job with painted on pin striking and my company logo too. I give an honorable mention to GM cars I've owned, the Chevy 6, 283, 327 and 350. No complaints to them great durability. I'm now and always been a Mopar guy. My racing favorite driver icons all drove Chrysler powered monster winning cars. Both drag strip and NASCAR drivers.

@cjm5002

3 ай бұрын

Up here under the hat of canadia in good ol Montucky we have lots of ranchers and farmers. Now say what you will about how abusive we are to our vehicles but the maintenance is generally always spot on. Oil changes twice a year, full lube service whether they need it or not, and so on. I inherited my 'first car' from a distant relative who thrashed a 76 adventurer SE longbox in canary yellow/white. That old man logged 680,000 miles on that truck before I got it. 3 transmissions, countless sets of brakes and other consumables, but never had to touch that old 360 once (other than plugs, wires, ie consumables). Turns out that after that many miles and never changing the timing chain is kinda bad for when a teenager gets his hands on it. I proceeded to thrash this thing until I roached 3 holes to the point of no return. I mean 2 had dropped exhaust valves that bashed around and poked holes in the pistons. One intake valve broke off and wedged between the wall and skirt resulting in a two piece connecting rod. BUT the truck still put me down the road another 45000 miles before I got a graduation gift of a 73 charger. I retired the truck to our back field for a couple years only to be revived again down the line when the charger was out of commission and yes it still ran until we decided to make a dumprun trailer with it. (which is when i found all the carnage under the heads).

Thanks for the hard work getting all of these videos out, excellent content. “And remember..” 😂

The Slant Six is an extremely easy engine to work on 3:35 Kind of a pain to work with 6:10 There's a really good chance this bolt will break 7:00 I forgot the coil was weird on this thing 8:24 Removing manifolds... kind of annoying 8:45 etc...

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

So what you’re saying is, I said something was “easy” and then proved that it still isn’t? 😅

Happiness is Dead Dodge on a Saturday afternoon 🎉

@kellismith4329

3 ай бұрын

With a Demon in the background no less

As a teen in the 80s my best friend got a 73 Dart in great shape but it was knocking. We were stupid kids with no license but we drove it up and down the block mostly floored until it threw a rod out the side of the block behind the water pump. By our surprise it started right back up and drove back to the house with smoke coming out the hole ! lol

@brivas3343

3 ай бұрын

Had a friend who put a hole thru the side of the block and still drove it several miles home.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

I have heard multiple stories of slants driving around for extended lengths of time with one rod having exited through some extra block ventilation 😅

Hey Jaime, my 225 slant six now. It did come with a crank bolt but it's a 72 model out of a Dodge truck now. It's been bored. 60 over got a ported head. I ported it myself and has been mailed down 17 thousandths the dex been milled down. 148,000 compression is now 10 to 1 and now sporting a heavily ported exhaust manifold and electronic ignition and an aluminum offenhauser intake manifold four barrel with a 600 CFM Holley lot of fun to drive

I've been Involved with 2 slants in my life. Both sent the rod closest to the starter thru the block. One I bought the Dart with the engine that way. The other was my father's D100 van. He owned a service station and this slant never missed a service.

I have always liked the Dart especially the 69 era version and the Duster first year's are the best version but just like most 70's cars the dreadful bumpers could use a good dose of Chip Foose to clean up the body lines. Any small Mopar with a small block is one Hell of a fun ride. The only slant six history I've had was a 65 4dr Dart I bought for $75 bucks due to a dead cylinder and found (1) push rod laying to one side. Adjusted all the valves changed all fluids and buffed it out and sold for a $500 profit. 1979 was a big investment year.😊

I regret offering my help "Sometimes " I offered to install a heater core in a 1981 Mustang ugly bad bad move after 6hrs I learned a hard lesson and Ford is owned by Snap-On tool that is my story and I'm sticking with it.

There was a celebrity at Home Depot. It was you! Thanks for all your content. I am getting one of the slants next week.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Yeah we were buying deck paint and plants. Haha. You didn’t say hey? What the heck?!

@jeffhutchins7048

3 ай бұрын

​@@DeadDodgeGarageYou NEVER want to meet your heros.😊I'm surprised you didn't know that....

Holy cow ive never seen cracked pistons or whacko pins on a slant six! You saved it from being total scrap if those pistons let go. I dont recall seeing main bolts going into a water jacket. Looks better than my 73 dart six we blew up! Got pops camcorder out in 1990 and my bother torched out a hole in the valve cover and torched out half of the valve keeper to get it to drop a valve. No dice. Held it to the floor for 5 minutes and it just floated the valves. Slant sixes have that cool tiny carb and small cam rev limiter! So we had to add paint thinner, brake fluid and palmolive (softens your hands while you blow motors). Five minutes later the engine started to waver and boom. Blew the power steering pump mount right off the block! Rod failure. Rod got jammed between the crank and the block. The engine caught on fire and we had to use a chemical extinguisher. What a mess! Oil all over the driveway. On teardown everything else looked "ok" except for the other 5 rods we all twisted about 45 degrees clockwise. 😀 I have it on vhs. The good ol days👍

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Wow… this must have been a fun pastime for people make in that time, because I’ve seen at least one other video of blowing one up. It took a lot of work. Haha.

@britjohnson1990

3 ай бұрын

@@DeadDodgeGarage It was great! It didnt want to die though needed help. We had to make room the 383 though!👍

Love your commentary Jamie! Keep up the good work

Interesting forensics. Looking forward to the results!

Some interesting stuff with that engine. And also weird. The 2 piston looked pretty cooked for sure, I always thought those slants were bulletproof. Great video as always dude!

Looking forward to the build. I have a 73 Duster I'm working on that I bought new.

Really good video Jamie!

Thank you Jamie. I really love the slant 6

Try getting to the Slant 6 distributor here in Australia; there's a steering box squeezed in there, too. [Right hand drive] Still my all time favourite engine, but!![the oil is routed right around the outside of the block [with pipework] and back in again, too, just to make it even weirder.]

The leaning power of tower ....good stuff can't wait for more content....thanks

You do make it seem easy. I know of course it sometimes isn’t easier, but still. He he. Good job

Gramie always said " if you're gonna be dumb ya gotta be tuff

@kellismith4329

3 ай бұрын

So I give you that name and said goodbye, I knew you’d have to get tough or die

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

And when I have a son, I’m going to name him… JIM! Or BOB! ANYTHING BUT SUE!

I got a thing for the late A bodies. Excited to see this build.

Hey Jamie, thanks for doing this one, it was really interesting who'd of thunk a cracked piston.

Nice job Nice Dodge Nice show 😃👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

Very interesting thank you for the great video

You get so used to seeing things in your own garage then you see it in someone else's 🤯 I have the same exact AC Delco jack stands I literally got in 1998 when I got my first car still using them, side note this might sound sinful here but it was a 1986 Oldsmobile cutlass supreme. And Still my favorite. I mostly call myself a Mopar guy these days with the exception to Oldsmobile. Love all of them.

And now,a moment of Zen,brought to you by Jamie.

My Dream Dead Dodge would be having you rebuilding that Slant 6 with a turbo and a AU sourced intake with a Holly 4b crab. Great Video!

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Well we already built an aluminum four barrel manifold, and I have an EFI system for it. I need to figure out the turbo side and piping, and then we’ll have a show…

Sweet vid! Very informative per usual. Buzzin' Half Dozen's kinda rule IMO!! I'm guessing the bolt sticking out of the crank/ harmonic balancer was put there so that the engine could be turned with a wrench. My '66 Belvedere Wagon came with a seized up slant six - after a jug of Marvel Mystery Oil into the cylinders - I reefed back and forth on this bolt trying to break it free... sadly to no avail. I've sourced/ pulled a good running slant out of a 72 Dart... it needs to be installed. This video just might have been the jump start I needed to get underway on this endeavor!! Thanks for the continued inspiration - appreciate it to the fullest!

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Ok, I know *why* it was there - but why did they feel they needed it there? Lol. The engine was never seized. It wasn’t tight enough to turn the engine with either. Awesome! I hope so! Haha. You bet.

My dad sold a '74 Swinger with a 225 to a friend of my brother's, and, he managed to blow it up by running it completely dry of oil. It went about 500 miles with just oil residue before it seized for good.

Good to see that I'm not the only one who gives stern warnings to inanimate objects.

The leaning tower of power! Love me a slant six. The first vehicle I ever owned was an "83 D150 \6...I miss that truck.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

The 80s slants are the best ones! They just run and sound great. I’ve always been impressed.

Pretty cool forensic investigation. With that said, I am totally loving this swap. A 408 with a TKX?? Yes sir! Isn't a Dana kinda overkill? Regardless, thanks for taking us along this super cool stroker journey! And may the /6 rest in peace....

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Yes. Overkill is exactly what I said. We were going to look for an A body 8 3/4… but this Dana cost way less than $3000, on a crate, ready to go and set exactly up how we wanted it. So here we go!

That was interesting. I thought someone might have dropped the air cleaner nut down the carb at one point. Who knows??

@paulwells4203

3 ай бұрын

And it rode around on top of the piston banging little dimples in it until it flew out the exhaust valve. Now the evil nut is sitting in the muffler telling mice of its wild ride....

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

If that’s what happened, how could we have no impact marks whatsoever on the cylinder head? I’ve seen what happens when little pieces of valve seat bounce around in a modern Hemi, and it’s very impressive. This is an iron head instead of aluminum, but I still think a chunk of metal jammed into the head and halves by a piston will leave some marks.

Hey Jamie, I really can't weight till you do the turbo slant 6. Because, a slant 6 absolutely needs, a turbo, these days. It would be like the greatest thing for like, eco friendly, and stuff... I guess LofingL😂

Looking forward to the turbo build as i have the original 215 low comp engine out of my vg (Australian) and i believe they are ideal for turbo builds.

Awesome. ThAwesome.

Just in case some folks don't realize those spacer things go between the bolt and the trans mount. I've seen way too many folks use them like shims between the mount flange and tailshaft housing. They actually act to reinforce the flange hole from distorting.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Yes! I’ve never seen it put together wrong so didn’t know to mention it.

Jamie changing the points and fuel pump on a slant six. Leaning tower off power can definitely take some time. Your right. 😂

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Oh yeah… I’ve done my share of slant fuel pumps too. My ‘73 Swinger was running like absolute garbage pulling away from a gas station one day in like 2009. So I pulled over and found the crankcase was massively overfull… turns out when the fuel pump diaphragms start going, they can continue to work well enough to run while pouring fuel into the oil! Cool trick. So I limped it to my mom’s house a few blocks away, got a new one at the parts store, and changed the oil… that contaminated oil/gas is *still* in an enclosed oil drain at her place. That’s my bad.

Sunday afternoon here 😄

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

It comes sooner and sooner all the time. Haha. It’s 1:00 AM Sunday morning here.

Mate that lil ol' rattle gun must have some slant DNA . Its a Champ , maybs long service or a decent burial when the sad day happens.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Yeah that thing has seen some stuff. I must have put ten clips on it. It’s my fault for using chrome tools with it and ruining the dingus end. I have been slowly switching to Milwaukee stuff because my Mac Tools rep moved away and we haven’t gotten a new one. But that 3/8” impact is an absolute reigning world champion. The Mac cordless tools are made by DeWalt and use the same batteries, chargers, etc., but come with a three year warranty instead of one. That one has more than outlived its warranty, it’s been dropped, it’s been thrown, it’s been dunked in coolant. Seriously good stuff.

I love the looks.of those cars

I was hoping to see behind the timing cover, oh well.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Yeah me too. I ran out of time unfortunately.

Dad used to hunt slant 6's all the time. 1st thing he would do is replace the rods and retorque the valves he used to say that no 6 was ever torqued right from the factory.

Love Dusters had 3 my favorite was a 71 with rally rims

79 diplomat hand me down had the slant6, never let me down

My second car was a new, 1973 Duster with the slant six. I subsequently owned several more cars with slant sixes, but I was never happy with fuel mileage. Unlike you and most rebuilders here, I do not want more performance that costs more money (higher fuel consumption). I want more performance AND more economy. My current car is a 2017 Pacifica which get much better fuel economy. My dream would be to put the whole power train of a Pacifica or similar into a Duster.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

I guess you haven’t seen a lot of my videos then. Lol. I am a big proponent of mostly stock engines and usable torque for the street. I’m not a big horsepower guy, and have never dyno’d an engine I have built. I’m all about home grown performance, and not spending a fortune on go fast parts. I may be one of very few KZreadrs you will find that has been involved in a fuel economy oriented classic build or two. I’m also one of few people who will tell you that modern drivetrain in a classic like this is a mistake - and not because I hate or fear modern stuff. The exorbitant cost alone far outweighs any savings from fuel economy gains you will see, unless you drive this car thousands and thousands and thousands of miles. That may be your goal in such a build, and that’s great - but then you come up against another issue, which is the reliability of the electrical system and the fuel system used to make the conversion. And the difference between a slant six and your Pacifica engine is that the slant six doesn’t need a space station’s worth of electronic controls to run. In fifty years, which of these engines will still run and be reliable? My money is *not* on the Pacifica. My brother has documented thousands of miles in multiple V8 powered A-bodies, logging fuel economy in the low 20s MPG range. You might beat that with a modern drivetrain swap - but at what cost? In my book, these cars are best enjoyed in a mostly stock or period correct state. They are simple, reliable, easily diagnosed when things go wrong, and lots of fun - even the slow ones. That’s my take on this anyway. It’s only based on sixteen years of experience with these cars in every flavor there is - from stock slant sizes to modern Hemi swaps, I’ve tested these theories a lot.

@kart70

3 ай бұрын

Not to pile on, but I remember a video from Onelonelyfarmer talking about buying a godzilla powered F250 vs. the diesel-powered F250. He said that when you compare the price difference between the packages, you can buy a lot of gasoline. In his mind, the gasoline powered package is overall more economical despite getting worse fuel mileage. The same can be said for weird drive train swaps. You can buy a lot of gasoline for the money spent on the swap, even an aftermarket overdrive transmission behind a factory engine.

I've only had one slant six in my life (at least one that I actually drove), so I'm no expert. But when I saw the dings in the one piston, my first thought was "major detonation". Otherwise, my thought was "just drive the absolute crap out of it until it totally disintegrates, and THEN tear it down and see what it looks like. But, 408 stroker will make everything right.

Ralph Wiggum: "Blown up slant 6? That's un-possible!"

Really like to see that #2 piston cleaned up. And the #2 chamber- kinda curious what exactly happened.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Me too. I should have cleaned the chamber too, I realize that now. But I saw no evidence of impact or damage there.

@dantupper1784

3 ай бұрын

@@DeadDodgeGarage That IS odd.

@robinelston5966

3 ай бұрын

@@dantupper1784I think it ingested a small alien vessel which then fired a photon torpedo at the oncoming piston!

@dantupper1784

3 ай бұрын

@@robinelston5966 Was kinda thinking of a bad piston heat-treating, maching error, wrong size piston (that factory a,b,c,d thing) or rings. Being 2024 and all- sure, why not?-ad mini aliens & photon torpedo's. At the rate they are extending the B-52's lifespan, Ol' Grandpa BUFF will probably get upgraded to photon torpedo's & warp drives next retrofit

@robinelston5966

3 ай бұрын

@@dantupper1784😅I love BUFFs they fly over our Bossier Parish property all day long.

I'm thinking detonation did that to that to the piston(s).

I burned a hole in a piston on a 225 slant 6 by overheating it. It was in a Plymouth Scamp.

The hated bypass hose.

I’m pretty sure most old school mopars including the slant 6 offset the wrist pin toward the thrust side of the piston to reduce noise and piston slap when cold- it’s not a defect, it’s a feature.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

I am fully aware of and familiar with piston pin offset. The cast in area that the pin should be centered in is offset. The pin in this piston is drilled way off center of that hole, such that the offset appears to be much more - on one side only.

Never met a blown slant 6 before 😊

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Oh I have, a couple times…

I swapped starters from two slants for my neighbor one day when the high temp went up to zero degrees. Not fun but all from the top at least......Jay

I didn’t notice the lights dim, but did notice the 100 ft 16gu extension cord it’s plugged in to. Definitely does look like it was fed the air cleaner nut as someone suggested. Maybe someone reversed the pistons lol. Recycle that kitty litter? The cat used to be white

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

No, the overhead is plugged directly into the wall. But it’s on the same circuit as a few of the lights.

225 legend 👍🏻🇦🇺

I don't remember which show it was on motor trend. But they built a slant six with like 570 horsepower. It was awesome.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Seriously?! I haven’t seen that, but I did see a clip of that Holley sponsored turbo slant build running before it had a turbo. Wonder if you mean that one. It’s absolutely amazing and beautiful - and it made me a little grumpy, because a turbo slant video series has been in my plan for quite a while, and they kinda took the piss out of it. Haha.

Had a 60 dodge dart as my first car, 225 slant 6, had a weird problem were talking around 1967 ish. Thing would idle but when you gave it gas it would fall on it's face. Turned out to be the gear on the end of the distributer was nylon and had a spit in it. when under load split would open and distributer would go out of time. Got a steel gear and pin from Dodge dealer and was a 35 cent fix. have you ever seen that nylon gear or did I have the only one ever produced LOL

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

On the contrary - I’ve never seen one that *wasn’t* nylon, and I’ve never had that problem!

i changed the starter on my slant six while sitting in the drvers seat of my old ram van lol

That engine reving outside @18:20 sounds exactly like the "noise" the new electric Charger makes.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Interesting, it didn’t sound that way to me. It sounded… broken

Put together early Monday morning just before the strike 😊

Hahahahaha !!!! You just replaced the clip on your impact ..... As you let it , bounce off the engine onto the floor .....LOL 😂

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

It wronged me! Screw that thing

@butcher390

3 ай бұрын

​@@DeadDodgeGarage For that impact Had besmirched you For the last time 😂

@jeffhutchins7048

3 ай бұрын

It's an IMPACT wrench, they're MADE for dropping. It's right in thr name!

That slant was fine, just an oil change to flush out the biggest chunks and it would be good to go, by the way the Lancer 61 has a much nicer dash, rear lights and grille compared to the 62

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Oh I’m sure you’re right. Haha. Some smoke and blowby is certainly within factory specifications. I know - the early dash is really cool. But it wasn’t exactly up to use what car was donated.

you catched it just in time for a rebuild

My wife blew one up back in the 70's

25:09-25:11 if there were any there, your channel would be even more popular! lol

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

I’m glad someone enjoyed me leaving that in 🤣

Detonation damage! #2 probably started passing some oil, which lowers the octane value of the charge and that cylinder started detonating/rattling, which pitted and cracked the piston eventually. This can also beat the rod so badly that the cap can get spread / loose.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Well there we go. I have heard that oil consumption can lead to pre ignition. So I guess the question is what was the original sin - how did the oil end up in there? Obviously we can see the terrible ring seal now, but was that before or after the piston cracked?

@timmcooper294

3 ай бұрын

@@DeadDodgeGarage Hard to say for sure, but I bet here was a "smaller" problem than the crack, that began a domino effect. I have had many engines that got tired and burned oil start detonating really bad under load. The pitting on the piston crown is detonation for sure, and the way the crack and rings look my guess is they are also detonation damage. I had one tired engine detonate so bad it eventually holed a piston.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

@@timmcooper294 I’ve heard it can get to that point. Cool! This makes good sense to me. The last engine I took apart with obvious detonation damage had it in 3 holes I believe. Just thought it was interesting to see in only one, and to that extent.

Then there is you me and Billy Gibbons.😂

Greasy carnage!!

The UBER RARE double notch/reversible rod cap!!!😮😅

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Isn’t that neat?! I don’t recommend using the reverse feature though. 😅

There is a lot of debate on a lot of the mopar Facebook pages about whether or not you need the spark plug washer with the tube seal, i was wondering what you thought about that.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Tube or washer - not both.

Ignition coil holder strap need to be all the way to the stopper -.250 inch or 5 mm . turn coil till positive face the ignition strap hole

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

…what?

Dropped a bolt down the intake? With the valve in just the right position tto slip into the bore?

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

No contact damage to the head or valves though. And I’ve seen that happen a couple times before - there is usually an impression of whatever it is that fell in.

I tried, buddy. You didn't hear me. Next time, I will shout. I even looked in the parking lot for a dodge I would recognize😂

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Alright, yeah, that checks out. I’m kinda deaf, and/or have selective hearing 🤣 we were incognito in the normal people family car.

That engine definitely has some anomalies, I would definitely want an answer to coolant on top of the main cap bolt. Do you think the block might have been machined on the eve of some major labor action? And the piston damage, the cylinder ingested something small that wasn’t edible. The piston pins? Somewhere there’s a long retired UAW worker laughing to himself.

The leaning tower of power.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

We still need to make the “Leaving Tower Of Power” shirt…

@charlessmith3758

3 ай бұрын

@@DeadDodgeGarage the replacement tower of power, we'll be watching. With that new intake manifold and small 4 barrel? Did you say headers? Or just the re and re.

Block have a Maltese cross or other stamping marks? Was hoping you flipped a bearing shell out and checked the size/date on them. Vacuum leak and detonation on that pitted piston perhaps.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

You know, I’m well versed with those stampings on big blocks, but I’m almost ashamed to admit I don’t know where they would be on the slant. And I seriously don’t know why I didn’t go looking for markings on a bearing and show that - as I have in my recent Hemi teardowns. I was definitely in a hurry at the end of filming the video. That’s unfortunate.

I also have killed a slant six. Criminal neglect on my part. Allegedly. I've seen carb parts get sucked into a cylinder. Chewed the piston in a way much different than those.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

“Allegedly” Yep… I allegedly fed a slant six half a can of ether to get it started after sitting for years as a teenager, and found out what the inside of the block looks like. I wish I still had the chunk that came flying out.

Awesome engines. Just check and change the oil, they would outlast most motors.

Imagine if mopar had a v12 back in the day

@jeffhutchins7048

3 ай бұрын

Everytime I see a Slant Six I think that.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

I too have had the same thought, many times… I know someone out there has done it but I’m still tempted.

Of course the toughest engine ever conceived can be blown up - the "hold my beer" crowd can tear hell out of any engine, especially if they don't care or are intentionally destroying shiyat.... The fact remains that the vaunted /6 is acknowledged to be the most durable engine of all time. I've read an old SAE paper that even compared it to sort of a perpetual motion machine; the design is for it to have next to no parasitic friction loss. - Ed on the Ridge

I have a 68 dart 225 iam currently overhauling but I lost my rear main seal cap and can’t seem to find one I need help finding one

You should do an aussie 265 hemi with the 3 webers

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

If I ever find one… I will. But they are very rare in these parts.

Piston worms ! Seems Ive got stem seal probs too, puff blue smoke on start up , tick. Puff blue smoke on etc etc. Tick. but im retired so ,

A blown up slant 6? Thought it might be an April Fools but I’m a few days too late.

Pennzoil filter, all I need to know...hopefully full of "Pennsylvania-grade crude" for that funky stink & paraffin wax/sulfide growths

I am having withdrawals with no new second generation charger videos…..

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

…sorry?

I wonder if Clifford Research is still around?

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Their manifolds sure are! But I built my own 😁

Hey is that a new 2025 charger? You know the one with that new fangled motor i heard they call it a 6 cylinder?

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

If those smell like this does… I’d be concerned.

That cracked piston was probably really close to being a grenade in the engine and taking out the rest of the engine. I'd bet the piston dimple over the crack is from erosion once the crack went into the ring area. The block looks salvageable though. Folks who don't know about the slant 6 and think the design is wierd think nothing of a V8 which is 2 slant 4s melded together. Same for the V6 being 2 slant 3's.

@rennkafer13

3 ай бұрын

I'm right there with you on the erosion once it cracked and let combustion gas through. That could also be the source of the noise, combustion gas expanding into the crankcase.

Preignition cause the pitting n beat up top of piston?

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

That is my assumption, it just looks different than the pattern I have seen before.

I have never seen a blown up slant six in my life until now Im 53 years old they just don't make enough power to hurt themselves normally that thing must have been really abused for a longtime to get in that bad a shape

Blown up slant six!!! Impossible!

@subarute9304

3 ай бұрын

Did they nuke it from orbit?

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Impossiburu!!!

Curious how many miles on this engine?

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

The odometer says 30k. The brake pedal says at least 130k+. The seat isn’t totally destroyed so that may well be right. But it’s hard to know for sure.

Interesting failure mode. I guess even a manufacturing defect can't kill a /6 . Well it can it just takes 50 years to show up? Do these things run on magic and pixie dust? Like you said that is not my experience either. One thought on the electric choke heater. It's so the choke opens too early and the car dies in the middle of a busy intersection before it completely warms up.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Aaaaaahh, *that’s* what it’s for!

Those solid lifter ones were supposed to be relashed every oil change, but that never happened.

@jeffhutchins7048

3 ай бұрын

Love your reticle!.....You know what I mean.

@craigbenz4835

3 ай бұрын

@@jeffhutchins7048 I have three hunting rifles with it. Two from Leupold and one from IOR/Valdada. Nothing better for my hunting.

@DeadDodgeGarage

3 ай бұрын

Every oil change? Obviously there is a spec for adjustment but I didn’t think it was that frequent.