Slant Six Surprise!
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- Of the 12.5 million Chrysler Slant Six engines made, just over 50,000 featured lightweight aluminum blocks! But how did Chrysler get away with using an iron cylinder head? And what happened when Steve put one on the dyno? Watch and see the action!
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Get well soon Steve! We’re all pulling for you. 💪
What happened to him?
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@@cleetusmacfarland9453 Steve has encephalitis. An infection of the brain. He was very ill and hospitalized for an extended period of time. He is on the road to recovery and plans to return soon.
I have a good story myself. I was living in Arkansas and driving around in the pine forests around Hot Springs, where I lived, exploring the gravel roads. I had a 1962 Dodge D100 with the big iron slant6. Long story short, I got stuck. I was a LONG way from any help and did not want to walk, so I tried REAL hard to get out. I blew the tire, blew the radiator, and when I finally gave up, the top half of the engine was glowing red. I left never expecting it to turn over again. The entire top of the engine was literally glowing red hot! Got back a few days later with a tow, and to my sheer amazement, the engine not only turned over, it STARTED! I fixed the tire after yanking it out and drove it home and while it ran rough and used a gallon of oil per mile, it ran! That engine should have seized and welded itself forever. After that, if I plugged the breather tube and revved the engine, it would pop the dipstick and breather out with the blowby. Lol! But that same engine ran about 3 more years after that. I finally junked the truck when I could not get brakes for it any longer. Slant 6 engines EARNED the reputation they have!
I did not know there was an aluminum version of the slant six, very cool. That's quite a weight difference from the iron block. It's too bad they didn't make an aluminum head to go with it. Great stuff Steve!
Actually they did as far as I understand. It was a speed part like the special intake they made check out UTG uncle Tony has alot of slant video
He even talks about the hyper pack
@Mathew Dick I subscribe to UTG did you ever see the Sunday night live with him and Steve. He had a couple they were great.👍
Agreed 👍
That slant 6 aluminum, with cast iron head, GM was still expirementing that concept with the Vega, great video,how big is this magazine collection of information ?
I spend my Sunday mornings catching up with Steve. He's a time traveler bringing back fond memories.
When I was growing up in the 70's it was fun to get chased out of junkyards. Cops and robbers a thing of the past.
Thanks Steve.
Unfortunately now adays you get chased out of junkyards for different reasons. The yard by me they let people go in back and get parts till one time a woman went in back and scratched her leg on a bumper then sewed and won 10k for a scratch. They don't let people in back now.
@@TomTom-qm4mq they used to have U Pull it junk yards, people went in and practiced how things came apart
@@TomTom-qm4mq the local one by me had a car fall on someone some years back and ever since then, you told them what you wanted and they pulled it. I'm told the yard has since closed.
*Uncle Tony has entered chat*
Plan z motor?
Lol. He’s the first person that popped into my mind when I saw this motor. 😂
@@robertclark9 I sent him an Email and told him about it. Who knows, he might be interested. I suggested Plan Z. Hell, the aluminum block weighs less than half what an iron block weighs. And since weight reduction is a major part of Plan Z.. just sayin.
I wonder what the odds are that that engine is restorable at all. The odds it can be 'Built' into a higher horsepower engine is even higher against. It would be a work of love to restore it, a shot in the dark to beef it up.
@@lilmike2710 I hope he snatches it up I’d love to see him do something with it
Learned something new today. I never knew there was such a thing. Great job as always, Steve!
The slant 6 was a great engine as was the Ford 289. Ya couldn't kill them.
Yeah... After WWII's ferocious demand for aluminum planes/engines ended, ALCOA, Aluminum Company of America, was looking for a market for its enormous capability to make aluminum, so was pestering automakers to use more aluminum. Buick actually made the 215" aluminum V8 about 1950 for concept cars before going into mass production of it in 1960. And, of course, Chrysler gave in and made some aluminum Slant 6's.
That is so very cool! Had a '75 Valiant with a Slant Six and the thing was absolutely bulletproof.
Bring back the Slant 6 Valiant!!!
Oh yea, those were GREAT engines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
'72 with 727. A great car
@@zelenskysboot361 👍👍
Yep, had a 75 Dart Swinger with the Slant 6.
A Slant Six Dodge is no big thrill
But it’s a car no atom bomb can kill… 😎
My first car in 1969 was a 62 three on the floor four door Valiant slant six in "institutional" green. At the time I was not too pleased. Looking back I realize it was one of the most reliable cars I have ever owned.
In 1983 I had a '62 Plymouth Plymouth in that same green, but three on the tree. This may have been a gov't fleet purchase as there was no model name on the car or on the title. The laminated circuit board in the dash delaminated causing problems with gauges and indicators.
Uncle Tony remarked that after a lifetime of messing with Chrysler products he has never seen a 170 slant that was worn out. Chances are if you took care of it and it didn't rust out you would still be driving it.
You come up with the coolest oddball stuff. A good slant 6 with a manual transmission in a truck is hard to beat.
The slant six has been my favorite 😍.
Send that engine to UTG! He’s the slant six master. I bet he could build something cool but that’s if he’s got time to do anything with it because he’s got a ton of irons in the fire already but this was a great video Steve.
That would be cool!
@@SteveMagnante yes it definitely would be cool.
I agree! Uncle Tony would have a heyday with this engine! Long live the Leaning Tower of Power! :)
I feel like I’ve learned more from these videos than in all my college years! (And I love panel trucks). Thanks Steve!
Great to hear!
Aw man, I'd love to see you build a Slant 6 again.
As a young family man of 22, I bought a '64 Dodge 440 with the slant six and pushbutton automatic.
The trusty but rusty Dodge served us for many years without ANY major repairs needed.
What amazed me was that, as the outer body succumbed to Chicago area winter road salt, the inner structure of the unibody revealed itself to be galvanized metal. She was a 4 door post and was eventually replaced by a Volare wagon with the "Super Six"...
@ Neal Sidor wow sounds like you had your hands full as a young man. Thanks for sharing your story. 👍
@Neal Sidor, I still have our family car, 64 440 four door Sedan with the 225 one barrel 3 on the tree,,, she's like a sewing machine and not in bad shape at all, even yet. They are such good driving cars my Dad has had several over the years,, including the one he bought new, a dark blue 426 wedge 4speed Polara 500 two door hardtop. Still in its original paint and chrome today with 71k miles on the clock. Love the 64's absolutely the most.
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Yup, cruised Lake Shore Drive in the summertime, that ol' 'leaning tower of power' wasn't a lightning bolt but it held it's own on the highway. The old memories that are conjured up related to the automobile are almost always happy ones...
Wow! If it wasn’t for Steve! I would never had known those slanted aluminum sixes where that special or that he had built one! How cool! Thanks to the master of automotive knowledge now we all know!👌😎👍
Right on
Awesome discovery, Steve. Slantiacs will survive.
Knew there were aluminum slant sixes,didn't know their idiosyncrasies,nice exploding hose,great video
Oh, PS not a real computer nut. But learning :-) forgot to mention really enjoyed the aluminum block episode. Very enlightening. Never heard of it. And as well as that valiant you sent to Australia it was beautiful! That style valiant is one of my favorite cars. Wish I had one today. We have several vehicles the oldest a 63 Ford 4 x 4 with a 223 six, does not leak or burn and drop oil, oh darn might have to just keep it till I die like a Viking king in his ship :-) again Have abeautiful day and thank you
Great video !!! I have always admired the slant 6. My company used them. We overhauled all the engines of our service trucks back then. The slant 6 was the one least overhauled. I am retired now, the overhaul department is no more. Time passes, things change. I wish I was capable of pulling that aluminum s6 out of Burlesons and doing it over!
Thanks for sharing
Wow!! It is so cool that this engine exists. I was a mechanic at the local Dodge Dealership from 1970 to 1977,...never saw one of these. I did however get to wrench on and test drive all those Dodge muscle cars with 5year 50,000mi waranties on the drive trains. Most fun I ever had in a vehicle Thanks for sharing with us...peace
Learning something new every day with Steve!!
Uncle Tony would like that Slant "6" !
Hey Steve Pete from Australia, we sure do love them Vals over here and when I was in year 7 to 10 I would stay at my mate's farm and he had a VC Val 67 for a paddock basher we would thrash around.
The Slant Six was the hallmark of mechanical simplicity and the formula of "if the shoe fits, wear it". As a result, the Slant Six developed into one of the best and reliable engines ever made. There were reports of them being shot, run out of oil and still running. I don't know why you'd do that, just give the same TLC as any other engine or piece of equipment and it will reward you with reliable service.
My last slant six, a 63 had 87k on it and didn't burn or leak a drop of oil or coolant. Only needed a valve lash adjustment.
Drove one without coolant, no damage!
The guy I bought my coronet from had another slant 6 car for parts, it had a hole in the side of the block and he said when they were kids it was they're farm toy to run around doing donuts and stuff, it threw a rod and kept thrashing until all the oil flew out which I was told was quite awhile, and I believe it.
In reality any of the last generation of US OHV inline sixes fits this description. Never meant to be high output engines instead they were simple reliable engines that provided cheap transportation. They died out when the last 4.0 came off the line in Kenosha.
@@TrashcanGarage We had several in my family throughout the 1960s to the 1980s, the last one being my sister's first car in 1983 which was a 1974 Gold Duster with a Slant in it. It was reliable and always started no matter what. My dad sold it for double what he bought it for $745 in 1985 and my sister then got a 1979 Cutlass which was also very reliable.
I just finished rebuilding a 79 Super 6 and it’s my first Slant six rebuild I’ve ever done. This is a simple over engineered unit. I just smile when I see one
My 1960 Plymouth Belvedere had what was know then as a 30 Degree Economy Six (the valve cover decal was a thing of great 'modernist' beauty) with an aluminum intake. I owned for 27 years and I still miss it.
Someone needs to let Uncle Tony know about this . So he can put this in his Miata .
Get Ardema and Braun to make a aluminum head
Love your work Steve. Love the junk yard finds, the model car, and all the history and tech knowledge you bring.
I own one of these aluminum blocks. Stored in my dad's garage. Bought it about 20 years ago on ebay when I was at a different point in my life
Great video! All your videos are great but this was really special! Thanks Mr. Steve!!
Besides being rugged and simple the slant 6 also had good performance potential. My dad used to run a 61 Lancer at the dragstrip and I remember him outrunning a lot of v-8's with his 170. Thanks for the video!
I was going to say I knew a guy with a Alloy six in Australia....then you said his name and I realised it was Your Engine!.Small World!.
That guy is Dave Mahoney. When I lived in Los Angeles, Dave used to stay at my place and spend two weeks buying clean California cars he'd then pack up and ship "down under". I never asked him for any fees despite my yard serving as a storage lot for as many as 4 cars for him. He got the "All-uminum" '62 Valiant during an eBay auction I posted it on. It was stalling at $7,000 and I was planning to have a friend "bump it up" but Dave was using a different bidder name that I didn't recognize. I balked and hoped bidding would blow up in the final hours naturally but Dave ended up winning it using a covert bidder name. I had some sour feelings for a long time in how he snuck by using a cover bidder name but have let it go...just like the car. At least the meagre $7,500 went into the build of a 520 hemi that was more fun. Thanks for writing, Steve Magnante
Thanks for explaining why 'Special' was cast on the heads of the aluminum Slant 6's. I noticed that on the few aluminum Slant 6's I have seen and always wondered what it meant.
Great video and never knew about the aluminum engines. My first car was a valiant with the slant 6 here in australia.
I just traded a squarebody for a slant six valiant. I knew I could count on Steve as I start to learn about these engines. Hope you get well soon man.
Very interesting. I owned a few slant 6 in the early 80s. One of the best damn engines ever produced.
Great video Steve! I love the way you find "quirky one off" Stuff to include in these videos you post on this channel! Really keeps me and many others completely interested and wanting more!!
Glad you enjoy it!
First truck Slant six three on the tree. Hydraulic clutch. Keep on crawling!
great video!! thank you for showing this piece of mopar history. and sharing your story about this cool forgotten engine .
You need to save it!!! dont leave it there!!.....Your videos are great.....cant wait to see them.....thanks!!
I'm a huge fan of any buzzin' half-dozen and the leaning tower of power is no exception. I remember reading your article about that aluminum block build and it's awesome to hear you talking about it!
Great video with stuff I did not know. Thanks Steve!
Wow, they were serious back then. I never dreamt that there was an aluminum slant six. Very interesting, and another great report.
..and hello from australia.
Thank You Steve. As always, the coolest knowledge drops!!!
Love your enthusiasm Steve, thanks for sharing, appreciate the Mopar history!
You are such an incredible amazing connoisseur Steve👍
Learned something new today. Thank you Steve.
You can see that look in your eyes looking at that motor lol
Loved that leaning tower of power, had a couple trucks and cars with them, they weren’t alum but great dependable runners!
One of my classmates dad had a brass slant six block on a plaque. Apparently he was on the engineering team who developed the slant six. His last name was Hodge.
Glad to see this video. Thanks for sharing. Hope you get better soon
It took some time before I appreciated the slant 6. More familiar with the super duty version. They ran and ran. Ran some more, continued to run and run and run. They just ran without issues a very long time. ..other than shown here. That is what finally impressed me about slant six. Their longevity.
As usual Steve, you are a fountain of information, and presented so well
I learn something new everyday. I remember AMC/Rambler had a diecast aluminum six cylinder block in the early sixties but I didn't know Chrysler had one also. The corrosion issue and head gasket failure lead to it's demise also.
Never saw one of those beasts. How interesting. Chrysler engineers in those days always seemed willing to try many things. Then stick with what worked best.
Chryler's Hemi/Ramcharger engineers prolly had a hand in that great flowing Slant 6 intake manifold!
Other companies had square 90 degree corners in their intake manifold ports... flowed like household plumbing...
Dad always told me ford had the longevity, GM had the sales and Chrysler had the engineering
@@gatesj777 - With 52% of the market, GM could just plain give buyers more for their money... until 1970's when Govt. told GM they had to reduce their market share by making crappy cars... or get broken up as a monopoly like they did to AT&T...
Great video! Like Steve i developed an interest in cars at a very young age by building the plastic model kits. When I was about 8 my dad and I built one of the slant six engine! Great memories! RIP Sigmund!!
Steve, I hope you have a change of heart, and save this rarity.
I've heard rumors that there's an aluminum cross-flow prototype with an aluminum head as well, based on a 392 hemi head. Never knew why someone told me that, would be an incredible engine if found though.
Thanks for the history lesson Steve 👍😎
I still have a fully ported slant head with a set of oversized intake valves sitting on my bench in my garage.
I have built and still daily drive a slant
That's why the cast iron slant 6 is so rugged being designed as an aluminum block the casting is thicker than would be normally.
You are exactly right. This is why a slant can be bored over .125 inch and the head can be decked by .200 or more
Damn, that's cool. A lot of great info here. Thanks Steve.
Thanks Steve for the great video.
Thanks for showing this rare bird! I've always read about the aluminum block slant sixes but it was great to see actually see one
These engines were so reliable. They had that unmistakable Star Wars blaster sound when they started.😂 I never knew that that first year was an aluminum block. Unreal. It really was an ingenious design. A friend of mine had an old 66 Lancer and got a half 1,000,000 miles out of it. They were really built to last in those days.
Afternoon Steve, I learn something from every one of your videos, I didn't know about the aluminum 6 poppers.....be safe!! God Bless!!
Once again you show me something I've never seen before. Great video. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Never knew this. Always finding great info from Steve. Get well Steve!
Thanks once again Steve. That's great.
That is really cool. I've seen them before in articles and stories but never in person. This is how the engineers learned to make free standing cylinders seal up in the long term. There always has to be a little trial and error.
Excellent stuff. I have several slant sixes, two on stands and one in a Volare. I'd buy that aluminum slant in a heartbeat just to have in my garage if I lived in that area.
Great engine the slant 6, I had two of them. A 74 Dodge Tradesman 200 van, and a 81 Dodge Mirada. The later one had downsized spark plugs and they got rid of the spark plug cups. It also went to hydraulic lifters. My favourite Detroit made vehicle engine. They are also a great marine engine and designed for the task.
Love the vids! Look forward everyday.
Excellent! Something I never knew. I've owned several slant six cars over the years; A '64 Plymouth Belvedere, '72 Dodge Demon, and a '77 Plymouth Volare. I lived in Eastern Massachusetts in the mid 70's, one of my favorite pastimes was exploring the auto salvage yards. Saw lots of neat old cars, all kinds of Hemi cars.
Great video! Thank you!
Thanks Steve Awesome Vid once again. So much knowledge have you..
Had one in a 68 Dodge van. The only mechanical part of the van I had no problems with!
Fascinating! Thanks again, Steve!
This is the first video i've seen from your channel, and i got to say i really enjoyed the presentation, Subscribed :D
Having worked in aluminum foundry I learned that the problem is that different metals expand and contract at different temperatures causing leaks and cracking of metal. The only way that engine would have worked is if it had a aluminum head and bolts. The motor just wouldn't have a long life. It's something they got perfected now in cars.
Lots of engines run cast Iron blocks with aluminum heads.
As you add different alloys to metal the contracting and expanding temperatures change. It's more perfected now then it was then. Not saying the motor won't run. It just won't have a long life. Adding zinc,copper,led etc. gets you different results
I imagine there are aftermarket aluminum heads available for the vintage Slant Sixes. How does anyone know that using an aluminum head would solve the problems associated with the aluminum block? I wouldn't try it. The Slant Six is what it is. If you're reviving it or keeping it running, you work with it as it is. It's a cast iron engine and that's it. I'd rather try an aluminum or alloy head if one even exists with the cast iron block than try to run the aluminum block.
I once said, the advantage of aluminum is that it's light. The disadvantage of aluminum is that it's aluminum.
We're all pulling for you!!!
My first car was a 66 barracuda with the SUPER 225.
It holds a place in my heart.
Hope to see you soon.
Thanks for another history lesson Steve
Awesome history lesson Steve.
Another GREAT vid!!!!! 👍👍
I always thought of a slank six as an ugly and weird looking attempt to make lower hood line - but visually it "seemed" no shorter than a Ford or GM straight six. They always just seemed weird - but watching this video helped me understand the actual logic behind the design. Thanks Steve!
Awesome...I heard about the AL block but never seen one. I rebuilt many slant 6s in the mid 80s but never ran into an al one. Thanks Steve for highlighting this one.
Very cool!
Great video! I've got an all original 1985 D150 with 28k on it and I would drive that truck anywhere. I love these engines and I wish they still made them and another thing I get almost 25 miles to the gallon on the highway.
Ok, I finally subscribed. Thank You for your good work.
Brought home a 225 last year from the junk yard and got er lit up, presently presiding and running and driving around in a 47 dodge paneltruck, just dig the heck out of it, thanks for video
Good to see you again Steve.😊
We are pulling for you Steve, God bless you and all you mean to us. Jim and patti
A lot of manufacturers were experimenting with aluminum engines in the early 1960's. remember our neighbor had a 1962 Rambler Classic with the aluminum block six and it overheated once and warped the block and after that it kept blowing head gaskets until he got rid of it. As I remember corrosion was the big problem and people back then didn't understand that coolant concentration was critical and if it was too weak the aluminum oxide would clog up the cooling tubes in the radiator.
Many old time mechanics in warm climates would advise "Never use anti freeze." They had goofy reasons that seem ridiculous.
Even earlier, after WWII's ferocious demand for aluminum planes/engines ended, ALCOA, Aluminum Company of America, was looking for a market for its enormous capability to make aluminum, so was pestering automakers to use more aluminum. Buick actually made the 215" aluminum V8 about 1950 for concept cars before going into mass production of it in 1960. And, of course, Chrysler gave in and made some aluminum Slant 6's.
@@BuzzLOLOL I think my old Cadillac saber Wheels have the word Alcoa on them
THAT, right there, is my favorite find so far in this on-going series. I have no need for this block. But I WANT IT!
First timer right here! Awesome video Steve!
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It's always been amazing to me to hear Steve production numbers and engineering facts on everything automotive. God's Speed Steve.. Get well! In my thoughts and prayers. Perry
Never realized these things were so rare! I guess I got spoiled working at Summit - it was required reading to go through every and all Hot Rod, Car Craft, etc., cover to cover every single month so these things have always just held a place in my memory. Plus I was never a V8 fan so they probably stood out a little more!
Sending warm thoughts and prayers, Steve!! I hope your recovery is fast
Wow. Thanks Steve. GREAT episode today. I still miss my Mopars and my \6 63 Savoy sedan. I did keep a couple of 1bbl carbs along with a 2bbl Super Six manifold and carb.
Right on!
TH-cam put your video in my reccomended feed and I'm really glad. I've got a 71 Duster with a 225 in it.