1969 D100 slant six cam break in.

Breaking in the cam on the new 225. Yes that is a Chevy alternator and GM HEI unit above the coil. The one thing Mopar could never get right was the electrical systems!
You can see what the truck currently looks like here.... customgearhead....

[@reso1349]

Loved the slant 6, great running motor.

[@davidszakacs6888]

I owned numerous Mopars and had NO electrical system problems.

[@CudaRebelsAutoModeling426]

Absolute gorgeous truck!! you couldn't kill a slant 6 even if you wanted to sometimes. Hope you have many years of good fun with that '69 D100, awesome project!!

[@JRhatesyou]

Why wouldn't it be? The slant is a great enging that can give you the best of both worlds, good gas mileage and awesome performance! The whole truck has since been redone since this video. Paint is now cream with a gold flake roof, overdrive 4 speed, 3.91 gears and a new slant with a 268 cam, 4bbl intake, motorcraft 2150 2bbl carb, headers, ported head, 60 overbore and is still my year round daily driver!

[@budspaulding7121]

Hell yeah! The unstoppable "Leaning tower of power" great motor!

[@militarychevy711]

That's a sweet truck! Glad you hopped up the 6 banger. Always cool to see. I hopped up the 292 in my 66 chevy. Been awesome...can't wait to put it in.

[@MoparViking70]

What a rad project. I love the white headers. I used to have a '70 Dart Swinger with a 225 and always wanted to do the Hyper Pack setup. Someone ran a red and totaled it.

[@xeronicus]

Dat leanin' tower o' power

[@WBatte1]

If there is anything thing that disappointments me it is to lift the hood of a custom vehicle and see just another small block chevy . A V8 makes perfect sense if you're building strictly a race car but there is no reason not to pack a six shooter if you are building a street machine or daily driver .

[@Gatorsrok]

because those "six shooters" sound like garbage......

[@davepersonal9082]

it takes skill and some ingenuity to make a straight 6 run.......anyone can own a v8 and slap catalog parts on it. LOL

[@baldtiresandmisfires9718]

Dave (personal) good point

[@justinmyslive4108]

Nothing wrong with putting a V8 in a street cruiser but I don't agree with everyone and thier brother putting a small block Chevy in everything. If you're gonna build a Ford puta Ford engine in it. If you're gonna build a Dodge put a Dodge engine in it. Just my opinion

[@baldtiresandmisfires9718]

Gatorsrok you are garbage

[@speedskiff2]

Neat info. Always thought that was one off stuff Chrysler toyed with. BTW, had a 70 Adventurer 318 3/4 ton sweptside my dad bought new. Sold it about 5 years ago and being restored by buyer. You're not alone with old Mopar trucks!!

[@williamthomson7624]

Love this! I’ve owned two cars with the slant six. Hated the cars but loved the engines.

[@slantsix6344]

The beauty of inline 6s is that they are plentiful and very affordable. Try buying a 340 and see what it will put you back.

[@larrygilmore1007]

Buy a 318 An put high compression head on it. Like instant grits A 340

[@user-hb8be5wb4q]

I don’t see but one exhaust pipe! It really needs the duals, the sound is just superb and different. If no one epunderstands why it’s running for so long, back in the day, getting it cranked and letting it run for a while, gets the rings to seat/seal, and after that, the engine is a great start after that.

[@wthigo77]

Nice.. I miss mine. Had head done 10.1 comp little cam. 60 over (had to cylinders were a little messed up) Made some torque. Later I swapped it for a fresh 318. Thought it would have more power. Nope very disappointed. Oh and that slant six sound AWESOME!

[@JRhatesyou]

It did have a 390 in this video. I have since ran a 400 Carter 4bbl, a 500cfm Eddy and now I have found "carb nirvana" with a Motorcraft 2150 2bbl off a 351-400 Ford. It runs awesome with this carb!

[@quagmiredavis4117]

Valvoline Vr1 30 wt high zinc 1800ppm is best for cam break in and wix oil filter nice set up

[@strattuner]

i put this motor in a 1954 chevy truck and the guy is still driving it after 40 years, gets 22 mpg,cruises 60 all day,it was damn near a bolt in,even the ujoints were the same,unreal

[@audieconrad8995]

Man...that is a righteous build.

[@JRhatesyou]

It is still my daily driver rain (I live in Seattle so I get that a lot), sun, ice or snow and I have a set of snow chains under the seat to prove it! BUILT NOT BOUGHT! They were daily drivers when they were new so there is no reason the can't be daily drivers now! If you only take your shit out on sunny days then you are just wasting it the rest of the time!!!

[@MrFordfan01]

Badass aint seen one of those engines in ages.They need to bring these and fords i6 back into production my i6 hit 300000 and still goin stong.

[@JRhatesyou]

No dyno , this was the old new motor. It now has a newer slant in it that is 60 over with a clifford 268 cam and a overdrive 4 speed has replaced the 3 on the tree. The truck has also been painted a flat vanilla color and we are going to gold flake the roof doon.

[@Dickwelts]

Awesome Slant Six ,I'd like to put one in a T- bucket roadster, My bother had 3 Dodge Darts and Valiants and a '58 Dodge pick up he swaped a Slant 6 into they all ran great, I just had a 63 Nova and 2 impalas with the chevy 230 sixes - they were pretty good too

[@JRhatesyou]

Way better than a 350! Slants are like the ford 300 6cyl and will run for ever.

[@ThaRealGecko]

Inline 6 engines really are the best i have ever had... I rebuilded and tuned a 258... incredible power

[@speedskiff2]

back then an OHC head was for sale in Minnesota and located an aluminum block in an abandoned Valiant wagon. Moved up to 440s and sold HP Valiant. Wound up with a 340 in it but lost track of it after that.

[@JRhatesyou]

There was a OHC engine recently that showed up on slantsix.org that had been in the Michigan State University lab for years. The builder was an engineer for Chrysler in the late 60's and ended up buying it back from MSU and then put it on ebay. I know of a few other OHC set ups that were home brewed. In Argentina Augusto Cicaré made a few for Formula SP racing along with a few 4 valve heads. heck out the link for pics and info on the OHC engine... www.slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52767&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

[@JRhatesyou]

By the way I have built (not bought) many V8's over the years and just sold a T-rammed V8 to fund another slant build. The only V8 we have now is the rebuilt 324 Rocket in my 56 Oldsmobile super Holiday 88.

[@commanderofthenorth3348]

doing it right very nice job , looks like my jeep 258 not slanted ,but 4 barrel holley carb .headers 268 cam .

[@speedskiff2]

nice project. Only 4 bbl manifold for motor is Chrysler's Hyper Pak from 1960/61 but they've become gold now. Another set up was 3-2bbl webers.

[@JRhatesyou]

Offy has been making a 4bbl intake for the slant since the 60's. The Stock hyperpacks are neat but you can buy a new one from Clifford or a better version from Aussie Speed called the Hurricane. I also have a 3 SU carb intake for a slant, a 3 Weber side draft intake, and the very first Hilborn fuel injection unit ever built for a slant. The Hilborn unit was also the very same one that was on the Dragmaster Dart Six rail back in 1964.

[@supershark9k708]

I'm thinking about getting a 67 d100 with the slant six my question is it worth it

[@JRhatesyou]

I actually decided not to run the holley because this truck is my yearcround daily driver. I was running a 400 cfm carter off a buick then I had an eddy 500 but now I have found carb nirvana by running an adaptor plate on the offy 4bbl intake and have a motorcraft 2150 2bbl with vacuum advance off a 351-400 ford. My performance dropped a little (street driven with an overdrive 4 speed and 3.23's right now) but my gas mileage doubled! It should improve even more once I swap over to the 3.91's.

[@steveroberson1896]

My buzzin 1/2 dozen will look like that one day

[@speedskiff2]

ran a hyper pak Valiant back in the early 70's in Q/S against sbcs. Only one Truppi Kling 283/2bbl gave me fits. Spider assemblies were weak point.Stock Cups Eliminator was fun part with handicaps car got.

[@andrewarmstrong7310]

Piss on that GM crap. Chrysler's electronic ignition and electronic voltage regulator was being sold in their cars and trucks 4-5 years ahead of GM or Ford.

[@984francis]

Well if it's working, pissing on it will be a shocking experience.

[@christiantomlin4040]

Just converted that fine Chrysler electronic ignition to a 4 pin GM electronic system in my 1966 Charger. It will also be getting the SI series GM alternator with the internal regulator. Chrysler may have had it first but GM had the best electronics hands down. Chrysler early wiring designs also sucked. The bulkhead connections were terrible.

[@magnacartasamadams8189]

@@christiantomlin4040 Good luck with that Ugly terd nobody likes those chargers And with all that GM garbage on their your going to catch hell at every car show and be a laughing stock

[@christiantomlin4040]

@@magnacartasamadams8189Just stating a fact man. Personally, I don't care for the factory look myself but they lend themselves well to modding. You can fit a 295/50/15 in the factory wheel house. I want to drive the car. I have been working on cars for close to 40 years. The factory MOPAR ballast resisted electronic ignition was the worst of the Big 3. Then they decided to improve and go with the Lean Burn ignition. It was so 'Lean' that you had to walk to work. It was so bad people went back to points. True hot rodders go with what is proven and what works. Each to their own. I don't care what others think.

[@magnacartasamadams8189]

@@christiantomlin4040 I just change the points to electronic Ignition and never had a problem The lean burn System is their 1st try for engine management all the companies had problems when they 1st started I've had old mopars sitting outside for 20 years and was able to start them up without replacing any Ignition components

[@Dunecoones]

Really cool man!! Brings back memories!

[@JRhatesyou]

Little update. I pulled this motor and dropped in a bigger slant six. The new one is a 225 that has been bored 60 over, clifford 268 cam, ported head, ported Offy intake, 500cfm Eddy carb that has been dropped down to 400cfm, headers, the 3 on the tree was replaced with a overdrive 4 speed and we are going to paint next month! It will be a flat vanilla with a gold metal flaked roof. It will also be getting a 4 link with a new airbag set up. I have all the parts to do it I just need some time.

[@jamesrevord3670]

Awesome ride. Where’d you pick up that header? Looking for that exact one for my 70 dart

[@JRhatesyou]

@@jamesrevord3670 They are Clifford shorty headers. I got lucky and picked up the headers along with an offy 4bbl intake for $80 at the Portland swapmeet years ago.

[@1995dresser]

The slant 6 was a hard to kill engine and an engine that with proper care could rack up to 300,000

[@ericshinault3628]

249,000 on mine so far n doesn't burn any oil. Leaks a bit, but doesn't burn any. Getting a bit gutless. I've got another on the stand though.

[@1995dresser]

They used to use them in some Taxi cabs year ago and just run them forever if yours is lagging a bit check your timing chain not a hard job on that engine

[@rcnelson]

Flat or roller tappets, and what kind of cam lube did you use?

[@jackmehoff4613]

Only flat tappets require break-in. That's why he's running it for 20 minutes at 2380 RPM.

[@fforestdriver]

are you using a header exhaust with stock intake mani?

[@75duster]

hey great engine how hard was it to do adjustments to a slant six putting a 4bbl i got the same holley carb but need some advice. thanx

[@jeffrothegamer]

I have heard these engines are built better than a chevy 350 4 bolt block.Are they more durable.

[@ratrodramblin]

sounds great running nice and smooth.

[@member57]

Awesome truck, nice to see a 6.

[@rogersksn25]

That's a cool old Dodge and you don't see many around anymore. Hope you have some more videos on the way I would like to see more with some more restoration

[@JRhatesyou]

I painted it a cream white color with a gold flaked roof, molded in a 59 Oldsmobile cluster into the factory truck dash, installed a faster slant with an overdrive 4 speed, daily drove it for 5 years, got bored with it then sold it to my friend. He pulled the slant, swapped in a smallblock and is driving the shit out of it.

[@rogersksn25]

Hell yeah

[@oscarwalton1188]

Aussie speed parts makes a. Manifold to put a m90 Eaton super charger on slant 6

[@JRhatesyou]

Search "dragmaster dart six" on facebook. That's me.

[@EragonSuperM]

How would I go about making an exhaust manifold for the 225? I have one that I need a manifold for. It came off of a Hesston windrower.

[@peters8758]

That long exhaust manifold casting often cracks near the center. I've heard... find two broken exhaust manifolds and a good welding guy. Front 3 cyls collect into one unit, rear 3 get the other. Send the exhaust down thru 2 pipes and join 'em under your feet. This avoids competition between the front & rear banks for the same exit hole. Be careful that the choke heater can still function or do a coolant choke mod. Also look at your carb layout. Front cyls are getting best mixture from primaries, rear cyls could be running lean till the secondaries open up. Look at spark plugs after a while to confirm this. It might run better with a Holley 500cfm 2-bbl, installed sideways so butterflies open along block axis. That Holley 2-bbl ran great on my AMC Pacer, gave it stump-pulling low end torque. Your 4-bbl could theoretically give better breathing above 6000rpm, but get real, 225's won't rev that high! Sell the 4-bbl & pick up that 2-bbl cheap. It might even fit onto a Plymouth Volare 2-bbl Super Six intake (designed for wagons to help torque), but avoid any Volare lean-burn Carter carb.

[@Ninetyandnine]

Question: I have a 63 Plymouth Valiant and I am looking to do something very similar to what you have done. I was wondering if you might email me so that I could ask you a few questions. I like what you have done and it sounds Great!!

[@Blue10AEMia]

Nice engine, same timing light that I have too. The tach function is awesome.

[@leotomma3494]

Where'd you get the intake/carb set-up? I've been looking for one

[@JRhatesyou]

Intake is just an offenhauser 4bbl I got at a swapmeet for $100. You can still buy them new or used on ebay or check out slantsix.org The carb was just something I had on the shelf that I used for break in. I can't remember what I ended up running later on. I daily drove the truck for a few years, redid it twice then sold it to a buddy who smallblocked it. Thisengine is now in my 50 Chrysler and has triple side draft webers and a big block geardrive.

[@spaceghost8995]

I always though it would look cool to fabricate six separate short intake stacks from aluminum and have a port fuel injector in each. Not saying it would necessarily be better but just different.

[@JoeHynes284]

wow, this really sounds fantastic!

[@krust1er]

I love the way it sounds. Can you advise on a good distributer for a slant 6 Dodge? I can’t seem to find a good spark for 225/3.7L. What are you using?

[@JRhatesyou]

Robert Cabrales I always do the HEI swap. Been doing it for the last 22 years on all my mopars. Goto slantsix dot org and look up "hei swap". There are plenty of guys doing it. All you need is a 73 and up slant six electronic distributor, 4 pin gm hei unit from a late 70's chevy and a MSD Blaster 2 or equivalent coil (hei will kill a stock coil after a short time). Doing this swap lets you get rid of te crappy factory ignition box and ballast resistor. All you need is a 12v "hot" wire off the ignition switch. I also get rid of the factory charging system and run either a gm "one wire" or Mitsubishi alternator. Both are internally regulated and work better than any factory mopar stuff.

[@keithcuz6094]

love the extension stuck in the carb

[@JRhatesyou]

Lol, yeah, I didn't have the choke hooked up.

[@Mopar4life1995]

where did u get the headers, valve cover, etc????

[@bgian2012]

Hola ! Me podrías ayudar con la suspensión neumatica ?

[@JRhatesyou]

@HBMAN665420 It was on the truck when I got it. I also have another set that is on the slant six in our 48 chevy. They are Clifford "shorty/street rod" headers.

[@alwayssunnyinbayside]

Hey, I just bought an early 1965 Dodge D100 with a 225 Slant Six. Can anyone tell me the max rpms, horsepower and torque? Just out of curiosity. I know nothing about this truck.

[@jeffwolf8018]

That's a beautiful truck how many miles did the first engine give you? I'm sure over 400,000. I have a BMW E36 and a 92 5 series with 350,000 miles on there and the engine will still run runs like shit but it still starts up and goes. I need to get the money to rebuild it and then sell it for the massive amount of money it'll be worth in a few years

[@adrian5380]

This carburator is a Holley 390 cfm 4 bbl?

[@pyromohanzed]

THAT sounds incredible

[@meccaturbo]

Volvo B18/B20 and the Slant 6 are the most dependable ever.

[@rakkasan-to4vq]

Would love to know where you found headers for the motor. I cant find any anywhere.

[@JRhatesyou]

Willy Stanker I picked these up at a swapmeet for 60 bucks. They are Clifford brand headders and you can buy them new. There is a guy on ebay that sells laser cut intake and exhaust flanges so you can build your own too. Check out slantsix.org there might be someone in the classifieds section with headers for sale.

[@thedustyredneck]

whered you get that header?

[@psychorock83]

what brend is this engine ? and is new or original..? does mopar 6 cylinder engine in 2016?

[@cutsrosescents4950]

I love backyard mechanic justification. "Dodge couldn't get the electrical right." Maybe you didn't get it right.If that's a 69 motor it came with points.So running a pointless distributor. Was a upgrade..Its not "Dodge couldn't get the electrical right"

[@taz275]

sounds like a huge flourescent light xD nice truck, MOPAR FTW!!!!!!!

[@VictorianMaid99]

solid engine

[@fabiankunzi2702]

HP ?

[@michaelphillippi4676]

Nice truck. I have a 1968 D100 three on the tree. Wondering what carb is that and how difficult was making throttle linkage work with new carb. Is that a short bed.

[@JRhatesyou]

Yup, shortbed. Carb was a Holley 390 cfm on an Offy intake. Linkage was fairly easy. It was a threaded rod with a ball type clip. I can't remember if I had to shorten and re thread the rod or not.

[@michaelphillippi4676]

Thanks for info Does the 390 cfm Holley give good drivability? I saw u later switched to a Ford two barrel, was that more drivable. I am not looking for a drag truck just good drivable truck with better gas mileage.

[@JRhatesyou]

@@michaelphillippi4676 if you are looking for better mileage and a bit more performance just get a "super six" 2bbl set up. Lots of good info on slantsix.org

[@michaelphillippi4676]

Thanks I will check that out.

[@Mopar4life1995]

loooks great wanting to find an early or late model 80's dodge d150 have a d150 already

[@chevykiller30109]

love the extension in the carb holding the choke open :) these engines were awesome. im contemplating leaving the 225 in my duster.

[@7c8f9x]

nice looking engine ---is it pretty fast ???

[@squarebodychevyoverhauls6982]

Good to see. I would have done the same thing. Add performance to what the vehicle came stock with. Is that a CLifford Performance manifold and header? Those Slant 6 engines are in the top ten engines ever made. Add a gear Vendors overdrive unit and you have a great set up..

[@JRhatesyou]

The 73-87 Restoration Shop " Keepin em on the road " Offy 4bbl intake and Clifford shorty headers.

[@rakkasan-to4vq]

You must read Hot Rod magazine. I read their top ten engines ever made article and it made me decide to keep the motor in the truck I have now. Never messed with slants before. I've always built chevy's. Now I have all kinds of performance goodies on the way.

[@wes85292]

awesome job dude

[@martentrudeau6948]

Beautiful Slant-6

[@JRhatesyou]

Still running the same muffler with an even better slant than this one with no problems. If your buddies engine backfired bad enough to blow the muffler he has bigger problems to take care of! The muffler wouldn't cause the probelm. Im not a fan of "cherry bombs".

[@1silvervespa]

Idles a bit HIGH ?

[@JRhatesyou]

I was breaking in a new cam. You hold 2200rpm for 20 minutes.

[@60viking]

At the engine lab in Chrysler engineering we had blow through Aluminum head that was part of the effort to upgrade and save the Slant 6. I was more involved in other projects and just wonder if That Blow through Head ever made it out to the field production or after market. Exhaust on the Passenger side and increased port volume on both sides. The engine was discontinued any how, we all know.

[@JRhatesyou]

Years ago I got to have lunch with William Weetamen and he told us all about the different versions they were playing with at the end, diesel slant, turbo slant, fuel injected slant. I know there were 100 factory aluminum slant heads made by Chrysler and when they ordered them all destroyed (as Chrysler liked to do) only 3 made it out into the world and are accounted for. No crossflow head for the slant has been made to work on a slant but there have been a few 4 valve and overhead cam heads done. The boys down in Argentina have done some awesome stuff in their slant race cars.

[@thedustyredneck]

need any parts for your truck, I have some.

[@len-zeplin480]

Slant Six is the Original True "SS".

[@JRhatesyou]

I am on .org every now and then. That site moves too slow to get any real help from it when you need it. It is good to see what others are doing though.

[@tomoday4450]

Great motor 👍🏻

[@gwmax11]

You should get a glass pack, last time I had one of those mufflers like yours in this video, my slant six backfired and blew the muffler 1ft open. Awesome job on the engine build + H.E.I though!

[@phoenixblack1220]

Very, very cool!!

[@timpope1221]

Tuned to perfection !

[@mschiffel1]

sweet sounding leaning tower of power !!...looking good !!!

[@JRhatesyou]

That bracket was one for a chevy street rod that I modified, it didn't work very well so I made a new one and used another cheap parts store one for a chevy. The alt is just a basic 70's chevy truck one, they are like 30 bucks at your local store and charge 1000% better than anything mopar ever made. Goto photobucket and search for user "360scamp" the folder is "1969 Dodge Truck" it won't let me post a link here for some reason.

[@zaneturner4478]

You are knocking Mopar electronics and then show the nightmare of wiring harness you have. Lol

[@JRhatesyou]

This was a week after I bought the truck. First thing I did was drop in the engine and start fixing all the lame ass rat rodder bullshit the previous owner did (like the hack job on the rear suspension, dumbass clown car paintjob and interior). The wireing was cleaned up later. The truck is now a cream white with a gold flaked roof and 59 Oldsmobile cluster molded into the stock dash.

[@JRhatesyou]

And it still ran and charged better with the GM stuff than it ever did with the factory mopar electronics. I have been running GM ignition and charging systems in my mopars for over 25 years and they always work better than any of the random boxes cluttering up the engine bays of any mopar.

[@adrian5380]

Thanks !

[@adamwebster9784]

Wish you had a 6 into 1 equal length header, but i looove your truck

[@JRhatesyou]

This was right after I bought it and started fixing everything the previous owner did to it (engine died on the way home, shitty "air ride" in the rear, retarded dumbass rat rod paint job). I painted it white with a gold flake roof, threw in another, faster slant, daily drove it for 5 years then sold it to my buddy who dropped in a smallblock. It is going to end up with a crown vic front suspension as soon as he is done with his cuda.

[@truthtalker7535]

Knock sounds sorry wrong word inserted

[@Hackenbaker]

Cool

[@rustyrobinson8027]

nice

[@artlife6210]

That’s all those motors needed was to breathe and they make a ton of power and sound cool as fuck too nice job dude!

[@haydave420]

nice job i like it

[@rrussell8403]

Awesome!!

[@cecilshivers5386]

Look out it's a Hot Water Six.

[@jackmehoffen4359]

Delco Remy Alts>>Leece Neville Alts...imo

[@juliuscullum6596]

It sounds like that engine needs to be idled down. It sounds like it's trying to run away with it self. Me myself chevy is my first choice my second is dodge. So I got love for dodge.

[@JRhatesyou]

It was a brand new engine when this was filmed. This was the cam break in. You start the engine, set the idle about 2200rpm and run it for20 minutes. After that you change the oil, inspect the filter for any signs of failed bearings, install a new filter, run it for 100 miles, change oil/filter, run it for 500 miles,change oil/filter then beat on it. This is what should be done for any freashly rebuilt engine. That is why the idle is set so high. Diesel engines are the ones that "run away", gas engines just stop working, start knocking or put a window in the side of the block.

[@juliuscullum6596]

I didn't know that it was a fresh engine. I know that diesel engines are the ones that runs away. I was being sarcastic. Lol. As in it was going to jump out of the truck and run away. How many horsies do you think it's got?

[@martentrudeau6948]

Looking good!

[@schlockfink]

I likes it