More provocative words about the superiority of sixes. Some of this is from looking at the In-lIners International, Chevy and Slant 6 forums, where, if you do a staticall check, the five following mods sufrface.
After quite a lot of talk form me and others about sixes being the best thing on the street since sliced bread, here is more. I've got to say, I'm biased towards sixes. I'm not anit-V8 or anti-ricer. I am anti-blowing your budget on BS that doesn't work. What follows does work, and is in fact a sum-up of what Jack and others are doing with there rides.
I've been doing some simple parameter calculations on finding the best size of sixes for our cars. There's any thing from 144 to 300 cubes to choose from, which ones are best, and what combos work on a dollar to dollar basis?
Well, I won't be drawn in on which engines are best, all of them are winners. But here's the five steps which are emerging on the in-line six performance front.
Notice I haven't even included a Rule 6, drop in an exotic Argentine or Aussie 2V or X-flow heads here. Those using them know there true worth, but I'm certain even the mild American inspired mods on our 144 to 300 sixes are going to be like taking the cap off the champagne bottle for a start. Those wilder heads are like 10th century vino from someones personal stash.
About Rule 4. Talking about autos. There are in Aussie quite a few guys who have bolted on things like AOD four speeds, and blown them up behind V8's. The whole idea is to get a really short 4.11:1 diff ratio, with a huge 67% overdrive. There have been lots of stuff ups, running into $2000. I know, I've been cataloging them. The amount of people who want 4-speed autos out number 5-speed guys, bacause most focus on drag racing or turbo sixes. But there is no knowledge. Only Steve Blechett in Perth, Australia, and the specialists in the US, like Art Carr, have got it mastered, everywhere else there is a trail of broken promises and bank notes. Suerly the area to work on.
Lastly, the best placed here are the early pre 66 Falcons, Mavericks, non 71 to 78 Mustangs and even Aussie Cortina six owners. These have something very special. Very light weight bodied cars, engines that can take heaps of extra power with little or no drive train mods, and that have the space for 250 sixes if the owner wishes. Already people are seeing that the engines are dead reliable and that even modifications that incorporate stock log heads are not futile.
As a dollar per second proposition, there is little to beat a worked in-liner.
After quite a lot of talk form me and others about sixes being the best thing on the street since sliced bread, here is more. I've got to say, I'm biased towards sixes. I'm not anit-V8 or anti-ricer. I am anti-blowing your budget on BS that doesn't work. What follows does work, and is in fact a sum-up of what Jack and others are doing with there rides.
I've been doing some simple parameter calculations on finding the best size of sixes for our cars. There's any thing from 144 to 300 cubes to choose from, which ones are best, and what combos work on a dollar to dollar basis?
Well, I won't be drawn in on which engines are best, all of them are winners. But here's the five steps which are emerging on the in-line six performance front.
Notice I haven't even included a Rule 6, drop in an exotic Argentine or Aussie 2V or X-flow heads here. Those using them know there true worth, but I'm certain even the mild American inspired mods on our 144 to 300 sixes are going to be like taking the cap off the champagne bottle for a start. Those wilder heads are like 10th century vino from someones personal stash.
About Rule 4. Talking about autos. There are in Aussie quite a few guys who have bolted on things like AOD four speeds, and blown them up behind V8's. The whole idea is to get a really short 4.11:1 diff ratio, with a huge 67% overdrive. There have been lots of stuff ups, running into $2000. I know, I've been cataloging them. The amount of people who want 4-speed autos out number 5-speed guys, bacause most focus on drag racing or turbo sixes. But there is no knowledge. Only Steve Blechett in Perth, Australia, and the specialists in the US, like Art Carr, have got it mastered, everywhere else there is a trail of broken promises and bank notes. Suerly the area to work on.
Lastly, the best placed here are the early pre 66 Falcons, Mavericks, non 71 to 78 Mustangs and even Aussie Cortina six owners. These have something very special. Very light weight bodied cars, engines that can take heaps of extra power with little or no drive train mods, and that have the space for 250 sixes if the owner wishes. Already people are seeing that the engines are dead reliable and that even modifications that incorporate stock log heads are not futile.
As a dollar per second proposition, there is little to beat a worked in-liner.
