Engine Rebuild

[chongo25]

My Challenger originally came with a slant 6 in it, and after buying it I was thinking I was going to put a bigger engine in it in the future. Well after thinking about it I kind of want to just rebuild it because I think it is kind of cool that it came with a slant 6 in and I have never see a Challenger with a slant 6 in it. Just wondering what you guys think about it. The engine runs great by the way so the rebuild would be a little further in the distance.  Has anyone done a rebuild on engines? what do prices look like on a rebuild? i know there are a lot of stuff that can effect on a price of rebuild just looking for ideas. 

[edl94]

Those slant sixes go forever if it is good now it should be for a long time.

[cudabob496]

rebuild, and put a turbo on it

[Jamiez]

One of the members here did a restoration of a /6 duster.  You can find the thread here: http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=52004.0  Not sure if he did a complete engine rebuild but the before and after pictures around page 5 are pretty impressive

[chongo25]

Great ill check it out.

[Chryco Psycho]

The Slant is a unique engine in a lot of ways & overall is very strong but they are very limited by the small bore & resulting small valve sizes , the do respond very well to head porting & milling the head .100 to increase compression & better Cam profiles , I also use the Alum 2bb intake with an adapter & the Holley 500 cfm carb , a low restriction exhaust helps too . I have used the Alum 4bb intakes also both the short & Hyper Pack style . Fuel dist is tough , the carb is so far away from the head so it gets no heat so it runs very poorly in cooler weather .
 I have seen them with EFI & blowers , this helps a lot , Efi is very helpful with fuel dist & you can easily run the Hyper Intake & a lrge throttle body . If you decided to go with forced induction with a blower or turbo the engine will really respond as the valve size is small for the displacement so getting air into the engine will increase power dramatically .

[Road_Runner]

As long as you're OK with a little slower pace I say "Go for it".  I had a friend in high school that wanted his own version of my Roadrunner, but his parents wouldn't let him put a V8 in his Sattelite so he just built the /6.  He put an aluminum 4 bbl intake and header pipe, a little more compression & better cam, don't recall if he had any head work done, but even in the Satellite that was a snappy motor.  Didn't slam you back in your seat, but fun enough around town.  I have the same decision to make with the 318 in my very original Barracuda.  I was thinking it might be cool to keep the original motor since its been in the car for 40 years already.

Later, Jim