I wasn't planning on spending any money on my cars for awhile, but I just couldn't help myself. Guess I need to stay away from Craig's List. Actually I was looking for an 8-3/4 rear end for my Barracuda and saw an ad for a Slant Six out of a 1970 Dodge pickup. No big deal - but it came with a 4 speed. One of the cars I'd like to build eventually is a replica of Scott Harvey's 64 Valiant with a Hyper Pack.

I was looking around the Clifford Performance web site and noticed they're taking orders for the Slant Six Hyper Pak intake manifold. This is a pre-order deal and you won't be charged until the units are produced by the foundry. This is a reproduction and is available in a 2-bbl or 4-bbl version. I wouldn't waste time on the 2-bbl, but the 4-bbl is sweet. At $469 they're a little pricey but the Hyper Pak is definitely the ultimate intake for a Slant Six powered car.

I really need to stop visiting EBay. Seems like every time I do, I end up buying something I hadn't planned on. Yesterday I scored a factory stock 2-bbl manifold to add to my stash of Slant Six parts. It's the cast iron version, so I'm still looking for one in aluminum. It doesn't have a carburetor, so I'll have to do some junk yard crawling, or maybe I can use the 2bbl that's currently on the 273 in my Barracuda.

Well, I just can't help myself. I keep spending money on the Slant Six even though my current project is "supposed" to be my 408-powered (stroked 360) Barracuda.

I can't explain it... my job looks good for at least another year, and my wife is back on board with a good engine for the Barracuda. It might be my one chance in a very long time to build the Cuda into a really fast car. And yet, I find myself obsessing over the Slant Six in my 64 Valiant. Got my tax refund last Friday and went to Summit racing to get a 750 Holley carb for the Barracuda... and walked out the door with a 390 (vacuum secondary) to put on the Valiant. It's not like I even need a 4 barrel for it since I already have a dual Weber setup I'm planning on running.

Gotta love EBay. Just after I wrote about the difficulty in finding performance parts for the Mopar Slant Six, I found an Offenhauser 4 barrel intake for one on EBay. Supposedly it's new, we'll see when it gets here. I got it for $219.50 plus shipping. Most of the online shops I've found charge between $279 and $350 for this manifold, so I'm pretty happy with the price. I also found a complete Super Six setup (intake and exhaust manifolds and carburetor) on one of the Mopar forums, so hopefully I'll be adding that to my stash of Slant Six goodies as well.

I've decided it's about time to start collecting parts for a nice Slant Six to put in my Valiant. It looks from here like parts are starting to become unavailable. Many of the sites that were listing Slant Six parts as "in stock" just a year ago are no showing them as out of stock or not listing them at all. Offenhauser dual 1-bbl manifolds for the Slant Six are still available, but the 4 barrel Slant Six manifold is out of production. The Offenhauser cast aluminum valve cover for the Slant Six is also still available, but I suspect out of production as well.