Re: The joy of Linux

On 11/10/24 3:33 AM, rbowman wrote:

On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 02:08:15 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

    Looks like 1983 was the last year of the traditional inline-six alas
    - from Chrysler corp. Good engines all in all, just enough and
    simple. Never quite GOT the Slant-6 ... WHY they slanted it .....

 My '86 Ford F150 has a inline-six. I think they went to a V-6 in '87. I
had a '80 Camaro with an I-6 but the '82 Firebird was a V-6. I'd had a '51
Chevy with the old stovebolt 6 216 that was rugged despite the strange
oiling system.
 I liked the slant sixes. The slant was to get a lower hood line.
Supposedly the intake manifold made for better fuel distribution. If you
wanted to hot rod it there were some good aftermarket designs. The only
weird thing were the plugs. They sat in a sort of separate metal cup with
an o-ring but they all were easy to remove.
 Then there was my '49 Chrysler with the straight 8. My to-be wife didn't
enjoy becoming the duty driver. it was fine on the road but parallel
parking it without power steering kept her biceps tuned up.

   A place I worked had a straight-8 truck with 6v ignition.
   They put an 8v battery in it - cranked better.
   Ran great. Real work-horse. I have heard complaints
   that such long engines were hard to COOL though.
   I can kinda see the logic of 'lower hood line' for
   the Slant-6. However it seems like half a V-12,
   so why not .... ?   :-)
   THESE days with fuel injection and smarter ignition
   and aluminum pistons you can likely replace those 200
   sixes with a 200 straight or V-4 and get the same or
   even better performance. But, for for the day ...
   the tough/simple/ez-service cast-iron solution.