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- Got a 440 in the barracuda.
409 was ruling the streets until the max wedge showed up.
The Ram Rod 350 was a nasty motor.
340 left off the list.
Slant 6, aka leaning tower of power, wasn't a powerhouse or muscle car engine. It is epic in its dependability and durability.
The lists I hate are the fastest muscle car lists that always have corvettes mixed in and the Cobra at the top. Those are not muscle cars. They are sports cars. Jack_Diane_Freedom wrote:
I have a problem calling the Chrysler slant six and epic engine.
They were so good they were ran in industrial equipment like pea viners.- The slant six was far from being an epic engine unless you are referring to being an epic problem engine! So many sludged up and burned out bearings etc with very low mileage due to blocked oil flow/distribution/return. Notice that no one's dumb enough to use them anymore? A dead poor design!
- Not a great article, missed a lot of epic engines. Hemmings has done similar, much better articles in my view.
- Iron Duke. really.. just because Nascar had a class using that engine...
392 Hemi...
Chevy 409. powerful if/when you could keep it together.
421 Pontiac.
the understated 500 ci Cadillac
and the 427 Ford. not a word.
there is something WRONG about this story. my opinion. Jack_Diane_Freedom wrote:
I have a problem calling the Chrysler slant six and epic engine.
True. It was a good engine but, so were the old Chevy stove bolt 6 cylinder engines and the Ford 300 cubic inch I-6.
But I wouldn't call them epic.- I have a problem calling the Chrysler slant six and epic engine.
- Neat article. But, seriously, no mention of the Chevy 409?
That's about as epic as you can get.
Just ask the Beach Boys. :C
