Chrysler Slant Six in a Pickup

I drove a 65 Dart with a slant 6. It had oiling problems once. The filter on that engine mounts upside down and at some point in it's life, part of a filter came out and ended up inside of the threaded pipe blocking about 90% of the area. It was a stainless round with semi circular cutouts on 4 sides, I assume part of a 1 way valve to keep the filter from draining. Anyway I've no idea how long it was there but after opening up the engine, it had clearly been there for a long time. Only found out when the oil light came on one day.
 
My oil issues were self inflicted. I'll spend all day making a bracket I wont use but I wont take the time to pop off a main cap when I KNOW the oil pump was plugged. My slant was pumping mainly fuel instead of oil and washed the bearings nice and clean. Randy when I bought the wagon it had a blown (up) slant 6 in it. Firewall was bashed in on passenger side for the valve cover. I did make it look as normal as possible and its really not horrible. A 1" thick plate between the T-90J and Mopar bellhousing was homemade.. I made a brass bushing for the pilot shaft. I couldn't buy one but it was simple. I used an adjustable throw out bearing just because.. a 10"Mopar pressure plate and a 10" GM 10 spline clutch disc. Home made motor mounts on the frame rails. Setting up the clutch fork is the trickiest hurdle. Downfall was the small 1/2" deep by 3" long notch in the front cross member. I really think though if you did some geometry you could avoid the notch.
 
WA7OPY said:
Ford or chevy l6, 3.8 chevy v6 (sbc) or buick 232 v6.all are good for swaping.
..Phil
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Which Chevy I6 are you talking about? I know the 235 (stove bolt) will fit because I've seen it done. I'd prefer the 230/250 series. It's a better (more modern) engine, and besides, I have a good one, but I've been told it won't fit without major surgery. I'd like to hear from someone who's done it, or tried to, before I put too much effort into something that isn't going to work anyway.
 
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