Greetings all!
I've been doing as much research as I can on the topic, and on the surface it seems like the project will be fairly straightforward. I am building a Turbo engine for the 63 Valiant, and the engine currently in the Valiant will be pulled, get the head shaved, a lumpy cam installed, with Holley 2300 (currently on the engine).
I want to put the N/A engine in my 58 Plaza, where a 360 and 727 currently reside. I do know the Forward Look cars (55 to 61-ish) were designed to handle the flat six, and in 1960, they came with the Slant. The question I have; is all I need to do to mount the slant in the Plaza is purchase engine mounts designed for the 1960 Dart with Slant 6? I haven't seen documentation anywhere which would indicate that the frame or mounts on the frame are any different between 6 and V8 cars.
The next step would be finding the correct transmission cross member. I already have an A230 with floor shift, which I plan to install. It seems that any cross member from the 6 cylinder manual trans FL cars should bolt in and be basically in the correct location. This car was originally a flat 6 with 3 speed, so I have the clutch pedal already mounted under the dash. I removed the 3 speed shift mechanism from the column when I replaced the steering box.
Thoughts? It would be kind of neat to have the only slant 6 1958 Plymouth in the world... at least so far as I know. Yes, I am aware that the "V" on the grille is for V8 cars, but this is a hod podge anyways, so I don't care.
Here's the car:
~THOR~
