I'm surprised you could get the 225 into the Jag. It's a very long engine and fairly tall as well, even though it normally sits on a slant in Chryslers. Did you slant it as well in the Jag?

That 225 is slow as hell, but, it responds really well to a turbocharger.

THe engine it was replacing was a Double Overhead Cam cast iron 6 cylinder Jag engine.... which took 12 quarts of oil.... I did have to access the distributor from the right wheel well.... but you can't find a more dependable engine.... and Dodge made an intake manifold which allowed the use of the original carb plus another one just like it.... which made it pretty peppy... and so much easier to work on than the Jag engine.

Brian , GO DELETE SOME STUFF FROM YOUR MAILBOX !!!

Oh, yes, the infamous 225 slant 6 intake manifold. We did some f/a analysis for each cylinder on the 225 and the results were disastrous. The distribution from that manifold (sweeping runners for 1 and 6, less sweep for 2 and 5, and a straight shot for 3 and 4) is pitiful. Hell, if you fuel injected the engine, you probably could get 40% more power out of it. Nice long stroke for good low end pull, IF you could get the proper fuel into it. The typical Carter 1V couldn't do shi*. The staged two barrell was much more costly and did not do much better, so, they never put it on the trucks.

The hell with my mailbox. Just send me an e-mail. hpcs@csi.com

My grandfather had a '63 Dodge Dart with the 225 slant six and that car ran forever and it seemed to have a heck of a lot of power. I ended up with it about 20 years ago after he wrecked it. I replaced some sheetmetal on it and drove it until someone stole it from me. It was the easiest thing in the world to work on, maintenance wise, because nothing ever went wrong with it. The neatest thing I thought at the time was it had push buttons for the transmission. That car hauled a** for a six.
That's when Chrysler still made good cars.

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You can't be serious. What moron would steal a '63 Dodge Dart?

The Tappet Brothers?

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A moron for sure. It pissed me off. I bet the moron just yanked the plates an left it somewhere after being done with it. I never heard from the police about it. I'm sure it ended up as an unknown abandoned car somewhere.

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I'ts pretty amazing how far off the injection timing can be on a diesel and still have it run. So long as the fuel is in the cylinder when it is on the compression stroke, it should fire.

Usually makes TONS of smoke, though, if off very far....

Peter

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1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!

So, Pete, if you are 360 degrees late with the fuel injection timing, does it smoke badly?

re my previous post on mosquito murder, I really did fill the woods around my house with thick smoke. Reminded me of riding bicycles with my friends during my youth. We would wait for the "smoke truck" to pass by Wayne's house, then we would all head out on our bikes and ride in the smoke trail for as long as we could. The "winner" was who could keep with the smoke the longest. Now, maybe THAT explains why I still play with cars