Posted by Sherman in Idaho [72.47.153.28] on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 03:02:25 :
In Reply to: Re: Why was it designed slanted ?.....ntxt posted by Will (in IL) [69.136.10.43] on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 21:07:19 :
As other have mentioned, the reasons were to make it fit in the new-style low-slung cars, and to fit a better-breathing intake manifold. From what I've read, the leaning tower of power can really be souped up pretty good. It was also apparently the least-polluting engine of its day and one of the first with factory electronic ignition. It's been a mystery to me why no one else made a "slant" engine. Patent issues? I had a friend once who went the other direction on performance with his (in a Dart). It blew the rings or a hole in a piston or something on one cylinder so he just removed the rocker arms from that cylinder and drove it for years as a "slant 5". It seemed to do fine.
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