Scottie-GNZ Posted February 13, 2001 Share Posted February 13, 2001 http://www.turbobuicks.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000037.html ------------------ Scottie 71 240GN-Z Scottie's GNZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted February 13, 2001 Share Posted February 13, 2001 Well impressive! I must admit I've been in a corvair and not impressed with it. Everytime you pushed it at all that damn fan belt was thrown. (silly design, turning a belt 90* with idler pullies) A very cool improvement to be sure! PS: I like the .jpeg signatures the more I see them. ------------------ Richard Lewis 1972 240z - L28TURBO transplant ongoing! Drax's 72 240Z Turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 13, 2001 Share Posted February 13, 2001 Yeah pretty cool. I've seen the swaps done before in a corvair, never with a Buick V6 though, thats a sweet swap. I've also see (and its still in a rather old engine swapping book by Hot Rod) a 912 porsche with a 455 olds tornado v8 stuffed in the back seat. It was cool, he made a engine cover of old suitcases so it just looked like luggage stacked in the back. Lone Ps: The Corvair belts were only half the problem, they leaked oil like the Exxon Valdez (at least the ones I've see and worked on). Theres a guy doing modified T-5 transmission conversions for Corvairs now too. I guess theres a cult following for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Uhhh dont get me wrong here but that engines in the back seat! DAMN. I like the look of corvairs, as does my girlfreind. But now that i see how tough it is to make something that isnt crap fit, i dont think she or i will own one LOL> Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JAMIE T Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Clarks Corvair supply still offers the old Crown CorV8 conversion for about 600 bucks. Much like the V8Z, a light car with plenty of punch, and what an excellent sleeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Pretty cool! A recent Hot Rod or Chevy High Performance had a section with V8 Corvairs in it. What blew me away is that they were quoting weight numbers like 2500 lbs for the car with V8! I had no idea they were that light! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Isn't the shifter in some funky place like coming out of the dash? Pretty weird, but then again, that's why I'm here...One of the car magazines this month has a slew of Corvairs in it (as Pete alluded to) with V8s. The one with a removable top is fabulous and some of them look pretty mean all fixed up, lowered with wide tires, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Heh, yeah the old automatic corvairs had a little lever in the dash to operate a 2 speed automatic I believe it was, pretty funny. Yeah, they're light, it was Chevy's compact car of the time, the turbo spiders actually went pretty well for a early carbed turbo setup, lots of lag, but a pretty good kick in the seat (well relatively, we're not talking 911 turbo here) when the engine room finally sent up the steam. Lone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 In the 70's bought a 425 Old engine that used to reside in a local machinist's corvair. It was wheelie happy, so he pulled it for a SBC with a little less torque. JS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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