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chubaca6613
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 Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 8:48 pm Post subject: vw to corvair |
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| Hey guys iv never messed with corvair anything but iv got a guy wanting to buy my type one engine will they mate up with no problem? |
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jsturtlebuggy
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No, the VW engine will not bolt up to the Corvair transaxle.
Anything is possible to do, making a adapter would be required.
Also the Corvair engine spins in reverse of the VW engine so a reverse camshaft would have to be designed and installed to make the VW engine spin in the correct direction for the Corvair transaxle.
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Dale M.
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| jsturtlebuggy wrote: |
No, the VW engine will not bolt up to the Corvair transaxle.
Anything is possible to do, making a adapter would be required.
Also the Corvair engine spins in reverse of the VW engine so a reverse camshaft would have to be designed and installed to make the VW engine spin in the correct direction for the Corvair transaxle. |
Or you have to reverse ring gear in VW transaxle.... Why would you want Corvair.... They have a lot less power than a lot of newer engines that are easier to adapt.... Adapters are available for Corvair to VW though... And reverse rotation cams are available for Corvair...
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Brian
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I think the Hibbard's book said something along the lines of "unless you have unlimited funds and are married to the brands, don't use Porsche or Corvair"
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BUGGUTZ
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 7:40 am Post subject: |
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| I believe he wants type 1 engine to corvair trans. |
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chubaca6613
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| I have a vw engine I'm trying to sell and a guy that text me bought a rail that had a corvair in it so I just came to get info from you guys |
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DuaneL
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| chubaca6613 wrote: |
| I have a vw engine I'm trying to sell and a guy that text me bought a rail that had a corvair in it so I just came to get info from you guys |
Then more then likely it will work since it probably is a vw transaxle that they had used the conversion plate to mate the Corvair engine to it though there is a chance they swapped the side the ring gear is on to reverse the tranny rather then changing the cam to reverse the corvair engine so that would have to be changed back if that was the case. But then again there is a possibilities they actually used a corvair tranny
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Brian
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beaudonahue
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| My dad has a corvair to vw trans all you need to do to make the vw tranny work is flip the carrier he has the 140 motor with four card set up |
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ORANGECRUSHer
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Kurt B
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140 HP corvair reverse rotating engine, dual 44 webers
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Vanapplebomb
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BUGGUTZ
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That is pretty slick! I would like to see more of it, lots of custom parts from my angle.
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Kurt B
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Kurt B
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| Orange county buggy body, 091 trans , 4 wheel disc brakes with a parking brake, custom fuel tank, 140 HP reverse rotating Chevy Corvair engine with dual 44 webers. Finishing up a few small details and it will be ready for its fist drive. |
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