Corvair engine swap, Tell me why this isn't popular Options

[914rat]

I saw a car in the classifieds that has a Corvair 6 engine swap with the engine set up to run in the correct dirrection.I was wondering why we don't see this conversion very often.Seems like a pretty straight forward conversion.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=114974

[toon1]

The Corvair is much less expensive to purchase than a flat porshe 6 A rebuilt Corvair motor can be had for $3k a core porsche 6 cost about that a 3.0 would be double that.The Corvair motor does not require the expensive sheet metal, oil tank, and lines, that are required for the porsche 6 conversion.So I don't think it would be as expensive as a porsche 6.Corvair engines can make from 140 to 200 hp so the power is compareable to a flat 6 porsche.The argument that it's under powered and the same amount of work and similarly priced dosen't seem to hold water.Ther has to be some other reason(s)

You have it all figured out.......do one.......We would all like to see a build thread.

With all the experience of conversions of ALL types on this site, if the Covair was a logical and economical transplant, it would have been done.

you asked a question and your getting answers you don't seem to like or agree with.

[914rat]

The Corvair is much less expensive to purchase than a flat porshe 6 A rebuilt Corvair motor can be had for $3k a core porsche 6 cost about that a 3.0 would be double that.The Corvair motor does not require the expensive sheet metal, oil tank, and lines, that are required for the porsche 6 conversion.So I don't think it would be as expensive as a porsche 6.Corvair engines can make from 140 to 200 hp so the power is compareable to a flat 6 porsche.The argument that it's under powered and the same amount of work and similarly priced dosen't seem to hold water.Ther has to be some other reason(s)

You have it all figured out.......do one.......We would all like to see a build thread.

With all the experience of conversions of ALL types on this site, if the Covair was a logical and economical transplant, it would have been done.

you asked a question and your getting answers you don't seem to like or agree with.

No I don't have it figured out and I'm not going to do a conversion.I asked a question and got some refuteable feedback so I responded accordingly.If you took the time to check out the link in the classifieds you will see this conversion already done.It might be old school and I suspect Andy is probably right but the other arguments are not good arguments.If you have something intelligent to say feel free to do so otherwise keep your negative comments to yourself.I'll buy the too rare theory but everything else was poorly advised conjecture not backed up with fact.Don't know what set you off but comments like this nobody learns from and is just plain rude.