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

[carr914]

Your values on Porsche 911 Cores are way off. Plus a 914-6 Conversion with a good 911 Engine is always going to be desirable and have a Marketplace - a PoorCor, not so much

Not sure what you mean by 911 core prices being off from what I see $6k seems about right for a 3.0 by the time you add the sheetmetal oil tank and lines and sourse a mount you are easily @ $8-$10k.My point was the Corvair swap would only require the motor and mount and a kennedy adaptor and clutch.Could probably be done for under $5 or if a good motor could be bought for less maybe as little as $3k for the conversion.I agree the value of a 911 6 conversion would be worth more but my point is it would only be worth the difference in cost of investment.I am not thinking of doing this conversion just wondering why it almost never comes up in the conversion threads and it seems as viable as any of the water cooled conversions with less work similar power and lower cost as well.I also thought the level of difficulty seemed a bit less than going water cooled.

I was not dissing your question, but that seems the way you took my answer. I actually like Corvairs, the car I came home from the Hospital after being born was a Corvair.

However, you said Cores. I see core 911 engines for $500 all the time. I know people that have bought perfectly good running 3.0s for about $3k. Yes you need a mount & an oil tank, but if you want to go cheap & fabricate, it doesn't cost that much.

Of course then you have started down the slippery slope and will need some bigger brakes, more wheel & tire etc

T.C.