Im almost sure Im going to go Corvair..., Engine Swap decisions Options

[ssuperflyoldguy]

Im almost sure Im going to go Corvair 140 swap in a 914... Have done a bunch of searching on here and have to make some decisions. Big fan of Dr Evil, maybe he'll chime in. I like buses too...

Going Corvair wont be difficult for me, had a dozen of them in High School, my buddy I went to college with still considers a Corvair as a must have car (hmmm, Yenko Stinger or 911?) and I have to say it's been TOUGH looking thru all the Corvair Forums and not going on Craigslist to buy one to build a Yenko tribute... Going to restart my clothing business & double up on the Rogaine.

So I started to look into freshening the 2.0 I have but without the bus heads and a set of awesome Type4 heads ($$) - Type4 prices were scaring me, 6 cyl Porsche $ scares me. So the easiest cheapest way of HP without cutting up a good car is to go Corvair. I have one final Porsche 6 I'm running down so waiting...

But: If anyone has a line on any Corvair reverse rotation stuff, parts, complete engines I'd consider helping you get rid of it. Best case scenario is to find one already built up & just freshen it up - I'll be doing the Fuel Injection kit too. 140 heads, reverse cam & distributer gear. Spoken to Starr Cooke - neat guy but started to send me to the "best" money can buy right off. He's prob right though, I should build a really nice engine if I'm going to do it, I'm thinking a Corvair motor is many $ away from taxing the standard 914 gearbox.

[gandalf_025]

Wow, So many Haters.

I've owned quite a few Corvair Turbo's and really like them.
Still have a turbo engine and a 1966 posi transaxle in my cellar
rusting away..

Cut the case and add VW pistons and cylinders gets you
to 3.1 liters and machine off the intake manifolds and weld
on adapters for Webers or Zeniths..

Like this one supposedly over 300 HP..

[r_towle]

Still have a turbo engine and a 1966 posi transaxle in my cellar
rusting away..

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Really???

[gandalf_025]

Still have a turbo engine and a 1966 posi transaxle in my cellar
rusting away..

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Really???

Rich: Do you really need more stuff ????
Especially Corvair stuff sitting for 30 years ?