Im almost sure Im going to go Corvair..., Engine Swap decisions |
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Im almost sure Im going to go Corvair..., Engine Swap decisions |
ssuperflyoldguy |
May 23 2016, 11:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 173 Joined: 15-November 15 From: NorCal - East Bay Baby! Member No.: 19,364 Region Association: None |
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 |
May 24 2016, 04:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,456 Joined: 25-June 09 From: North Shore, Massachusetts Member No.: 10,509 Region Association: North East States |
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.. |
Mueller |
May 24 2016, 05:17 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
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.. What does it cost to build something like that? I'd guess one could buy pictons and cylinders from AA Performance pretty cheap. ssuperflyoldguy, get 2 motors, give me one and I'll do all your machining for free (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
ssuperflyoldguy |
May 24 2016, 07:06 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 173 Joined: 15-November 15 From: NorCal - East Bay Baby! Member No.: 19,364 Region Association: None |
Mueller - you're on! Friends for life! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTGayn3Y800 Now to find some 65 and later 110/140's - going to have to dig a bit no doubt but they are out there. Don't need to put VW stuff in them, all parts available.
There's a reverse rotation one out there with triple throat Zenith's for $4500 and the Porsche shroud is a $1500 option on top of a $5k engine - cutting for a Subi seems more attractive - too much headwork on them and maybe not very streetable anymore. Too rich for my blood and I just want stock (ish) heads so the twin throttle body FI can bolt right up. Ebay leads to Starr Cooke - apparently one of the elite Corvair engine royalty. The airplane nod reminds me that there is a Type4 airplane powerplant out in my storage area that I will see what kind of heads that are on it and if parts can be reused in a car. Hmmm- Just a ride past Mueller's house and into The Delta. 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.. What does it cost to build something like that? I'd guess one could buy pictons and cylinders from AA Performance pretty cheap. ssuperflyoldguy, get 2 motors, give me one and I'll do all your machining for free (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
JRust |
May 24 2016, 09:22 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,307 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Corvallis Oregon Member No.: 129 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Mueller - you're on! Friends for life! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTGayn3Y800 Now to find some 65 and later 110/140's - going to have to dig a bit no doubt but they are out there. Don't need to put VW stuff in them, all parts available. There's a reverse rotation one out there with triple throat Zenith's for $4500 and the Porsche shroud is a $1500 option on top of a $5k engine - cutting for a Subi seems more attractive - too much headwork on them and maybe not very streetable anymore. Too rich for my blood and I just want stock (ish) heads so the twin throttle body FI can bolt right up. Ebay leads to Starr Cooke - apparently one of the elite Corvair engine royalty. The airplane nod reminds me that there is a Type4 airplane powerplant out in my storage area that I will see what kind of heads that are on it and if parts can be reused in a car. Hmmm- Just a ride past Mueller's house and into The Delta. Like I said I had a reverse rotation 140 in a car I bought. Had some funky dual weber setup. The welds on the intake were atrocious. At least with my opinion I have had both. I sold the corvair motor & have never looked back. I looked into building the motor to the 3.1. It would be unique in a 914 for sure. You can build a sweet Corvair motor. Just building it as your finding won't be cheap. It can certainly be done. Kudos to you if you go that route & do it. As I said before. It is your car. Do what you want. I am doing a WRX turbo swap in mine coming soon. Nice thing with the suby is upgrading the motor is much easier. Anyway I wish you the best whatever route you go. I will be watching to see. Love seeing different build threads. No matter the drivetrain |
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