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> Im almost sure Im going to go Corvair..., Engine Swap decisions
ssuperflyoldguy
post May 23 2016, 11:24 PM
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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.
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ssuperflyoldguy   Im almost sure Im going to go Corvair...   May 23 2016, 11:24 PM
rick 918-S   Not sure you saw this car. Irv is not real active ...   May 24 2016, 06:16 AM
stugray   I have no idea how a fairly rare component could p...   May 24 2016, 06:54 AM
JRust   I have no idea how a fairly rare component could ...   May 24 2016, 07:46 AM
Mueller   I have no idea how a fairly rare component could ...   May 24 2016, 08:41 AM
Chris H.   Wow, how did I miss that Corvair build? I recogni...   May 24 2016, 08:59 AM
ssuperflyoldguy   Old yes, very familiar w Corvair. Chevy V8 over Su...   May 24 2016, 11:31 AM
Mueller   I'm not anti-Corvair motor, I looked into them...   May 24 2016, 11:40 AM
tomrev   I had around 20 Corvairs back in my youth, and beg...   May 24 2016, 12:44 PM
r_towle   From what I recall, there is a corvair expert and ...   May 24 2016, 02:03 PM
Rand   I get the idea of nostalgia. But if you go to the ...   May 24 2016, 02:15 PM
NeunEinVier   Guy I know has a 200+ HP Subie mill in his. He ha...   May 24 2016, 03:47 PM
gandalf_025   Wow, So many Haters. I've owned quite a few C...   May 24 2016, 04:54 PM
r_towle   Still have a turbo engine and a 1966 posi transax...   May 24 2016, 05:07 PM
gandalf_025   Still have a turbo engine and a 1966 posi transa...   May 24 2016, 05:38 PM
r_towle   [quote name='r_towle' post='2349909' date='May 24...   May 24 2016, 06:26 PM
Mueller   Wow, So many Haters. I've owned quite a few ...   May 24 2016, 05:17 PM
r_towle   Wow, So many Haters. I've owned quite a few...   May 24 2016, 05:19 PM
ssuperflyoldguy   Mueller - you're on! Friends for life...   May 24 2016, 07:06 PM
JRust   Mueller - you're on! Friends for life...   May 24 2016, 09:22 PM
Rand   Wow, So many Haters. Questioning an inefficient ...   May 24 2016, 08:55 PM
gandalf_025   Dr. Evil built a big bore engine a few years back ...   May 24 2016, 05:25 PM
Mueller   Aircraft guy myself...sorta...A&P license, 1st...   May 24 2016, 10:12 PM
Dave_Darling   If you don't want to run the Corvair engine ba...   May 25 2016, 04:08 PM
veekry9   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...15842...   May 28 2016, 09:08 AM
TJB/914   Corvair powered 356 at a recent outing a few years...   May 28 2016, 10:22 AM
veekry9   I do like the 'Porsche-Vair',many purist w...   May 28 2016, 10:49 AM
Mueller   I do like the 'Porsche-Vair',many purist ...   May 28 2016, 01:29 PM
TJB/914   Covair Motor lovers :stir: FYI: MI has a local ...   May 28 2016, 10:56 AM
veekry9   Not fair,putting a Porsche engine into an American...   May 28 2016, 01:40 PM
tomrev   I ended up using the 180HP Corvair turbo bits on t...   May 28 2016, 05:49 PM
ssuperflyoldguy   Going to have to come clean here - have a couple e...   May 28 2016, 09:40 PM
r_towle   Dig deeper, I heard of a corvair junkyard and hord...   May 28 2016, 10:13 PM
tomrev   Dig deeper, I heard of a corvair junkyard and hor...   May 29 2016, 05:15 AM
ssuperflyoldguy   The more I dig, the more 914 projects turn up. Goi...   May 29 2016, 01:03 AM
veekry9   Cooling of the more performance Corvair boxer s...   May 29 2016, 12:57 PM


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