There is nothing wrong with Corvairs. When we raced our 2000 in D
production, we had 2 Stingers as major competitors (along with 912s, AH
3000s, Triumph GT-6s, XK-120s, and other 2000s).
Dick Ryan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronnie Day [SMTP:rday@airmail.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 10:20 PM
> To: Ron Hamilton; Roadster List
> Subject: Re: another toy (non-Datsun
>
> >NOPE! It's a (gulp) Corvair! No flames please, the engine is hot enough
> >already.
>
> Nothing wrong with that, Ron. It probably uses the Crown Engineering
> engine/trans adapter. Crown made several different adapters for the VW
> transaxle and chassis including one to mate a Datsun L-series motor with
> it, I think. I definitely remember they offered an adapter to drop a V-8
> into the Corvair, making it mid engine with the motor in the back seat
> some way or another. Maybe they used an early FWD Toronado or El Dorado
> transaxle. I have a copy of the HP Books Corvair hot rod guide somewhere.
> I'll have to take a look.
>
> The folks at EMPI made a lot of stuff for both the VW's and the Corvairs.
> I wouldn't mind having both an early model (turbo) and a late model
> (turbo or four carb) Spyder. After they went to the straight trailing arm
> rear suspension the handling was better than the earlier swing arm cars.
> I seem to remember the biggest problem many folks had was keeping the fan
> belt on the car. Since it was a long one and actually made two right
> angle turns between the crank pulley and the cooling fan, they were prone
> to being tossed off with "spirited" driving.<G>
>
> Ah, the memories. Must be brought on by the Austin Powers movies. I'll
> have to dig out my Burt Bacharach and Sergio Mendes albums. What!...You
> don't remember albums?!
>
> Later,
> Ron
>
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> '71 510 2-dr (Prepared class autocrosser)
> '73 510 2-dr (Street Toy)
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