Corvair Forum

I have an NOS downpipe I don't need, you can have that for shipping. I might have a pedestal as well, gotta go look. If I were you, I would take a cutoff wheel to that thing in a heartbeat and set it right. The parts aren't that expensive, and I can take care of the turbo for a few coins.

Send it to me, I'll help you out. Usually heat and penetrating oil are your best friends with stuck heat shields, but some just refuse to let go. I did one for a guy a number of years ago that looked like it was buried in the backyard for 40 years, I had to tell him he needed a new turbine wheel and...

They are selling what people are looking to buy, can't fault them for that. I personally have next to no use for all the gizmos modern cars come with, they amount to a driving distraction and that's about it. I'll allow the computers to control the fuel injection and cruise control, but beyond that ...

On turbo engines I like those straight thru bullet style mufflers. You can find them real cheap on eBay, and because you have a turbo you don't need to kill much noise for it to sound good. https://www.ebay.com/itm/161920306378 I put one like that on my VW Beetle, which has an air cooled 1915 turbo ...

Crankcase evac? Some people put a vent on the valve cover and connected that to a one way valve in the exhaust collector to draw out fumes, but normally you only see it on race engines.

I don't believe he has ever expressed a great deal of love for the Carter YH carburetor! None whatsoever. When I saw an old picture of a Vette with three of them, I nearly puked. http://www.carbkitsource.com/carbs/images/carbsnapshots/CarterYH-54Corvette-400.jpg I understand there have been a few t...

It's either spark or fuel since you have compression, so process of elimination. Assuming the ignition is fine since it was checked multiple times, I blame the stupid YH carb. I had nothing but troubles with that damn thing, never ran how I wanted it to. When it wasn't flooding out or generally runn...

My 180 killed a coil once, same exact symptoms you have. Moved the coil off the hot engine away from the heat, never happened again.

I have this thread chaser, passed down from gramps.

You can convert the turbo to a 180 cold side and use a 65-66 carb, it'll be a 180 at that point for all intents and purposes aside from the fact that it will spool a lot better because of the smaller turbine. PM me if you need turbo work done.

Another broke YH, imagine that. lol

Fix: convert to electric pump and return style regulator, set to 1.5 lbs not higher then slightly lower the float level. I hate the YH, it never ever worked right for me.

Sure Scott, send me a PM.

Marvel Mystery Oil FTW! Put some in each cylinder and see what happens, that stuff is liquid gold for freeing stuck rings.

Easiest way to think about it: mechanical advance works with engine speed, and is independent of what the manifold pressure/vacuum is doing. Boost retard/vac advance could care less what engine speed is, it takes it's cues from the manifold signal. They both work together to make sure the engine has...

I left USS Wasp last year, I still have a stack of CD's left if you'd like one.

Just more reasons to get rid of the distributor, if you ask me!