Corvair Forum

Dennis66 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 6:15 pm s in process of being converted to electric (old school electric conversion - 1978).

Old school conversions were often a B-29 48VDC DC starter motor and a dozen or so car batteries switched via contactor into various series-parallel arrangements. Spooky sparky!

I own a 2014 Nissan Leaf EV and my '67 Corvair. My two favorite cars I've ever owned. The Leaf is the perfect short-range car. Dirt cheap (now worth ~$6K) and drives great. 50K miles, so max range is down to ~75 miles now. Wife still has a gasser for long trips. My Leaf was in a mild fender bender l...

joelsplace wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:36 am Now you guys have given me something else to be annoyed by. I had never thought about my knee hitting the window crank before.

Wait until November.

That's good news, mine came from Amazon in 2020 with the right fan. I got the very last 7107 from BBB enterprises for $52 flat, no core return. Pre Covid prices.

Autozone and Amazon show different fans in their pics. Who's right?

Hopefully the parts didn't survive 64 years only to be taken out in shipping. I guess that $25 shipping fee went to the lowest bidder, Dingbat Express.

It's always nice to find a cheap Corvair part at your FLAPS or at their online store. Last year, Autozone.com listed a Corvair alternator but would not ship it to my home or local store in Cali. Just for fun I checked their website tonight and now they will ship to my home. I no longer need it but s...

I'm still running the same 2304 cam & gear (GM, IIRC) I bought from Clarks 40 years ago. Low miles, cam still measured good when I tore down the engine last year.

Awesome news, welcome home! As a poor student I towed my '67 Monza 140 4-speed home from college in 1981 when it broke a cast piston. 500 miles using a rented towbar, pulling it with Dad's '66 Plymouth Fury wagon through the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia. Prayed that both bumpers would stay on. W...

It's amazing what you can find on Ebay! https://www.ebay.com/itm/225032332371

66vairguy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:54 am A Corvair fiber cam gear. That is a new one on me. Buy it as a novelty item.

Price drop for novelty collectors and thrillseekers!

CACorvairs wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:35 pm I was puzzled why it had been drilled and tapped with two set screws onto the cam.

HTHRYCE

Those broken gear pics are hard to look at. The secondary damage may have included the crank, cam, pistons, pushrods, valves, crank gear & case. OUCH!

More rusty Ebay parts:140 cam & gear, $45 shipped

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126211458097

Nashfan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:26 am

You are correct, it is a inefficient fan. More precisely, its efficiency at 4k engine rpm is something like 16%.

Nice chart, your Nashfan is impressive. Looks like that purple curve is close to 29% @ 4k RPM.

66vairguy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:54 am
I doubt it would be any quieter on a Corvair engine due to the fact air cooled engines with aluminum parts make a lot of other mechanical noise.

Isn't our Corvair cam gear in constant contact with sump oil? Seems better lubed than most water pumpers and it should run silent and last forever.