New to me #88

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New to me #88

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1968
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This car is still fairly close to stock with some motor work, and safty upgrades for racing(cage, seat,and harness). At the present time it is (copied from sellers notes)
- 4 wheel drum brakes (shoes are Porterfield R4) Wheel Cylinders – F – 1”/R – 15/16”
- engine has had +.040 overbore (kieth black pistons)
Head milled (.002 step left), – 47.4cc-48.2cc w/o gasket, 9.0:1 compression ratio
w/.042 gasket
Cam – 278I/280E duration (218/223 .050), .293I/.306E lift (.460/.480 valve),
8.5/67deg overlap, CL Intake 102ATDC, CL Exhaust 110 BTDC (4 deg advanced with
a 0 deg key) – intake opens 7BTDC), 148 deg Lobe Separation Angle
Heads – valves de-shrouded to gasket edge
– 1 ½” exhaust tubes (in 1.490” bores @ 18 deg slant)
Clarks (Harland Sharp) Roller Rockers (1.56:1)
Isky Racing valve springs (Isky # 420512) – 130 LB seat pressure
Valves – HD 1 piece forged EV8 stainless (Corvair Underground – E- U5997, I- U6001)with bronze guides
deep oil pan w/otto pickup
Reduced speed of fan to 1.16:1
Remote oil cooler, ’86 RX7 (mounted in the nose)
-Clutch – 6 puck ceramic – Clarks HD pressure plate
The front and rear windows are glass but the side windows have been removed, the rear 1/4 windows are lexan (not sure what the builder intended for the duct in the 1/4 window). The car also has fire Suppression with 3 nozels and a fuel cell.
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Re: New to me #88

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Nice!!! :clap:
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Re: New to me #88

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Cool- thanks for sharing !

One question - a 68 with no side marker lights, what's up with that ?

The reduced speed fan - if that's a variable speed pulley and you have trouble with throwing belts - especially when shifting at high revs , the heavy variable pulley may be the cause. I ended up going back to a stock pulley with a reduced diameter fan and the belt problem went away. Just an FYI.

Nice car ! :burnout:
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Re: New to me #88

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I'm drooling. :drool:

Nice new toy. Enjoy it.
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Re: New to me #88

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I have been online researching this car and have come across these two sites. I hope it helps? Tks for the heads up on the belt. I had tried an Autocross years back with my 66 and could not keep the belt on that day, but I was using a spring loaded idler (ya know the one with the big screen door spring). I ended up just locking it place to keep the belt on. #88 is currently equiped with the "Robson Idler" from "corvair under ground"


The second site shows the car starting its reincarnation with the marker lights

http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/sccafuelpo ... rvair.html

http://www.scca-nnjr.org/NNJR_Mgmt/Teams.shtml

Tks for the intrest please continue to post any comments, advive or questions
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67 110 auto coupe
68 140 (#88 former Bill Hughes car)
http://www.atlanticmotorsportpark.com/index.php
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Re: New to me #88

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What weekends are you racing I would love to drop over and watch I am not that far away just over on PEI
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Re: New to me #88

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wow one of the nicest I've ever seen how about some engine and interior shots ?
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Re: New to me #88

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Quite Rad !
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