Kevin wrote: > Mark Langford. How is the Corvair engine crankshaft thing going?
The "new" 2700cc engine is mounted to the airframe. It would be running today if I had the proper bolts to mount my old prop hub to the standard crank flange. GM created some bizarre 11/32-24 threads to hold the flywheel on (like 3/8-24 wouldn't do), and I'm having a machine shop rethread my 10mm bolts to this imaginary 11/32-24 thread. They're a week late already, and if they're not done by tomorrow afternoon, I'm rethreading the crank to 3/8-24 and using 3/8-24 socket head cap screws instead. I'm basically going to show up at the Gathering with exactly what I had before the crank breakage, except the engine will be smaller and the prop will be properly indexed. And the cowling will be a lot uglier in the area around the spinner. There's a little update at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/95hp/ ... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net --------------------------------------------------------------
