Neal Hornung wrote: >I happened to see an ad in an advertisers newspaper at work for 2 corvair >engines and wanted to pass the information along to those who might be >interested.
For anybody wanting to get into Corvair power, be aware that not just any Corvair engine will do. You don't want anything before a 1964, preferably 1965 or later, and either a 110hp or 95hp, nothing higher. There's some more info on this at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/donors.html , including exact engine codes and a link to a site where you can see what head numbers are acceptable and which ones aren't. I'd check and make sure the prospective engine is one of these engines with the correct heads, although I could argue that for $75 for the pair, you can't possibly go wrong in terms of stuff like pushrod tubes and other small parts, regardless of where it has the right heads. And you really need to buy William Wynne's Corvair Conversion Manual before you get started (http://www.flycorvair.com/manual.html ). More than one person has started out by buying the wrong engine. The early ones are short stroke cranks, so you're leaving power on the table for the same weight penalty. There's some more on this at Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL mail: N56ML "at" hiwaay.net website: www.N56ML.com
