I meet William Wynne tonight from flycorvair.com at a truckstop by his house.
Him and I went though all my parts from my core that I bought from Steve Bray.
Looks like I have a good start for a 3 liter, 3000cc engine except for the
crankshaft which will need to be replaced. William said as
Mark Langford wrote:
> it sure it easy to build a Corvair engine yourself, especially with
> William's conversion manual and the help you'd get at a Corvair College.
> That's something else you get from the CorvAircraft list, advice from some
> top notch machinists
I went to Barnes and Nobles and
Craig Williams wrote:
>>Actually I am now considering the AeroMax 100 IFB short-block, then add
>>aftermarket 88mm VW cylinders and use my '64 heads after a rework by
>>someone. <<
This question brings up another great selling point regarding the Corvair
engine. The CorvAircraft list has
Well, since I am replacing the cyl and pistons anyway I figure why not go as
big as possible without having to do any machine work. Right now the .060 over
cylinders sold by Clark's would give me 2780cc and no block modifications so
that's a no brainer but how much bigger can I go is the
Dyno models suggest 110hp can be obtained from the stock 2700cc WW
conversion with OT10 cam at 3500-4000rpm with max torque below that around
3000-2500rpm. Question is can you spin your prop tips that fast..depends on
diameter and ground clearance?? I don't think the extra effort/money you
propose
I have been thinking more about using my '64 Corvair motor I purchased last
year (looks to have all the correct #'s for a conversion). Actually I am now
considering the AeroMax 100 IFB short-block, then add aftermarket 88mm VW
cylinders and use my '64 heads after a rework by someone. Not sure
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