Marcus' Corvair conversion, 914-C6 Options

[r3dplanet]

A few years back I got all excited about doing a Corvair engine conversion for my 1971 car. The project waffled. Numbers were crunched and chewed. Thought and diagrams and opinions were drawn out over long winter evenings.

One particularly rainy winter evening, I found an ad on Craigslist advertising a warehouse full of Corvair parts including engines. So my pal Rory and I drove a hundred miles into the boonies late one rainy night to what turned out to be an unmarked, geographically isolated, former slaughterhouse illuminated by a single 60 watt light bulb. No cell phone reception, no escape. We were met by a couple of toothless brothers who couldn't stop talking about Daddy. Seemingly they only did what Daddy wanted them to do. Daddy wanted them to sell the stash of Corvair parts. Daddy wanted them to steal my Toyota cargo van. Daddy needed to approve the transaction of cash for an engine. Daddy, it turned out, was long dead. The two brothers kept trying to separate Rory and I, and the creepier of the two brothers kept demanding my car keys so he could test drive my van, despite my insistence that it wasn't for sale. For the first time in a long time, I wish I had a tazer gun on me. The brothers eventually showed us exactly what I wanted - an RD code 1965 110HP engine. Fearing for our lives, Rory and I muscled the engine into the van while the brothers went to find more stuff for Daddy to sell to us, or you know, maybe a club or some rope or a ball gag or something.

I left the $100 on the bench and tore the hell out. Rory and I laughed all the way back to town, ever so pleased that we were neither killed, nor raped, nor eaten. Plus, we were one up on a Corvair engine.

So with a provenance like this, and seeing JRust's new car, Dr. Evil's project, and 914coops Nader's Nightmare all take shape I've finally decided to get serious about my own project: the VW-Porsche 914-C6.

The "C" stands for Corvair.

[Dr Evil]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) all you need for tins are the top and the two bottom ones under the cylinders. They rest needs to be fabbed, but this is actually easy. Cant wait to see this.

Why did you want the 110? The 140 comes with a nitrided crank. Roller rockers have been a nice touch on mine. I have a 4bbl to 6 port adapter if you want to do that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[r3dplanet]

Hi there.

When the project first started, I wasn't at all interested in power. Just a silent valve train and decent power. Many Corvair folks chimed in to tell me that the 140 motor was only faster at the very top end, and that the 110 was actually faster off the line. The 110 also had better mileage. Also, there's a cool EFI kit available here:

http://www.corvair-efi.com/Injection.htm

... and it only works on the 110 heads or lower. I still think that this EFI setup is the cat's pajamas. I'm not sure what I'll eventually settle on for a fuel system but I'm sure I'll get it figured out soon.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) all you need for tins are the top and the two bottom ones under the cylinders. They rest needs to be fabbed, but this is actually easy. Cant wait to see this.

Why did you want the 110? The 140 comes with a nitrided crank. Roller rockers have been a nice touch on mine. I have a 4bbl to 6 port adapter if you want to do that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)