The 1965 Corvair Engine

Here's the completed engine. Subaru starter. Geo Metro ring gear. John Deere alternator. I have several test runs on it so far. Max RPMs with the CV carb are around 2400. I will experiment with the Bendix carb when the weather gets warmer.

The exhaust is wrapped in insulating tape to help speed exhaust gasses and keep it cooler under the cowling. The air filter under the engine, and the heat muff on the exhaust feed cool and hot air to the carb heat box.

It's big and red. It's a 12 inch spinner.

This is the Harley CV carb mounted on the carb heat / choke box. I have been using a choke instead of a primer to start the engine

This is the next carb that I will try. It's a Harley Zenith Bendix.

I built a new carb heat box. This carb has it's own choke.

Here's the heat box mounted on the carb. The bell cranks are required for the throttle and choke controls since the carb will be mounter perpendicular to the centerline.

Here's the engine on the mount. I carved the propeller based on drawings and instructions in Alvin Scheubert's book. The black disk on the firewall is the MSD coil switcher that provides redundant ignition.

The intake manifold is 1.5 inch pipes back to the 1.75 inch down tube to the Harley Davidson carburator. Next I have to fabricate the exhaust system.

The starter is from a Subaru. The ring gear is from a Geo Metro. The pulley is a GM part. The prop hub is a William Wynne part.

Here are some pictures of the engine parts ready to reassemble.

This is the crank, machined for the propeller safety shaft and polished. The new TRW, forged, .030 oversized pistons installed on reconditioned rods. The cylinders, bored 0.030 over and honed.

Pistons and cylinders.

Reconditioned heads with new springs, seals, and exhaust values. New OT-10 cam shaft and gear. Cleaned up crank case.

Crank case halves and push rod tubes.

Front and rear covers, distributor, and other goodies.

A couple weeks later we have an assembled engine.