[V8Vairs] Hewland Transaxle (for you big bucks racers)

[George Jones]

The only V8 Vair experience I have was helping Alan Bristow to do some body work on his 65 V8, and listening to his problems with keeping his diff alive. I keep my eyes open for specific stuff on Ebay, but they usually go for much more than they are worth (to me). Transaxles are one of these items.

Geo...




 --- On Mon 01/17,  < PatioMatt@aol.com > wrote:
From:  [mailto: PatioMatt@aol.com]
To: v8vairs@corvair.org
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:53:26 EST
Subject: Re: [V8Vairs] Hewland Transaxle (for you big bucks racers)

In a message dated 1/17/2005 8:34:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, <br>bubblehd@excite.com writes:<br><br>> Thought someone out there would be interested in this. Sounds like the way <br>> to go with a V8 conversion.<br>> <br>> George Jones<br>> <br>*************************************************************************<br>Believe it or not...the 2  v8 cars run in SCCA use just the Sag!<br><br>John Brakke  used the Hewland  in a stockbore Vair engined GT3...road race <br>only SCCA...<br><br>v8's have enough torque to not require as many gears...<br><br>For us streeters..an OD  ratio is more important....with  the ZF's  and <br>Porsches [ way cheaper]  being the usual choice...<br><br>Matt<br>_______________________________________________<br>V8Vairs mailing list<br>V8Vairs@corvair.org<br>http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/listinfo/v8vairs<br>This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, http://www.corvair.org/<br>

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