[V8Vairs] Saginaw side plate conversion.

[Ken Hand]

 If anyone would like the correct shift forks, I think I can supply new ones. The original V-8 ones had a threaded end on them, I believe, and they were longer in the shaft area. I got some to try on a Corvair and had to modify them to work by cutting down the shoulder at the top of the fork.

I don't have a current price as I haven't gotten any lately.

 

Ken Hand
248-613-8586
www.corvairmechanic.com
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sethracer at aol.com
To: v8vairs at corvair.org
Sent: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 9:25 pm
Subject: Re: [V8Vairs] Saginaw side plate conversion.


 
 
In a message dated 4/19/2010 4:15:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
cjwills at msn.com writes:

I did  this on a Kelmark with no problems.  Others have had problems, and 
the  fix is to lengthen the selector fork where it goes into the side cover 
by  1/8"



Chris Wills





Actually, the easiest way is to put a washer -hardened if possible - in  
between the fork and the lever in the side cover. This will push out the lever 
 and seat it properly into the synchro. I did this on a Corvair/Corvair (a  
Stinger, actually) with a Hurst shifter. I used tubes with welded-in 
threaded  ends for adjustment between the side cover and theShifter. I think 
that  
using  "substantial" cables would make it stiffer. It was a little better  
that a mostly stock shifter, but not nearly as good as the latest stuff. My  
Corsa shifts better than the race car did. Of course the V8 introduces 
another  "impediment" to the best shifting. Chris Wills' stuff offers a 
substantial  improvement, but it will take some adaptation.
 
Seth  Emerson

C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette


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