[V8Vairs] LS series motor in a Corvair

Brown, Douglas T CIV NAVAIR DEPT douglas.t.brown at navy.mil
Mon Mar 1 10:49:21 EST 2010


Seth,
If you don't mind spending the money (about 10K), Mendeola, here in
Santee, CA makes transaxles for this application able to handle up to
600hp.  I was in their shop the other day - saw some very impressive
buggies.
http://mendeolatransaxles.com/homepage.php

Toby Brown 

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   1.  LS Series motor in a V8 Corvair (Jim Acker)
   2. Re: LS Series motor in a V8 Corvair (morley_m at yahoo.com)


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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:32:06 -0800
From: "Jim Acker" <jim.acker at comcast.net>
Subject: [V8Vairs]  LS Series motor in a V8 Corvair
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There are a number of folks attaching LS motors to non-Corvair, but I
don't know any using the Corvair transaxle.  As far as the Porsche 5 and
6 speeds go, you need to use G series or later boxes.  Early 5 speeds
are no stronger than the Corvair and have a useless first gear that
can't be changed (part of shaft).  The G series boxes, both 5 and 6
speed hold up, but have to be run inverted.  No real issue here except
the ground clearance is pretty low to get decent half shaft alignment.
I used the 930 4 speed because it is bullet proof up to any resonable
torque for a mid-engine Corvair and the r&p can be flipped, allowing you
to run it with straight half shafts and decent ground clearance.  The LS
works well with Corvette transaxle arrangments and several folks are
doing this successfully. 
 
Jim Acker
 


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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:42:09 +0000
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Subject: Re: [V8Vairs] LS Series motor in a V8 Corvair
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This really isn't anything new you just need to know where to look. Cars
like moslers and high end gt40 kit cars are quite common with lsx
engines. There is a ton of good info out there on the net. 

Jonathan McCreery
Rear mounted lsx / 930 turbo
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There are a number of folks attaching LS motors to non-Corvair, but I
don't know any using the Corvair transaxle.  As far as the Porsche 5 and
6 speeds go, you need to use G series or later boxes.  Early 5 speeds
are no stronger than the Corvair and have a useless first gear that
can't be changed (part of shaft).  The G series boxes, both 5 and 6
speed hold up, but have to be run inverted.  No real issue here except
the ground clearance is pretty low to get decent half shaft alignment.
I used the 930 4 speed because it is bullet proof up to any resonable
torque for a mid-engine Corvair and the r&p can be flipped, allowing you
to run it with straight half shafts and decent ground clearance.  The LS
works well with Corvette transaxle arrangments and several folks are
doing this successfully. 
 
Jim Acker
 
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