<VV> Corvair engine in a Porsche 911?

[Bill Elliott]

Due to the work involved, I sure would not take this on with a real rusty car. Porsche rust can make Corvairs look darn near rust-free.

I've always wanted a Corvair-powered Porsche (just to mess with the Porsche guy purists) and looked at an already-converted 356 in Chicago. 
Unfortunately, the car had more fiberglass in it than your average Corvette.

In my garage now is a '68 912 I bought for the express purpose of converting... but upon the discovery that someone had already replaced the little 356 
engine with a 2.0 Type IV engine, I don't think I'll convert as the Type IV makes early the same power as a standard Corvair engine at much less weight....

Jim Vickers had a 914 with a hot turbo Corvair engine dropped in (I have the engine now). In that application he was able to reverse the transaxle and use 
a normal rotation Corvair engine.  Given the availability of parts, I think that would be my preferred route.

Don't know of any literature out there...
Bill

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:37:37 -0600, Dave Morris \"BigD\" wrote:

>I'm sure this borders on heresy amongst Porsche purists, but has anybody 
>ever successfully put a Corvair engine and tranny into a Porsche 911 
>body?  I've done my own searches on the web and even been in contact with 
>someone who has a totally rusted-out 911 with what appears to be an attempt 
>to mate the two up.  I'm just wondering if it was ever commonly done or if 
>there is any literature on how to do it.