<VV> Pinion Gears

[Harry Yarnell]

Well, yes and no. If you flog your corvair, yes, a 4 spider setup is a good
idea. If your just going to use it as transportation, then probably not.

Harry Yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
perryman, MD
hyarnell1@earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cepak, Tom A" <tom.a.cepak@lmco.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 2:57 PM
Subject: <VV> Pinion Gears


> I read the 1965-66 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa Turbo Buyer's Guide article
> in the August issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines and I have some
> questions.  Larry Claypool states, "The transaxle's weakest links are
> the spider (pinion) gears" and "They were perfectly adequate for the
> stock power and tires, but if you give the car more grip and load the
> transmission, you can run into problems."  Those of you that have
> installed more aggressive engines, have you run into transaxle problems?
> Is it worth the extra money to upgrade the pinions from 2 gears to 4?
> I've purchase a 110 engine in which I'm going to rebuild to a 140 and I
> haven't even thought about the transaxle.  Should I be concerned?
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