<VV> Front spoiler

[Bill Hubbell]

Sounds like a good topic for a Communique tech article - complete with 
pictures, of course.  Anybody going to step up to the plate?

Bill Hubbell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Sethracer at aol.com>
To: <corvair65 at verizon.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Front spoiler


>
>
> In a message dated 9/18/2005 6:21:42 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> corvair65 at verizon.net writes:
>
> Has  anyone installed the 67-68 Camero spoiler on their late model 
> Corvair?
> I  saw Clark's selling them at the PA mini-convention and thought about
> buying one, but I would like to see a picture on one installed on a 
> Corvair
> first.
>
> Do they closely resemble the stock Corvair  spoiler?  Any one have a 
> picture
> of a Corvair with one  installed?
>
> Russ Moorhouse
> '65 Corsa coupe 140 HP
> Group Corvair  Member
> Corsa Member
> Kent Island, MD
>
>
>
> Russ - I have run the early Camaro spoiler on several Vairs over the 
> years.
> Unlike the stock spoiler, it has a slight frontward (at the bottom) rake.
> This makes it much more effective and does wonders for high speed 
> stability. On
> a stock height (no cut springs) Corvair, it will still clear parking 
> stops. If
> the Car is lowered much, it might hit. However, it is wonderfully 
> resistant
> plastic - not fiberglass - and it really takes a big hit to take it out. 
> The
> part at the top has holes where you will need to add the appropriate holes 
> in
> the underbody for screws to attach it. They are in a different place than
> the  stock 66-69 holes. (Also they will be vertical, rather than 
> horizontal.)
> There is a small interference near the middle of the spoiler  since the
> mounting points on the Camaro are slightly different than the Vair. At 
> the outside
> bottom of the spoiler, there are mounting holes near the tips. The  Camaro 
> used
> a small mounting rod at this point to brace the bottom of the  spoiler. 
> You
> could easily add them to a Vair installation by using some aluminum  rod,
> pounding it flat at the tips and attaching it to both the tip of the 
> spoiler and
> the body just above it, say at a 45 degree angle. This would still  allow
> push-back in the center of the car, where most contact is likely to take 
> place,
> but support the tips where wind loading would push the spoiler back at 
> high
> speed.  Enjoy it!
>
> Seth  Emerson
> Sethracer at aol.com
> C's the day! Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette
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