<VV> RE: THE MARVELOUS CORVAIR v8!

[Mark Corbin]

That's  why GM engineered a really beefy transaxle for those experimental
Corvair V-8's. I've seen the transaxle, and it's BIG.

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> From: Matt Nall <nalllm at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> RE: THE MARVELOUS CORVAIR v8!
>
> Ted Trevor aka Crown Mfg.  told me that GM  GAVE him a Big Block  to put 
> in...and it just broke transaxles....
>
> Matt Nall
> All Vairs!
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> Lots of Corvair Technical info!
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net>
>  Incidentally, they DID try putting those engines
> > in a Corvair configuration, but (in the words of one engineer) that 
> > quickly
> > became gross. (BTW I've seen the pictures of those test vehicles, and
even
> > one of the actual transaxles that was in one of them.) That's not to say
> > the CorV-8 isn't a neat vehicle mod, 
>