<VV> Weird and wild...Water Cooling the Corvair engine

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 On the other hand, I can think of a few water cooled flat 6s out there that are already designed, built, and proven in the market. 



Subaru has 2.7L 12 valve, 3.3L 24 valve, and in production now, 3.0L 24 valve and 3.6L 24 valve. 



Porsche has 2.5L, 2.7L, 3.0L, 3.2L, 3.4L, and 3.6L (possibly others) 24 valve engines. 



Take your pick!





 





 



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In a message dated 5/14/2009 10:14:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  

ronh at owt.com writes:



I look  at it and say "Thats an awful lot of work, but for  what?"

RonH



Certainly converting the motor "On a lark" makes no sense. But  

experimenting can lead to breakthroughs. The were/are two instances that water  

cooling 

- at least of the heads - could prove beneficial for the Corvair.  One 

would be high boost turbocharged motors. The amount of combustion heat at,  say, 



a 400 HP output, would overwhelm any attempt at air-cooling for more than a 

 10 second drag run. The heat-sink availability of the water coolant would  

provide a better cooling overhead. Second would be for emission compliance. 

 Air-cooled motors (even of high-priced German sports cars) are known to 

retain  hot spots in the combustion chamber and dead spots for combustion 

gases. Not a  lot, but newer cars ave to meet much tighter controls. I would be 

interested in  whether the newer Asian micro-cars, some of which are 

air-cooled, meet the  newer tighter standards. 

 

I remember a story in a manufacturing magazine - about 30 years ago, where  

a Southern California aerospace engineer had modified his Corvair engine 

for  water cooling. I wonder if this was his construction?



 

Seth  Emerson



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