<VV> Corvair lowering

[Sethracer at aol.com]

Okay, Carlton, I understand your concern. But I think Ron's comment was  
tongue-in-cheek. I must say that I have seen almost every type of Corvair that 
 has ever existed, and I can count the number of "screwed-up" Corvairs on 
one  hand. Mother nature may have screwed a bunch up (rust, etc.) but only a 
couple  of owners. (Of course, this is only my opinion.) Certainly lowering 
a  Corvair is not screwing it up. It might be screwing yourself up - if you 
are  looking for a Factory Stock Concours win! That said, lowering an early 
model,  without going to great lengths and fabrication, is difficult, unless 
you accept  the greatly increased negative camber. 
 
Ray - A couple of folks have swapped in a complete rear suspension  from a 
late model Corvair. That increases your flexibility for camber  adjustment, 
but it is a big chunk of work to bite off. I suppose that you could  somehow 
raise up the entire powertrain, relative to the body, similar to what  was 
done on many racing late-models. This drops the weight down, but leaves the  
transaxle-to-wheel angles the same, keeping camber within reasonable 
limits.  That sounds to me like even more work than the late-early swap.  



 
In a message dated 2/6/2011 9:53:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
carlton55 at comcast.net writes:

Ok Ron  that was uncalled for. Ray is a young member that wants to
participate in  the VV forum. He wants to trick out his cars from stock.
Plenty of members  have done so too in other ways.

Carlton Smith
Indianapolis,  IN
Circle City Corvair Club, V.P.
1965 Corsa convertible 180hp  Turbo

-----Original Message-----
From:  virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org]  On Behalf Of Ron
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 11:34 AM
To: Ray  Rodriguez III; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair  lowering

Lightening strikes those who screw up a  Corvair!
RonH