<VV> 5 speed corvair

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

The Subaru tranny, when you tear it down, buy the reversed R&P, modify the tail housing, etc., will probably cost as much as the Porsche unit. And the shifter shaft comes out of the top, whereas the Porsche tranny has this shaft coming out very nearly in the Corvair location. 
And the Porsche unit comes in a range of ratios. 
I would actually go look at total costs before saying out of hand Porsche gearboxes cost more. 

As far as using the Subaru AWD, it has a 50/50 torque split on most versions. That's too much to the front. 

 
IMHO...

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Fulkerson via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sun, Oct 18, 2015 10:18 pm
Subject: <VV> 5 speed corvair


Please forgive me if this subject has been covered, I've been off the list for
15 years.
Has anyone come up with an AFFORDABLE way to put a 5 speed in a
vair.
I've seen the T-5 conversion and it seem to be reasonably affordable, but
VERY hard
to find. I'm seeing conflicting data concerning ease of installation
and functionality.
Porsche tranxaxle: too expensive. Has anyone done a Subaru
transaxle?
Seems to me since our engines turn the "wrong way" that when turned
around
backwards, it should (on paper) work. There also seems to be a very
active aftermarket with 
reverse rotation parts for the transaxles in the event
they were necessary. The
Dr. Frankenstein in me would love to adapt the entire
AWD setup into a vair, but
of course it must retain the proper engine in the
proper location. This fevered dream
has been festering in my brain for years
and I just needed to see if anybody else
had similar thoughts. I'd appreciate
any input pro or con.

Thanks Rick (vair694800)

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