<VV> TURBO PG

[Hugo Miller]

That sounds like a lot of work - I am swapping engines not 
transmissions, although the little engine in the car is running so much 
better now that I've sorted the carb that I'm in no rush to do an engine 
swap. Maybe I should do the other carb also!
What I would like to do, but will probably never get round to it, is 
fit a supercharger or even two little ones. Much better than turbos. And 
superchargers are very cheap these days.

On 2020-03-07 14:17, Tom Berg wrote:
> Back in the '90s (or maybe the early '00s) a couple of the OFs in the
> San Diego Corvair Club converted a '64 Spyder convertible to PG so it
> would be easier to drive in parades. For them the transmission swap
> was fairly easy, and they rigged up a shifter from a Chrysler K Car;
> they put it in a box on the floor between the seats and ran a cable
> back to the PG. They said it worked fine.
>
> But they found the engine was always running on boost -- not much,
> but enough to possibly be harmful, they figured. So they swapped the
> 4-speed back in.
>
> --Tom in Ohio
>
>  On Saturday, March 7, 2020, 02:03:10 PM EST, Hugo Miller via
> VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
>
> Yes, that makes sense - thanks. It reminds me of a Subaru SVX I once
> owned. Stunning car (Italian designed of course) with a 220 bhp flat
> six
> and auto box. But in typical Japanese fashion, nothing much happened
> below 3,000 rpm. There is a long drag up to the motorway near my
> place
> in England, and you came off a roundabout to start the climb. It
> invariably started the climb in a high gear (3rd maybe?) at low revs,
>
> and wouldn't make any headway, so you kept pressing the throttle and
> eventually it kicked down, took off like a scalded cat and then
> changed
> up a gear again, whereupon the engine started 'bogging' again. Not a
> pleasant car to drive but stuck to the road like glue with permanent
> 4WD. But it was simply a boring car to drive - quiet, smooth,
> comfortable and very fast but no character.
>
> On 2020-03-07 12:58, N2VZD TIM via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> VERY tricky to do and have a drivable vehicle. I discussed doing it
>> many years ago with Larry Claypool who has done one. As I remember
> ,
>> The main thing is shift points will not let turbo and timing work
>> without bog and detonation due to radical RPM changes . This was
> back
>> before we had electronics that MAY help. I would ask Larry for his
>> input. Not a recommended project.
>> Regards , Tim Colson C N Y C C
>> *
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