VDUBXTC Tea Bag
3,587 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·
Just curious to see if anyone in oz has done the conversion before, and how they went about it
Anyone one done a corvair conversion in a bug?
ruckus Veteran Volks Folk
2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·
I've just come across some rumours about kombis with them up in QLD but it'd be interesting to see it done in a bug. What are the specs of the engines?
Desert Moose Cut Cut Cut
2,098 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
I don't think it would fit would it ?????
I have seen it done in sand cars but the motor would be to heavy for a beetle or a buggy. but I have been wrong before😠
something to look at http://www.type2.com/library/enginem/corvair.htm
[Edited on 14/5/2005 by Desert Moose]
I have seen it done in sand cars but the motor would be to heavy for a beetle or a buggy. but I have been wrong before😠
something to look at http://www.type2.com/library/enginem/corvair.htm
[Edited on 14/5/2005 by Desert Moose]
ruckus Veteran Volks Folk
2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·
Thanks Moose. Seems to be an engine better suited to heavier cars, which makes sense given what it comes out of.
ruckus Veteran Volks Folk
2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·
Seems like a subie would end up being cheaper as well?
mattie182 Wolfsburg Wizard
466 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
There was a Bay Kombi in Rockhampton some years ago with a Corvair conversion. The owner had bought it that way..looked very original, like VW had done it. Was 2.8 litre from mempory and sounded brilliant. I also remember a Manx Buggy being at the Surfer's Drags in the early seventies
that was Corvair powered. It was owned by one of the MacDonald Bros from Melbourne. They now do Hot Rod and drag Car Chassis. Corvair's rotate anticlockwise so a reground cam is required in a VW.
that was Corvair powered. It was owned by one of the MacDonald Bros from Melbourne. They now do Hot Rod and drag Car Chassis. Corvair's rotate anticlockwise so a reground cam is required in a VW.
Once you go flat, you never go back!!!!!!
kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert
1,698 posts · joined May 2004 ·
i built a corvair engine with a reverse rotation cam a few years ago for my kombi
but sold it when i got into kite surfing to pay for my gear
wish i still had it didnt even hear it run.
but sold it when i got into kite surfing to pay for my gear
wish i still had it didnt even hear it run.
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1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
Get down low and go,go,go
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
Get down low and go,go,go
Marz Seriously Crusin Dubber
117 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·
i bought a bay a few months ago with one in. but I thought it wasn't that great but that was pretty much due to the gearbox set up if u had one with the right ratios it would be pretty quick, but with a stock 1600 gearbox it just ment u could roll round corners in third, mine had the reverse cam kit like other blokes, well they have to as the spin the other way i didnt do tihs but. In the end it has been sitting in my shed for the past few months as i couldnt get rego with out an engineers cert. to much of a tight arse to fork out so just put one of my otha engines in.
apperntly the corvair engine were used in chopper but i have no idea which one.
apperntly the corvair engine were used in chopper but i have no idea which one.
kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert
1,698 posts · joined May 2004 ·
jeez i miss that donk .
how good would that be in my split ? and still old school.
how good would that be in my split ? and still old school.
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
Get down low and go,go,go
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
Get down low and go,go,go
vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
if you put it in a splitty, you could leave it running anti clockwise.
pull out the reduction hubs to lower it 3", and you're running with 4 forward gears.
pull out the reduction hubs to lower it 3", and you're running with 4 forward gears.
kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert
1,698 posts · joined May 2004 ·
dis is true ...doh!
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
Get down low and go,go,go
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
Get down low and go,go,go