Re: Strokers, etc.

[buldogge@inlink.com]

I remember when the 401 Nailhead Corvair was in the local tradin' Times
paper for MONTHS... No one would touch it and it was relatively cheap... The
"mid-engine" sat in the back seat area uncovered and the whole lot smelled
heavy of gas... Some aluminum chassis work (cover) and electric fans
probably could have made it pretty decent though...

Mark in St. Louis

ps... Dan, I'm very interested to hear the flow bench results as I have some
half finished mild 300 heads sitting here...

> From: buick-rover-v8-owner@autox.team.net  Wed Aug 23 10:59:51 2000
> Reply-To: "Jones, Daniel C" <Daniel.Jones@MW.Boeing.com>
> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:48:41 -0500
> To: buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Strokers, etc.
> 
> It was near the Illinois/Missouri border, north of St. Louis.  Where
> did you get the reverse rotation cam and gear?  Chuck found one
> but I think he would like another.  Is your gear bronze?  BTW, I'm
> going to go back sometime with a camera to take some pictures.
> I'll snag some of his literature too.
> 
> Chuck also showed me pictures of Buick 401 nailhead powered
> Corvair he once did (mid-engined).  Very nice work.
> 
> There was another guy on the web with a Buick 215 stroker
> mounted up to a PG in a Corvair as well.  He was running an
> Offy 2 x 2 bbl intake manifold.
> 
> Dan Jones
> 
>> Subject:  Re: Strokers, etc.
>> 
>> Where did you see the Corvair?   I'm aware of a few of these conversions
>> are
>> out there (as well as a few mid-engine 215 conversions), but I've never
>> seen
>> one using the PG trans.
>> 
>> I just purchased the required reverse cam and dizzy gear to do one of my
>> own
>> (someday).
>> 
>> Bill Elliott
>> Lake Barrington, IL
>> 
>> 
>>> Saw a neat Buick 215 powered Corvair last weekend.  A very professional
>>> installation with modern air conditioning.  The engine is mounted
>> backwards
>>> (requires a reverse rotation cam and distributor gear) and mated to the
>>> original 2 speed automatic.  Looks factory (better really) except for
>> the
>>> large
>>> nitrous bottle.
>>> 
>>> Dan Jones
>> 
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