RE: Strokers, etc.

["Jones, Daniel C" <Daniel.Jones@MW.Boeing.com>]

Chuck said the car is supposedly still around town somewhere but 
the second owner let it go h*ll.  The pictures he showed me had an 
upholstered cover.  He also had an article about it from Hot Rod 
magazine.  It's a shame to see something like that be neglected 
and abused.

Dan Jones 
 

> Subject:      Re: Strokers, etc.
> 
> 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
> >> 
> > 
>