[AT] OT - Generatorbelt exchange in 5 seconds

[Larry Goss]

This thread reminds me of my own youth.  Sometime in 1958-59, nine of us (all cellege students) got stranded at the Lincoln Park Zoo with just a Karman Ghia for transportation.  We made it all the way down Michigan Avenue to the IIT campus in a single trip -- without getting stopped and without breaking anything.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:34:56 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Generatorbelt exchange in 5 seconds

Gene, I just looked online.  Obviously you weren't the only one to think 
about that swap!
lots of stuff on the internet about it.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: charlie hill
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 8:10 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Generatorbelt exchange in 5 seconds

That would be a good project now IF you could find a decent, intact VW AND a
decent Corvair engine.  For me the Karmen Ghia option would never work.
A fellow in my home town had one of those things when I was a kid and I
couldn't figure out how to get in it then.   If I couldn't get in it at 6'1
190 lbs., I'm
pretty sure an attempt to do so with a 6'1 290 frame wouldn't work any
better.  grins.  However, there is a guy in my neighborhood that has a
restored
Ghia.  I don't know him but if I ever get a chance to talk to him I'm going
to ask him if a Corvair swap ever crossed his mind.

Now that I think about it,  I have a 79 Dodge Colt in my bone yard.  The
body is solid and I know where there is a 2005  GM 3800 FWD V6 out of a
Chevy.  Hmmmm.  LOL.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Gene Waugh
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 9:45 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Generatorbelt exchange in 5 seconds

I never fully optimized the setup, although I put many miles on the
conversion.  Stock tranny gearing was horrible for the extra power (after
all, it did go from 40 to 140 hp!!)   Low was waay to low; I routinely used
2nd from a standstill.  Had a lightweight (11 lb?) flywheel in it; take your
foot off the gas and it was like throwing out an anchor!  Ah, the memories!
Had it in a Beetle for a while, and then got a rusty old Karmen Ghia I put
it in.  That was kewl; the factory engine compartment cover on the Ghia fit
over the Vair engine, so there was no indication of anything not stock -
except for two big ol exhaust pipes sticking out.

It was an interesting swap.  The VW & Corvair engines rotate in opposite
directions, but the ring gear of the VW transaxle was swappable from one
side to the other.

Again, lots of memories!!

Gene W



On Dec 14, 2012, at 4:56 PM, charlie hill wrote:

> Gene,   it never before crossed my mind to put a corvair engine in a VW.
> I
> bet that was a heck of a ride!  How far could you lift the front tires?
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Gene Waugh
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 4:03 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Generatorbelt exchange in 5 seconds
>
> As a long time (long ago) 40 hp driver (until I replaced the VW engine
> with
> a 140 hp Corvair engine), I truly appreciated this clip!!
>
> Gene
>
>
> On Dec 14, 2012, at 2:48 PM, Mattias Kessén wrote:
>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp6VjL98xKI
>>
>> Mattias
>>
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