Corvair Conversion
When done: Stroke 2.937 in (74.6mm) and 92 mm bore- that works out to 2975cc's
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1/17/11 -(.3) Removed the fan and bearing/top cover assembly. It is the 8409 crank and look fairly good inside
Head #'s 3856759 --1965-67 110HP "No Smog"
Watched the disassembly DVD for the 3rd time tonight
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1/18/11 -(.4) Drained the oil and set engine on the bench.
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1/19/11 - (.5) Removed right valve cover, rocker arms, and push rods. Removed the delcotron adapter. Removed head stud nuts (A few studs came out).
I need to make a push rod removal tool next week and the the heads will come off.
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1/25/11 - (.5) Cut and weld push rod removal tool. Remove push rod tubes. Remove right head
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1/26/11 (1.0) Remove left valve cover. Remove rocker arms, etc. Remove head bolts. Remove oil pan.
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1/27/11 (1.0) Remove left head. Remove rod bolts/caps. Remove cylinder and piston/rod assemblies.
One cylinder barrel is stuck (Will remove tomorrow)
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1/28/11 (.3) Remove the last cylinder and distributor. Remove a few more damaged upper head studs.
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1/29/11 (.2) Remove balancer
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1/31/11 (.6) Remove the remaining damaged studs. Remove case studs. Remove bell housing. Split case and remove cam and crank.
It is completely torn down and ready for the 3 liter conversion after some cleaning!
Now it's time to gather parts and send the block and heads of for the 3.0L upgrade!
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2/21/11
Check out these billet Corvair push rod tubes
I was wondering how to get NEW push rod tubes today and bingo... This shows in my e-mail!
As he stated "They are more jewlery" but it can be hard to find a good set of used tubes
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4/02/11
Took my case to Sun-n-Fun to be inspected by Mark P.
He was off at WW's shop so William and Roy checked it out and gave it their "blessing"
They kept the case in the Fly Corvair booth for the day as a before and after (They had a complete engine)
While I was there, I started my TCA parts collection with a oil pan.
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4/21/11
The case and heads are being cleaned and will be shipped out in the next month
to be machined for the 3L upgrade. I have ordered the oil pan pickup/mounting kit from WW -
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