Corvair 409 project

[jim_ss409]

Looking good!
It's amazing that the engine fits as well as it does.

 

[NASTY 409]

Hooking up the maze of cooling hoses now, lots of clamps needed

 

[BSL409]

This is so Cool can't wait till it's done

 

[NASTY 409]

Yesterday I had to get some emergency machining done on the Mallory dist, I was not getting enough engagement with the oil pump drive shaft. My machinist buddy Paul cut about .066" of the base of housing to sink it a bit deeper into the block, should be good now. Today I filled the cooling system with coolant (distilled water) for the potential startup, I had a few airlocks in the system so I used my wet vac to pull the coolant thru the system and I think now its full without any air present. Heres some pictures

 

[Phil Reed]

Marv................I'm thinking Doug Marion is going to be all over your car!!!!!!

 

[Ronnie Russell]

Me too!! Looking forward to seeing it.

 

[boxerdog]

That is an amazing piece of work. I would like to see, from a safe distance, what happens during a high-speed corner??? That has got to be a real handful!!

 

[DonSSDD]

Mercruiser, Marv will have some outriggers on his "boat" for cornering.

Don

 

[NASTY 409]

Had engine running today, runs not too bad,,,,, but I have some carb and ignition problems .

 

[real61ss]

Mercruiser, Marv will have some outriggers on his "boat" for cornering.

Don

Ralph Nader would love it

 

[skipxt4]

Ralph Nader would love it

Yeah, he would probably want to ban 409's, also.

 

[NASTY 409]

Installed the new door panels on the weekend, carpets are next

 

[SSpev]

This is just really cool.....
I am wondering though..... are the armrest one the wrong doors??

 

[oldskydog]

Sharp eyes Thomas.

 

[NASTY 409]

I new someone would notice LOL, I wanted the armrests with the ash trays on the front doors so I could put stuff in the trays.

 

[SSpev]

Thanks... uh... sorry....... Good reason

 

[neilswheels]

Cool, nice to see this coming along. I saw it on the HAMB a while back, we had a little chat about water pumps, as I didn't know if i'd have enough room in my 40. You mentioned ignition issues, there's a thread on here, a few down from this now, mentioning problems with MSD's.
here it is infact http://www.348-409.com/forum/threads/distributor-and-pulley-question.27907/

 

[1961BelAir427]

I'd lost track of this somehow and hadn't gotten an email alert. I thought there just hadn't been any updates. Boy was I wrong!! You've come a long way Marv and it looks great. I was telling someone about your car just a few days ago at work. He was a regular customer who is into Fieros. He mentioned V8 swaps into those and I just had to tell him about your build. I'm excited for you that it's nearly done. Jason

 

[tripower]

What a cool project. Can'T wait to see it done...