Corvair 409 project

[NASTY 409]

Well after a very loooooooong delay I am back working on the 409 Corvair project, body is back from paint shop and the paint looks fantasticI will be replacing all the missing body parts,etc before I reinstall the 9r.

 

[Don Jacks]

What are you using for a transaxel.

 

[NASTY 409]

Stock Corvair 4 speed trans (Saginaw) and a modified Corvair diff 3:89 ratio(w/girdle and 4 spider gears) Solid steel billet flywheel and 6 puck ceramic disc w/HD pressure plate. I know it's gonna be the weak point but it will get me down the road.

 

[dq409]

Cool !! Rear engine???

My buddy has two Corvairs with V-8`s !!
The finished one is a mid engine twin turbo SBC.
The one he is doing now is a front engine blown big block!!!

 

[NASTY 409]

Yes this one is going to be rear engine , reverse rotation 409, just the way Ed Cole would have wanted it.

 

[Don Jacks]

Alright ,INSTANT wheelstands:eek:

 

[Phil Reed]

GREAT project Marv!!!!!!!!!!!! If I had the time....I'd love to come up and help you work on it!!!!
There was a guy in my home town of Emporia, KS back in the mid 60's that put a 327 4-speed in an early Corvair. It was awesome!!!!
Better beef up the front suspension!!!! Dropping back down to earth at every stop light will really stress out the front spindles!!!!!!!!

 

[NASTY 409]

I'm too old for wheelies LOL, it's just going to be a crazy cruise nite car.

 

[oil4kids]

heard of a toronado powered corvair last week entire1967 rear 425 cube olds engine and front wheel drive turbo 400 drive train installed still had room for rear seats,

today he has aalky supercharged 468 olds with toronado drive train in a honda crx with the orig engine still up front

 

[Phil Reed]

Mark...........that guy needs some serious professional help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh well.........he probably already does his own welding!!!!

 

[1960impala283]

I like the wall display behind the corvair. Looks like you can top off the 409 any way you like. A friend of mine has a later style, very rough, corvair in his driveway that is set up for mid engine. Transaxle might be good for a spare. Between Hamilton and Caledonia.

 

[dq409]

Love these Frankenstein cars!!!!

Once saw a Porsche with a V8 sticking out the back!!!:eek:

 

[region rat]

Back in the 60's a dentist near here put a 327 fuelly in back of his Vair. I called last week about one for sale in the same town, but it was a 4 door. The told me the dentist still has his car and wanted to see how he did it.
What a great combo. Obsolete car with an obsolete motor. Don't get any better.

 

[posi857]

Big In Little

Because he could.

 

[KTEN]

One of my older brothers classmates had a 396 in a Corvair. Early 70's it was. Seems they wrapped it up against a tree and killed all 6 occupants. Why there were 6 kids in a Corvair.......? I'm sure that no alcohol was involved!?!?!

 

[Brian Thompson]

When I was 17, my dad and I put a 327 in an MGB. It really liked to smoke the tires.

 

[yellow wagon]

There is an older Porsche 911 running around here with a stroker 383 SBC. Killer power!

 

[raymar58409]

When I was 17, my dad and I put a 327 in an MGB. It really liked to smoke the tires.

I'd bet he would have been proud of you in front of Discount Tire huh. Now I know where you got it.

Ray

 

[raymar58409]

Well after a very loooooooong delay I am back working on the 409 Corvair project, body is back from paint shop and the paint looks fantasticI will be replacing all the missing body parts,etc before I reinstall the 9r.

There was a black corvair back in the 70's for sale by Sugar grove, IL. It had a mid engine 409.

 

[dq409]

Found some pictures of my friends Corvair,,,before the turbos were installed,,