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Date:         Mon, 18 Sep 1995 17:24:52 -0700
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From:         jim@atcweb.atc.1dc.com (Rusty VanBondo)
Subject:      Sorry if old mail/Corvairs & VWs

**Sorry if this is a repost but I have been having server probs on my side of the line today. This msg popped up as "undeliverable for five days" etc. when sent to a particular list member. It was sent last week...

Rusty promised to find the Foreign Car Digest magazine that detailed the installation of a corvair motor into a VW Bus. Well... I failed to find that article but did find an article detailing the "upgrade" of a 1200cc VW engine to 1662cc via the use of Corvair cylinders and pistons. A total void of technical data exists in this "fine" magazine. It was mentioned that upgrading to a VW 1500 cost $25.000 vs $15.000 for the Corvair parts. Why they included a third zero to the right of the decimal but omited the piston and cyl size specs is beyond me!

1662 CC VW by Rob Kranz Foreign Car Guide July 1965 I only have time for a snippet (sorry) -rvb

"The list price of a VW cylinder, piston, rings and wrist pin assembly for the 1500 is approximately $25.000 compared to $15.000 for the comparable Corvair parts. The installation of either requires that both the crankcase and cylinder head spigot diameter be enlarged. Finally, 1500 pistons require 1500 rods while the 1200 rods could be used with Corvair pistons. Hence a 40% displacement increase was available at considerably less cost than the 25% increase with standard VW components."

I am not touting this article or the procedure but thought it was interesting to see the lack of precision machining techniques and total "Backyard Barney Bumble" level of sophistication.

BTW: Arizona Republic newspaper 9/8/95 1963 Corvair $300.00 obo 1963 Corvair Spyder $2,200.00 runs


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