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Alternative Aircooled engines?
Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 16:37
by geordie skydiver
Just curious more than anything.
Are there any alternative Aircooled engines to the 2.0L CU lump I have at the minute?
Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 23:24
by Plasticman
Earlyish flat sixes go in and go even better
Mike
Posted: 28 Sep 2006, 20:40
by Vanagonman
Corvair flat 6
They even made a factory 180hp turbocharged lump!
Posted: 28 Sep 2006, 20:41
by geordie skydiver
Yeah, I was just reading about these, amazing.
Posted: 28 Sep 2006, 20:58
by Ian_Fearn
Citroen 2CV, 2 cylinder???
Take your pick from the 375cc, 425cc, 435cc or the high power 602cc.
Sorry, couldnt resist
Posted: 21 Nov 2006, 21:42
by SlowWest
This post seems to have died and i did not get the names of the engines.
Does anybody know what Aircooled NA rngines are available. Although i love the Cu engine, it lacks a bit of power when on motorway.
I want to fit an Aircooled engine as i love the noise they make
Cheers
Posted: 21 Nov 2006, 22:17
by andysimpson
seventies porsche 6's fit nicely without huge mods
Posted: 22 Nov 2006, 01:22
by Vanagonman
geordie skydiver wrote:Yeah, I was just reading about these, amazing.
Yep, Corvair Aircooled 6 cyls are wonderful, very reliable and powerful to cruise with on the motorway. Unlike the Porsche, they are cheap to purchase and rebuild. Unfortunately - there are a few downsides. For starters, they are off cars built from the 60s (but they all have hardened seat valves - suitable for unleaded use). Another issue is that they are reverse rotation to the VW engine, so a kit to reverse the motion is needed (and there are companies that make Corvair-to-VW kits). Finally only two places specialize in bits for them. But again, they are cheap to build.
The most suitable is the 110hp model.
air cooled
Posted: 30 Nov 2006, 11:56
by Arvi
just read that Tatra cars were also rear engined with air cooled engines which went up to 3.5 litres
Posted: 30 Nov 2006, 12:44
by PEET
Where can i find out more bout Corvair stuff please sound interestin..
Posted: 07 Dec 2006, 15:06
by toomanytoys
You could always just "upgrade" to a nicely built "Massive" type 4 engine designed to run in a bus all day...
How much money are you prepared to spend?
Corvair reverse rotation kit? just flip the diff... cheaper and easier...
Posted: 17 Dec 2006, 14:25
by Vanagonman
toomanytoys wrote:You could always just "upgrade" to a nicely built "Massive" type 4 engine designed to run in a bus all day...
How much money are you prepared to spend?
Corvair reverse rotation kit? just flip the diff... cheaper and easier...
That only works (flipping diff) if you are running a non-IRS Bus, not a T3.
Alternatively, you can use a Porsche 914 transaxle and then have no need to run the engine backward (or reuse the Corvair transaxle).
Do a Google search on Corvair engines.