gregb Wrote:
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> Hey Nick, fantastic job! I am wondering if you
> could explain the technical reasons for going to
> the 95HP heads. The obvious benefit is no more
> pinging but what is the change that does this, is
> the compression lowered, does the quench area
> change. Shade tree mechanic wants to know.
> Thanks

95hp and early turbo heads (62-63) are closed chamber cylinder heads. Take a look at the preceeding photos in the thread. The closed chamber heads have a sqush area at the bottom. As it turns out the problem with pinging/spark knock/pre ignition has less to do with the compression ratio and more to do with the combustion chamber design.

Nick
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1964 Monza Spyder Convertible #435 - Rotisserie restored - Check out my restoration thread here: [corvaircenter.com]
Recreational Mechanic/CORSA Member/COG Supporting Member/US Navy Veteran
Other fun car: 2004 Porsche 911 GT3 - Trailered track monster
Boring daily drivers
Northern Colorado, USA

Great job. It looks fantastic. I'll be over in the next couple of hours to pick it up.


Tom Cepak
DFW, TX

I have gotten some PMs from members asking how the car is doing so I'm posting an update. I have about 2000 miles on the engine now since the re-rebuild and it's running great. The engine is quiet and consistent, no pinging, and great power. I drive the car to work when the weather is nice and on the weekends. I have the YH dialed in that it starts easily in all temperatures (if the bowl is full) and the turbo is loving the cooler air as we get into winter here. The Safeguard is doing a great job of protecting the engine under boost. Right now Ken Hand is building me an F/B flow turbo with the ceramic coated backing plate and exhaust housing I have had sitting on the shelf for a couple years now.

I had clearmask and ceramic paint and chrome coating done on the car to protect the paint and chrome, including the KH wire wheels using the OptiCoat Pro+ product. I have had this done on other cars with excellent results, it's like the worlds best wax job and it lasts 6-8 years.









Here's the front trim all removed so Clearmask could be installed behind everything:




This winter I'll be converting to an electric fuel pump and I'm going to try the Revolution Electronics fuel pump controller that will auto-fill the bowl when the key is turned on and uses RPM as the input. This can be hidden under the dash so no issues with looking not stock. I'll be doing a fuel pump center bypass plate (the one from Clarks) so the engine bay retains the stock look. Pump will be the 1-4 PSI Facet cube.

Here's a link to the Revolution electronics product: [www.revolutionelectronics.com]

I also bought a Roger Parent ball bearing accelerator linkage kit and his billet aluminum clutch and parking brake pulleys, so I'll be installing those.

Today I'm hard-wiring in two USB ports under the dash to power my phone, GPS, and Bose bluetooth speaker that I mounted under the dash using a GoPro camera clip so I can just clip it off to return to a stock look. Good stuff!!

Nick
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1964 Monza Spyder Convertible #435 - Rotisserie restored - Check out my restoration thread here: [corvaircenter.com]
Recreational Mechanic/CORSA Member/COG Supporting Member/US Navy Veteran
Other fun car: 2004 Porsche 911 GT3 - Trailered track monster
Boring daily drivers
Northern Colorado, USA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/12/2017 07:19AM by Nickshu.

Looks Awesome! I'll be using some of you tricks when completing my car.

-Tom


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NFCC
Grand Island, NY

Here are some updated pics from recent "upgrades"....

Roger Parent ball bearing linkage:






Roger Parent billet pulleys:






Airtex 8016S electric fuel pump using the Revolution Electronics controller:





Nick
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1964 Monza Spyder Convertible #435 - Rotisserie restored - Check out my restoration thread here: [corvaircenter.com]
Recreational Mechanic/CORSA Member/COG Supporting Member/US Navy Veteran
Other fun car: 2004 Porsche 911 GT3 - Trailered track monster
Boring daily drivers
Northern Colorado, USA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2018 04:27PM by Nickshu.

Five 90s and a 180, that gas is gonna be confused by the time it gets to the carb. Great work, that is definitely a car that's better now than when it was new.

Don Marlowe
66 Monza 2Dr 140/pg
64 Spyder convertible now, 110/pg
Eutawville SC

moomba32 Wrote:
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> Five 90s and a 180, that gas is gonna be confused
> by the time it gets to the carb. Great work, that
> is definitely a car that's better now than when it
> was new.


LOL...I was thinking the same thing. I actually had it plumbed three different ways before settling on this setup. I did test the flow and it's moving plenty of fuel! Got it all over myself in the process, all part of "the experience".

Nick
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1964 Monza Spyder Convertible #435 - Rotisserie restored - Check out my restoration thread here: [corvaircenter.com]
Recreational Mechanic/CORSA Member/COG Supporting Member/US Navy Veteran
Other fun car: 2004 Porsche 911 GT3 - Trailered track monster
Boring daily drivers
Northern Colorado, USA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2018 06:14PM by Nickshu.

You do great work Nick!

KRFJKM
Charlotte NC
1965 Corvair Corsa
1966 Corvair Corsa (60 over with an Isky 280)

Today I made some fuel lines and installed a fuel pressure regulator and fuel gauge to go with my new electric fuel pump. I was happy with how it came out. Maybe I didn't need one b/c the highest I could get it was 2.25psi, but good piece of mind. Set it at 2psi and the engine seems happy.



Nick
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1964 Monza Spyder Convertible #435 - Rotisserie restored - Check out my restoration thread here: [corvaircenter.com]
Recreational Mechanic/CORSA Member/COG Supporting Member/US Navy Veteran
Other fun car: 2004 Porsche 911 GT3 - Trailered track monster
Boring daily drivers
Northern Colorado, USA

Nick, I only get between 2 and 3 with the electric pump only and the return line not blocked. It goes higher when the mech pump is in control. Pinch off the return line hose if you have one, see what happens.

J.O.

65 Corsa Turbo Vert
79 Honda XL 500S
69 Honda CL 160 D
2010 BMW F 650 GS
2003 Bounder 36D
2013 KIA Optima SX turbo-AKA ZIPPY (wife,s car)
69 Newport Holiday Sailboat
Baja 150 dune buggy cart
Coleman HS 500 UTV
2016 KIA Sorento SXL Turbo

Bethlehem,Pa

Looks good Nick! Nice work as always.

My wife and I drove my car 6-1/2 hours each way to Crested Butte, CO for the Tri-State Corvair meet last weekend. The car drove beautifully both ways and the turbo was working hard on the mountain passes, easily keeping the car at speed and even gave some really nice passing power a few times. The car ran just fine at altitude, but at over 11,000 feet on Monarch pass it did need a little help to idle.

The cherry on top for the weekend was the car won first place in the early open category at the show. Good times and great people as usual at the very well organized Tri-State event...and beautiful weather too!









Nick
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1964 Monza Spyder Convertible #435 - Rotisserie restored - Check out my restoration thread here: [corvaircenter.com]
Recreational Mechanic/CORSA Member/COG Supporting Member/US Navy Veteran
Other fun car: 2004 Porsche 911 GT3 - Trailered track monster
Boring daily drivers
Northern Colorado, USA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/2018 05:22AM by Nickshu.

Look'n REAL sweet Nick. One thing I miss about Colo is cruising the mountains in my Turbo Vert, along with fly fishing and easy access to Rockies skiing. What I don't miss is the Army.

Did you or are you or are you planning on running up the Peak, great drive?

J.O.

65 Corsa Turbo Vert
79 Honda XL 500S
69 Honda CL 160 D
2010 BMW F 650 GS
2003 Bounder 36D
2013 KIA Optima SX turbo-AKA ZIPPY (wife,s car)
69 Newport Holiday Sailboat
Baja 150 dune buggy cart
Coleman HS 500 UTV
2016 KIA Sorento SXL Turbo

Bethlehem,Pa

Beautiful... SO much better than Red.... Too many red collector cars in general... I'm guilty of that in the past.. I've vowed No More Red Cars.. :0).. Just like so many 1st gen Camaro's have been morphed into SS clones, etc.. I'd MUCH rather see an original 6 cylinder (Secretary's Car) than another damn SS..

If you aren’t a fan of red cars and like seeing rare colors, just wait until I finish the John Glenn car - Meadow Green with a white top and Fawn interior - bet you haven’t seen that color combination in quite awhile.

Bill Hubbell,
President, Stock Corvair Group

BronzeBoy Wrote:
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> Beautiful... SO much better than Red.... Too
> many red collector cars in general... I'm guilty
> of that in the past.. I've vowed No More Red
> Cars.. :0).. Just like so many 1st gen Camaro's
> have been morphed into SS clones, etc.. I'd MUCH
> rather see an original 6 cylinder (Secretary's
> Car) than another damn SS..

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

LOL, after having 5! Red early convertibles in my drive at one time for work I vowed NEVER to own a red vert with a white top!

Ken Hand
Handy Car Care
248 613 8586

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Nick - how does that controller work? I've never used one before - does it cut power when engine is not running / dies?

gerg
Monroe, LA

1965 500 Coupe, 140hp / PG, Brown EFI - work in progress
1962 Rampside, 110Hp, factory 4 speed & 3.89 posi


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Gerg, in short, yes. You turn the key and it will power the pump for a few seconds then stop. You can turn it off then on again if you need another bit of pumping time. Then the tach signal keeps it pumping after you start the engine. Shuts off after a few seconds again if engine shuts off while key is still on.

Greg Miller
Eugene, Oregon

I’m amazed at the quality of build and assembly on this car. Nick, your car has to be the very best EM spider convertible in existence. It’s the most impressive Corvair I’ve ever seen. And yet, you’re not standing still with it, you keep finding ways to make it better.

64 Greenbrier
64 Spyder (needs restoration)
65 Corsa 140, restored
66 Corsa turbo, restoring now
66 Corsa 140 "RR" code coupe fully restored
67 Pontiac GTO restored
69 Corvette 427 convertible restored
2015 Porsche Panamera S
2015 Corvette Z06
1965 AC Cobra (Factory Five)

Beautiful Corvair

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