Can someone on the board pleasetell us how much this foolishness cost the club in legal fees?
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Classic flywheel failure (or could be loose). Sorry ,but the radio can only do so much.
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Yes, there is a noticeable difference between a stock cam and a 270 cam. Worth it since you have to rebuild and are seeking better performance. Won't change your life or religion, but more fun.
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I found a 70s aftermarket one a couple of years ago with jut a few small cracks. Holding up well but not driven often. Mine is low mile 500 so a carpet was out of consideration. Mine is two door so pocs wouldn't help too much.
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Why bring this sort of extreme political paranoia into a car club? Just seems like conspiracy theory mania to me. Please just stop. I would usually say the instigator of this needs to get a hobby, but...
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Congrats on the medical procedure. Hope you are well and remain that way. Scary stuff.
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I have owned two cameo beige corvairs. Both had already been painted a more interesting color by POs. Not sure the folks buying corvairs are obsessed with numbers matching over attractiveness. I think turquoise would sell better as well...or mist blue.
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The old skull in the suspension option. Nice addition.
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Bump for best subject line. I like Frank too.
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Let us know if you get the amazon one and how it works. I am interested, but really need to get a proper torch.
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I may be wrong as I skimmed the videos, but seems he cut out part of the unibody framerail an only bolted the fiero unit to the body in various places. Saw no mention of welding to reconnect the rear frame rail. Did I miss it? At least expected to see the fiero structure welded in. Again, did I miss it? Out of my depth here. Edited to add: Awesome build, I really like it. More power and
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Last year had a breakdown on the way and limped home and missed out. Will try again! Thnks Wade.
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Smart!
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Amazing car. Well cared for and in good hands! Welcome
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I use Permatex ultra slick assembly lube and comp cams cam lube and alway check cam and crank clearances with green plasti-gauge.
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Congrats on retirement. I have rebuilt several engines and use the shop manual step by step plus How to Keep Your corvair alive plus Bob Helts book. Each has some added value but the manual is the best guide. Assembly lube on bearing surfaces and cam goo on camshaft. Cam rust depends on how bad. Big rubber hammer when torquing case. Yes, sealant on block corners pic from Dan Kling post on
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blkcorvair Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was going to try and tighten the rubber hose at the base of the carb with a zip tie and see if that helps. I did try some propane around the carb but didn’t try that hose yet. The balance tube is slightly off alignment from the carb base tube so that was one place I wanted to check but have not yet. Those hose
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You seem pretty thorough and systematic. Just keep going. You probably checked fuel supply to left carbs, good stream from accelerator pump, the rubber vacuum hoses to the crossover tube (located at the base of the carb), the tube itself as well as carb base gasket/sealing. As you suggest, swapping carbs side to side + maybe a thorough look for vacuum leaks will rule out a few more possibi
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I use an excellent RJTools bent wrench. Cheaper than a new Snap On as well. Rex Johnson makes these and is on here commenting regularly.
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Hole saw is a great idea for ones that are melded with the tube, new-to-me idea. In such cases it is often necessary to replace the tube due to rust eating the metal around the packing.
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Hey Ken. How will rocker oiling work with these? Will pushrod spray be sufficient or will this require oiling modification? Thanks. Darrin
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Congrats Steve and good luck down there!
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Tickets were easy to buy online and Scott sent me a pic of tickets with my name on them. Thanks Scott, very efficient. I consider it a small donation to a bunch of Corvair folks working hard on a great hobby. Good value to me as a Corvair junkie in seeing someone win a nice Corvair.
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When you changed from 3 speed to 4 speed did you change the stud that the clutch fork pivots on? I think they are different height installed.
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I have a couple of LM housings with 5041 on them, though hard to read. One has the adjusting screw.
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I have freed up a few and had them run great with some work, one only had 10k miles on it from new and it took weeks. Runs perfectly. Soaking and rocking on the wrench a bit every time you pass by rather than force.
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Doug, did you modify/stiffen the floats in the carbs when you did the blow through Set up?
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Gotcha. That would be a blow off valve. You can do either wastegate on ex side or blowoff on intake. Same result by different means.
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Can you clarify "on the boosted side", you mean on the intake/compressor side coming out of the turbo to the carbs?
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placing the wastegate after the turbo would not affect the spinning speed of the turbine wheel. You would just be venting off exhaust before it got to the muffler which does nothing to what is happening inside the turbo. In order to control the spinning of the turbine you have to control what's going into the turbo not what's coming out does that help? on a Corvair where the gas is
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