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Old January 19th 2006, 19:12
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corvair in an 69 IRS...

Guys,
I have a corvair powered 69' Baja Bug...
I just wanted to share with you all and see if any one has any questions. The place to talk to would be Clarks Corvair http://www.corvair.com . Also review here: http://www.corvair.com/user-cgi/pages.cgi?category=vw... (realizing this has been sortof posted above)

I also have a parts list that can be posted to those that are interested in what it will take to complete the conversion. This motor is beefy, piles of torque and will, with stock vw tranny, lift the front wheels off the ground under a full-hook-up launch.

Questions:
1. Is it an easy swap?
- mostly save the need for reverse rotation
2. what about adapter plates?
- Clarks has all you need and are great to work with.
3. Spendy?
- no, the challenge is finding people to turn wrenches on it.
4. Weight?
- about 250lbs more then a stock motor. which is enough to notice...
5. Cooling?
- I cannot overstate the importance of cooling this motor... take the time.


Hope that covers it all, and as my first post, thanks for the forum!

- no longer lurking -
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