[V8Vairs] Update Status Report

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Guys:

Thanks;  okay, so I have incorporated disc brakes as written by Lance Jordan; 
 modified subframe as figured out by Mikie Hawks (allows for the alternator 
to be mounted extra low, which allows for the seat to go farther back); 
lowering block;  original HD rear springs; Clarks front V8 Springs; Tranny to Cross 
member and cross member to body plastic bushings (Corvair motor sports); still 
to put on original Crown sway bars;  still to put on electric windows, and 
original factory tinted glass;  already has telescopic wheel and quick steering 
box and arms; Fiero Sets yet to be put in; new 4 row radiator still to put in.  
Early ralley wheels (15x7's) all the way around.  Steve Goodman has gone 
through the differential (3.27 gears with 4 spider gears) and transmission, which 
now has a vega side plate;  hurst shifter still to adapt.  Rear aluminum tube 
heim joint connections from Differential to body (thanks Rick Norris).  Engine 
is a 350, which will have 300 to 350 hp.

As you have said, I have tried to incorporate lots of good stuff that others 
have previously thought of.  Thanks to all of you guys for sharing ideas!

Gary Hoffman


In a message dated 1/19/05 5:47:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, deltainc@grm.net 
writes:

> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <GnKHOFFMAN@aol.com>
> >All this talk about adapting Corvair bodies to different car frame seems
> >pretty intense (all I am doing is the run of the mill Crown Conversion).
> >
> >Gary Hoffman
> **********
> I have had 3 corv-8's, none of them especially hopped up ( well ..above  the
> original plan a ) ... and I have never, nor any passengers (g) ever ever
> ever mentioned the word
> " All " as is " is that all there is ... "
> after a short ride around the thruways ...
> *********
> I believe you will like your project a lot when it is done ...
> ***********
> ... gotta admit, tho, been thinking about a 1.3 A/R single turbo, maybe a
> cold air input system now, just to bring in a little bit more toward the end
> of top gear ....  I got a Holset HX35 here sitting on the desk in front of
> me ...
> *************
> hmmmm... anybody here from Iowa wanna help a redneck farmboy blow up a
> perfectly good corv8 ?
> *********
> ken campbell,
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