<VV> Wet Dream engine

[JVHRoberts@aol.com]

Sounds like a good reason to switch to a Subaru flat 6 or a Porsche water 
cooled flat 6. <g>


In a message dated 7/29/2004 1:09:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
Sethracer@aol.com writes:
There has been a lot of discussion about the heat problems of the Corvair 
Motor. I remember an article in an engineering magazine at least 30 years ago 
about a fellow that welded appropriate metal to the Corvair head and changed 
it 
to water cooling. If this were accomplished, the cooling fan air could be 
used 
to cool the cylinders only. Water could be circulated past the heads and 
cooled separately. Okay - There are engineering challenges to surmount. If 
you 
started with a pair of 140 heads, and machined them to take Weber Manifolds - 
either for webers or FI throttle bodies, then modified the exhaust tubes to 
present a flat face which could be sealed against water. Other outstanding 
issues 
would be the stud holes through the head. Just brainstorming here. Any 
thoughts 
or impressions? - If you want to get really strange, the Big Block Chevy has 
the same bore to bore centerline as the Corvair.  Hmmm?  I wonder  .  .  .  . 
 
-  Seth Emerson