<VV> Powerglides - in reverse

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/13/2005 8:11:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
Levair at aol.com writes:


I've  done it. the upside soen powerglide.
I built a new oil pan for  the new bottom and used an electric fuel pump to 
transfer the oil to the  new  top.
Warren
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But Warren didn't mention his most "creative" PG install. The one in his  
ex-"Formula SAAB" open wheel autocross car. He just turned the whole Corvair/PG  
powertrain around, mounting it mid-engined. Then, to race, he just shifted the 
 PG into reverse! Reverse in the ol' PG was good for about 50, I guess,  with 
a race motor against it! Just fine for Autocrossing!  Beating that, of  
course was the fact that he could have gone 100 MPH backwards! The PG stood up  
pretty well racing in reverse, But I remember hearing that it blew up  (not just 
broke, exploded) at speed when a part failed and other parts ended up  at a 
too-high rotation rate. I think it was David Hobbs who refers to that as a  
"Ka-Blammo!" It was probably the only Corvair that actually needed a  
"Trans-Blanket"- Sort of an armored diaper!  
 
- Seth Emerson - Who recalls driving that car (with a manual trans) at  the 
New Jersey Corsa Convention Autocross in 1984.