<VV> First Posting / of many we hope..........

[Louis C. Armer, Jr.]

Hey Scott, Welcome to non-lurking status. I toured your airplane web site for
over 30 minutes and thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the small aircraft 
and the
detailed work involved in building them. Are all the featured aircraft 
Corvair engine
powered? Was / Is your KR-2S Corvair powered? I thought the consensus opinion
for Corvair powered light airplanes was to use late model (65-69) 110hp 
engines.

Your new project sounds interesting. Hurry up and post some picts.

Chuck Armer
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At 09:16 AM 5/21/05 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi gang,
>This is my first posting on VV, as I have enjoyed "lurking" for a few 
>months now...
>So here's some info about my project: I'm building a Porsche 550 Spyder 
>"kit car" that is based upon a VW Beetle chassis.  My particular example 
>is from a 1953 Beetle.  I'm in the process of converting to disc brakes, 
>replacing the floor pans and converting the swing axle trans /suspension 
>to IRS  and rear discs.  I plan on powering this car with a 140 hp 'vair 
>engine (which was left-over from my sold KR-2S project). You can see my 
>former project at:
>http://www.kr-builder.org/ScottCable/index.html
>   Modifications planned for my 140 are 3100 cc (94mm cylinders), 
> over-size stainless steel valves, high lift-reverse rotation cam, roller 
> rockers, stud girdle, Clark's dual 3 barrel Weber carb set-up and 
> stainless steel headers and exhaust.
>I'm planning upon (hoping for) 280 to 300 horsepower out of this set-up.
>   Progress thus far has been:
>Media Blasted the chassis and front beam
>Bead-blasted all front suspension components
>Painted front suspension components
>Re-assembled front suspension beam and torsion bars
>Removed rusted floor pans
>Repaired /painted steering box
>Repaired various areas of the chassis
>
>The replacement floor-pans and front disc brakes are in-transit (via UPS) 
>and should arrive early next week.
>
>I'm planning on building a website and will post updates to the website 
>once I get it up and running.
>Scott Cable
>Jamestown, ND
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