<VV> moving vair engine ahead of axle

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 OK, I am no fan of running the tranny backwards, but it would, in the end, be FAR simpler to reverse the engine rotation, should one contemplate doing this. Then you're into just a cam and distributor gear set. 

The other is to get one of those rare as hens' teeth reverse R&P sets, where the pinion resides at the tranny end of the case. 

Pulling power of the harmonic balancer end just plain looks ugly. Although the marine conversion guys have done this, but mostly to get that end of the powertrain lower in the boat. 

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ramon Rodriguez III <corvairgrymm at gmail.com>
To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Mon, Nov 28, 2011 7:59 pm
Subject: <VV> moving vair engine ahead of axle




Now on to the new topic.  At the Buffalo convention I saw a Corvair that
someone had converted to mid-engined by basically installing the stock
drivetrain backward, with the engine in front of the axle.  What is the
cheapest home-grown way to do this?  The idea I'm working on is for a buggy
type project using the stock late model Corvair chassis but I need to
eliminate the long overhang behind the rear wheels.  I do still need high
gear to be forward though, not reverse!  The project would be using a
powerglide, not a manual trans.  The whole idea of this is to have some fun
and be creative but use only parts I've already got so no crown parts etc.