<VV> moving vair engine ahead of axle

[Ramon Rodriguez III]

Thanks John,  that's good info.  It sounds like more trouble than it's
worth for what I had in mind, If I do build my little junk buggy I'll just
have to deal with the overhang.

Ray R.



On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:59 PM, <jvhroberts at aol.com> wrote:

>  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.
>
>
>
>


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Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez III
Lake Ariel, PA
1966 Corsa 140 coupe (daily driver)
1965 Corsa 180 coupe (under construction)
1965 Corsa 140 coupe (for sale/under construction)
1963 Monza PG coupe (daily driver)
1962 Monza PG coupe (under construction)