<VV> [UV] UltraVan 404 - Another milestone

[Tom Berg]

Fellas,
 
You build these 3.1-liter engines from a kit? I've never heard of that. Is the kit maker still in business? 
 
--Tom in Ohio
 

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 From: Larry Forman <larry at forman.net>
To: Bob Gilbert <bgilbert at gilberts-bc.ca> 
Cc: ultravan at yahoogroups.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org; corvairs at cybrus.net 
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> [UV] UltraVan 404 - Another milestone
  
Hi Bob,
That is awesome!   I hope it runs as well when all is done.   Sounds 
great.   All that reminds me that I have a Sallih cylinder big bore 
engine to finish assembly of, which is destined for the Devin C.   Ray 
Sedman did the flow bench work on the cylinder heads and designed the 
cam.   He guessed it should put out something north of 200 hp.    I 
really should get to work on that.  I also have a 3.1 big bore engine 
"kit" that only needs "some assembly".   Too much fun stuff to work on 
and too little time to do everything I would like to.    It seems that 
the Ultravan got in the way for the last, oh, three years!

Larry

On 4/23/2012 6:00 PM, Bob Gilbert wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The 3.1 litre Corvair motor is now fully ensconced in its rightful 
> home in the back of the coach and today I completed the primary engine 
> bay wiring and the beast actually started on the key! A few "minor" 
> issues, like a throttle linkage that wants to make it idle at 4,000 
> RPM but the motor runs. It even brought the neighbours over (who 
> undoubtedly think I'm totally insane for tackling something like this 
> but that's a whole other story J).
>
> So tomorrow I fix the throttle linkage, test run it again, set the 
> timing and make sure that the air vents open up as they should. Then I 
> connect up the oil temperature and oil pressure gauges, add the air 
> cleaners and the last engine seal at the front of the motor. The last 
> item on the motor "to do" list will be to add  Ray Sedman's SafeGuard 
> anti-knock unit and readjust as required.
>
> I need to add one new muffler hangar (I have duals now, vs. the single 
> on the original motor) and then I should be able to bring it down off 
> the blocks and jacks.
>
> So with a bit of luck and good weather it should be mobile by the weekend.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob
>
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