<VV> Engine identification.

[Hugo Miller]

Thanks - I've already found the list on Clarks website that points me 
in the right direction with all the numbers for heads & blocks etc. I'm 
not planning to get too involved at this stage - I just want to avoid 
obvious pitfalls like finding I've removed a 164 engine & replaced it 
with a 140!
I have done very little to any of my Corvairs except drive them, so I'm 
not familiar with all the quirks & pitfalls etc. I don't plan on getting 
involved with engine rebuilds etc unless I have to. I do know that one 
of the cars seems noticeably slower than the others though.
Talking of fan bearings, somebody on here was designing a rather clever 
fan upgrade - anybody know if that came to anything?

On 2019-05-12 15:18, Hubert Smith wrote:
> Gosh Hugo, you don't want much do you?  There are dozens of ways to
> identify engines but because of the likelihood that parts and pieces 
> (
> including complete engines ) have been changed over the years, you
> almost have to verify every detail.  First of all the most obvious 
> and
> also the most likely to have been changed.
> The fan bearing shaft.  All Corvairs up to and including 64 had a
> smaller shaft.  Upper block covers with good bearing from Lates were
> often stuck on there rather than change the bearing when bad.
> Harmonic damper rather than rear pulley indicates 164 cu engine.
> Also easily changed.
> Delcotron adapter ( the casting that holds the filter ) was changed
> in 65 for the alternator.  Sometimes a surface clue that it might be 
> a
> 65/69 engine
> Getting more in depth, the head casting numbers on the ends of the
> heads are pretty reliable indicators of the year and cu in size of 
> the
> engine.
> Lots of other things to look for inside the engine.  Short answer to
> all this is buy a junkyard primer from Clarks which offers the ID
> numbers for tyrannys and diffs.
> Smitty.
>
> Sent from my iPad