<VV> TURBO PG

[Tom Berg]

 Back in the '90s (or maybe the early '00s) a couple of the OFs in the San Diego Corvair Club converted a '64 Spyder convertible to PG so it would be easier to drive in parades. For them the transmission swap was fairly easy, and they rigged up a shifter from a Chrysler K Car; they put it in a box on the floor between the seats and ran a cable back to the PG. They said it worked fine. 
But they found the engine was always running on boost -- not much, but enough to possibly be harmful, they figured. So they swapped the 4-speed back in. 
--Tom in Ohio
    On Saturday, March 7, 2020, 02:03:10 PM EST, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:  
 
 Yes, that makes sense - thanks. It reminds me of a Subaru SVX I once 
owned. Stunning car (Italian designed of course) with a 220 bhp flat six 
and auto box. But in typical Japanese fashion, nothing much happened 
below 3,000 rpm. There is a long drag up to the motorway near my place 
in England, and you came off a roundabout to start the climb. It 
invariably started the climb in a high gear (3rd maybe?) at low revs, 
and wouldn't make any headway, so you kept pressing the throttle and 
eventually it kicked down, took off like a scalded cat and then changed 
up a gear again, whereupon the engine started 'bogging' again. Not a 
pleasant car to drive but stuck to the road like glue with permanent 
4WD. But it was simply a boring car to drive - quiet, smooth, 
comfortable and very fast but no character.

On 2020-03-07 12:58, N2VZD TIM via VirtualVairs wrote:
> VERY tricky  to do and have a drivable vehicle. I discussed doing it
> many years ago with Larry Claypool who has done one. As I remember ,
> The main thing is shift points will not let turbo and timing work
> without bog and detonation due to radical RPM changes . This was back
> before we had electronics that MAY  help.  I would ask Larry for his
> input. Not a recommended project.
> Regards , Tim Colson     C N Y C C
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