Water Injection Thread

[Gary Derian]

The '61-63 F-85 Cutlass and Skylark were front engine V-8 or V-6 ('62) live
rear axle.  The Tempest was front engine slant 4 (1/2 of a 389) with the
rope drive and rear transaxle and shared the rear swing axle
suspension/transaxle with the Corvair.  I was very liberal with my use of
"shared" chassis.  Some parts are common.  The BOP's were unit body thru
'63.  In 64, they all went conventional body on frame front engine/rear
drive.  The Corvair, of course remained a unit body.

BTW, Repco (Jack Brabbham, Australia) used the 215 V-8 as a basis for a
Formula 1 engine using OHC heads.

Gary Derian <gderian at cybergate.net>

>> Corvairs also had that setup, after all, they shared chassis with the
61-63
>>  Tempest.  There are lots more Corvair parts around since they were in
>>  production thru '69.
>
>Gary,
>what type of powertrain did the tempest use?
>I though the Tempests were front engine..
>Thanks,
>Mike V