Water Injection Thread & CorvEight

[Barry Tisdale]

Fiberfab sold a fiberglass body & chassis kit called "Valkyrie" that used '65 Corvair drivetrain & mounted a SB Chev @ the "front" of the trans.  Built one of these.  Adapter plate & new input shaft mounted to the Corv gearbox, allowing the V8 to be mounted @ the forward end of the box.  Normal operation had the flat 6 hanging off the diff carrier to the rear & driving the gearbox w/ a long shaft that went thru the diff & trans.  Rotation was the same, so no internal work needed on the diff/trans - was also mounted "right side up", i.e., normally.

Drivetrain came out to be somewhat long, crank pulley of the V8 was @ your right elbow, firewall indented into cockpit.

Weight of mine was 1880 lbs, HP around 327 - best performer I've *ever* driven!

Barry


At 10:55 PM 1/7/99 -0800, Peter Fenske wrote:
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>Hi Shannen and all
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>What happened with the 350 swap into the corvair as well as
>the "kelmark" is they turned the transaxle upside down backwards
>and the engine kept you company in the back seat
>Not like the Porche V8 swaps UGG
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>:peter
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