Hello Wannabe newby Jef There have been lots of threads in the past about almost anything you could think to ask. If you go to http://www.krnet.org you will be at the entry point to a lot of the collective knowledge of this group and there you will find links to everything KR. Among the links is a link to the Archive search engine which will allow you to bone up most subjects including the Corvair engine. I'm sure others will give you shorter more direct answers to your questions, however this is your biggest self help tool.
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