For all the guys that asked about the crank and heads I had, thank for the
responses but they are both now on there way to new homes. hopefully they will
be up and flying soon.
Gotta get rid of a factory nitrided corvair crank and 95hp heads if anyone is
interested contact me off list. The crank has been miked standard and
magnafluxed allyou need to do is drop it in and go, you wont find another like
it.The heads are clean and ready for rebuild.
>- Original Message -
>From: "Jeff York"
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>Now I can not remember the last time I heard of a VW crank failure. For
>that matter I have not heard of a VW >failure and I even recall a guy broke
>a prop on his VW on his way to Sun N Fun many years ago. I talked to >him
>at a forum and
Jeff wrote:
[Fred Johnson] "All that said, I dont want to get flamed by the Corvair
crowd. Remember, I love them, just dont think I want to fly behind one now."
I have to agree with Jeff on this one. Mark L's luck and skill have been
outstanding, but not every flier, myself included could hop
A google search of forged Corvair cranks shows a company named Magnificent
Machine producing a forged crank for the Corvair engine for about $ 1200 and
change. I bit pricey at about double the price of a forged crank for a SB
Chevy. When I try to access their website I get an HTML error.
I als
Given that this engine has become such a popular powerplant for experimentals,
I would have thought someone would be building a forged crank for this motor by
now since it is the "heart" of any engine.
Forged cranks ended the crankshaft failures with the VW's so looks like this is
going to be
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