Really interesting to see how these are put together. I haven't seen much on the aircooled corvair engines. I've rebuilt multiple aircooled vw engines but they're very different from this.
Why do you say that? And it is a Corvair. This engine was toast all the way through, rods stuck, crankshaft garbage. The only thing I am saving, is the block, accessories, and maybe cylinder heads, as they need work also. No need to be gentle, as nothing is being reused. I have done this for over 40 years and own my own shop, and have done many engines, including Covair, and even converted one to DIS and fuel injection.
@@happyacrescraftsandhobbies1331 The only thing I can think of is your use of power tools initially and not taking care to break off bolts, and what looks to be your general roughness but as you said that wasn't your concern. I have a 1960 I am rebuilding and it was for sure a concern of mine so I used penetrating oil before bolt removal and even some heat, but I wanted to save what I could and I found a lot of parts I have for my not so common early 95HP engine (including heads) are not easy to find so unless it was far out of spec I saved everything. I still used power tools though, just after I broke everything loose. There's a reason though I don't post my Corvair Crimes on UA-cam though lol don't need the couch critics.
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Very cool. GM's answer to the VW engine.
Really interesting to see how these are put together. I haven't seen much on the aircooled corvair engines. I've rebuilt multiple aircooled vw engines but they're very different from this.
tear down was pretty quick, because I am not reusing most of the parts. assembly will be a lot slower.
Boy I can see this guy never took meany Corsair engines apart! Or any engines at all !
Why do you say that? And it is a Corvair. This engine was toast all the way through, rods stuck, crankshaft garbage. The only thing I am saving, is the block, accessories, and maybe cylinder heads, as they need work also. No need to be gentle, as nothing is being reused. I have done this for over 40 years and own my own shop, and have done many engines, including Covair, and even converted one to DIS and fuel injection.
What exactly should he have done differently? Those Rod bearings caps are a pain to remove. No amount of experience can help you to remove them.
@@happyacrescraftsandhobbies1331 The only thing I can think of is your use of power tools initially and not taking care to break off bolts, and what looks to be your general roughness but as you said that wasn't your concern. I have a 1960 I am rebuilding and it was for sure a concern of mine so I used penetrating oil before bolt removal and even some heat, but I wanted to save what I could and I found a lot of parts I have for my not so common early 95HP engine (including heads) are not easy to find so unless it was far out of spec I saved everything. I still used power tools though, just after I broke everything loose. There's a reason though I don't post my Corvair Crimes on UA-cam though lol don't need the couch critics.
I really need this engine, want to build homemade plane
you will want a 1965 and up engine. This is only 145 cu.in., later ones are 164 cu. in.
Yes, i want one for my homebuilt plane too. Can you supply ?
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