Contents
An Unusual Automobile—Yearly Changes
Measuring Horsepower, Performance Theory, and Tradeoffs
Carburetion and Fuel Systems
Ignition
Exhaust
Cylinder Heads
Camshafts and Valve Train Basics
Pistons, Pins, and Rings
Cylinders and Boring
Lower End
Engine Assembly
Lubrication, Cooling, and Breathing
Clutch and Flywheel
Transmissions, Gearing, and Axle Ratios
Tuning
Spyders and Other Turbocharged Corvairs
Making It Handle
Brakes, Wheels, and Tires
Corvair Engines in Dune Buggies, Porsches, and Volkswagens
V8 and Other Engine-Swap Corvairs
Interior Modifications
Cars Gallery
• 306 photos
• 26 charts
• 39 drawings
• 10 graphs...and more!
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Seth Emerson, successful Corvair racer and technical guru, has
rewritten the entire book to current performance standards, adding more
than 150 new photos and charts.
Bill Fisher was a huge fan of Chevy inline six cylinder engines.
Soon after the Corvair came out in an opposed six configuration, he
authored the original How to Hotrod Corvair Engines in 1964.
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