HOT New Engine for the FLOODED Corvair | Cam, Heads, and Exhaust...Oh my!
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- The time has finally come to reveal the new engine we've been working on for the FLOODED 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza 110. On the last video, we took apart the old engine, mic'd everything and found out how much was really damaged. In this video, we make some modifications to the engine block, to the oiling system and install a (nearly) completely new rotating assembly, heads, pistons, jugs, and camshaft. Topping off the mods is an ULTIMATE exhaust from Clark's Corvair.
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IT"S FINALLY DONE!!! Thank you all for your support and guidance as we put this classic back on the road. Hopefully this will be the LAST time we pull the engine out of the car.
What should we do next? Let me know below:
Individual throttle bodies with fuel injection 👀
Restore the interior
That would be awesome. I did see someone used Polaris throttle bodies and a megasquirt computer to make their own FI system. Perhaps if I found some throttle bodies I might see about making that work.
As for the interior, I will definitely be doing the headliner and a few little things. Not sure how far it's going to go.
Chase the rust. New rubber trim.
Love your dad's smiles during the test run.
Me too, it was great having him here.
So glad to see you using a Wix filter.
Some advice to the viewers: Upon measuring piston ring end gap, do exactly as he shows here EXCEPT do the added step of pairing up the three rings with its prospective cylinder jug. So, set each jug aside and assign the three piston rings to each one.
THEN insert each ring into its prospective jug as he shows here and measure and correct them (if necessary) one at a time.
Do not measure all your ring in ONE cylinder jug. If you’ve done that then you’ve set all your gaps to that one jug. Even the best of machine shops don’t get every jug exactly the same. There are slight differences in machining from jug to jug.
Now, to be pedantic, yes, the jugs are most likely so close in tolerances that this won’t matter. Especially with the higher end parts. But if you’re going to go through THIS much effort to build your engine right, which you should, then actually go through ALL the steps to build your engine to its highest standard.
Good point, and I'm always learning. Thanks for the help!
NICE JOB My Corvair was a 1963 Monza back in 1965 with a 95 hp engine and I drove it while in the USAF In Bolixe Ms . had to add 1/4 x 20 hex head bolts to valve covers and drill the middle hole out to keep them from leaking on me. added a gates green leaf fan belt with steel core and kept the fan running all the time with no failures in the years I drove it. It was a great car. mine was white with red interior.
Very cool, thanks for sharing (and watching)!
Shawn, great video and excellent job. Glad your Dad was there to help and share in the assembly. She’s a keeper, I don’t blame you for wanting to hang on to it now. 👍
Thank you. I love working with my Dad, it's always great to have him around and I know I'll cherish these videos in the future.
So Miss my 63 Spyder, This brings back a lot of good memory's Thanks for bringing it back to life..
Thank you Don!
I have learned a lot from your corvair videos as I am restoring one my self. Hope you continue. thanks
Thank you!
Nice to see you and your father having a good time togethet
I love getting to work with my dad any chance I get.
I always loved the Corvairs . I bought a used 1963 Monza convertible for my girlfriend, now my wife, in the early 70's. And as always, a delaminated flywheel caused the vibrations. We had a shop up the road who specialized in Corvairs. He replaced the flywheel (used), cleaned both carbs, for $100.00. My how times fly. My wife and myself still love the early air cooled cars. I can remember cabin heat in less than 4 minutes which was a plus. Those that still own an old Corvair are very fortunate. Enjoy.
my dad's friend back in the late 60s put a 283 in the front of a Corvair. u could see the driveshaft between the seats, hooped of course. i wasn't born yet, but i seen photos of it, dad said it was geared so low, it would be screaming at 85 90 miles an hour.. lol, anyways thanks for the memories, and your video.
MY BROTHER HAD 140 HP MODEL WITH CAM AND HEADS. TOOK THE 4 CARBS OFF PUT A INTAKE ON SO WE CAN PUT SINGLE HOLLEY ON IT. IT RAN GREAT. THAT WAS IN EARLY 70'S.
Great job. I rebuilt a 140 Hp version back in 1973, used performance parts, added a four barrel Holley which was specs for this engine. Great performance and longevity was great. Your video has my juices running. I am now looking for a Corvair. Thanks for your efforts.
Thank you so much! Sounds like you had a fun car back in the 70s, and good luck finding another one.
Thank you sir for rebirthing a corvair as a Corvair. I am a MOPAR man to the depths of my black little soul, but I have always had a soft spot for Vairs ! There are too many of them out there with small block GM's in them. Destroys the whole idea of the car ( ok, so I am biased😁) I might be a little softer if it was converted to a 6 banger Porsche or if you really have to, a 340 small block ! Keep up the good work sir . A Corvair restored as a Corvair !
I had a '63 Monza that was my stay-out-of-trouble high school project; it kept my two best friends and myself out of trouble throughout our high school years.
I think I had the same headers that you have, from Clark's. I wish they offered the template kit back then ('79), and I wish I had gone for the hotter camshaft. I finished it in time for my last day in HS, but ended up parking it the next fall, when the inside of the windshield glazed over with oil from a mysterious engine leak.
This brings back memories. Thanks.
Just found your channel. Thanks for the Corvair build. This took me back to the late 60's when my Dad and I rebuilt his 1966 Corvair Monza 140hp. I especially remember syncing the cross-linkage and calibrating the four one-barrels with a custom vacuum tool.
Great to see it back together and sounding great. Awesome job with the video, and very cool working with your dad.
Thank you, and I always love getting to work with my Dad. I'll cherish these times forever.
Your videos inspire me to get out and work on my Corvair. It's my very first car, so I've been learning (a whole lot) as I go. This has been a very satisfying project to watch. Thanks.
Thank you!
I was taught and have practiced a different brake in procedure. if you get on it hard and then let off, preferably d0wn hill, you create pressure then vacuum in the cylinders. This helps set the rings by forcing tem againts the walls and then lubricating them.
Never heard of that procedure, but if it works for you then awesome!
Shawn, that engine sounds good, congrats on a successful rebuild. I have always been a fan of the Corvair since the 60's. Keep us posted on the progress, thanx.😃
Thank you!
Alls I have left is fond memories of my 64 convertible Corvair.
I've worked on the old style air cooled 4 cylinder Volkswagen engines back in the day and I always wanted to see a corvair engine build. Thanks.
Thank you!
Hint on packing the oil pump gears don’t use a heavy grease that might plug an oil gallery. After discussion with an experience Corvair engine builder he suggested Vasoline petroleum jelly. Packed it well for that initial startup and the jelly mixes easily with oil.
The Clarks Full Fin Cylinders advantage other than more fin cooking surface is that the wall thickness is thicker so even with a optional 60 overbore it is still thicker than a stock non bored cylinder. Also the full fin bites quality control fir concentricity (hole is centered consistently)
Deflashing the heads is a good way of reducing heat in Corvair motor as well as making sure your oil cooler’s fins are nice and clean and you can see light thru the fins. Enjoy the channel.
Good tip!
I had a close family friend with a 1965 Corsa 180HP (SAR net at the crank). First turbo car I ever drove and it was a real blast, especially when the turbo kicked in. Great handling too as long as it was not pushed.
Thanks for sharing!
You do bring back memories. As a much younger guy I used to drag-race my Volvo 122S against my buddy who had a Monxa. I'd have two car lengths at the start, and he had have almost the same at the quarter marker. Once the turbo spooled up it was bye, bye. Funny that he never had any handling issues - it was a '57 Chevy that got him in trouble.
Glad you enjoyed!
The 2nd gen 'vairs are so much fun to drive ! Me a bit jealous now .
They are, for only 110 HP it's a riot to drive!
Did a similar build in my 66 corvair 50 years ago. 140 horse, crower cam, crown headers all the stuff. it was fast and loud. The cam lost a little on the bottom end, but pulled hard to 7K rpm. Hit 6500 in 4th gear several times. thanks for the memories.
Thanks for sharing!
Very nice work! I learned to drive in a 1965 Corsa with the 140 horse 4 carb engine and a 4 speed. I really loved that car.
Very cool! Thanks for watching
My father was the general foreman supervisor of the production line of the Corvair engine at the Chevrolet Tonawanda, New York engine plant
Wow, what stories I’m sure he could tell! Do you have any historic photos of the plant?
Sean, the last time I watched this video, I forgot tell you about my experience with my '65 Chevy Super Sport. The engine always ran on the hot side. During one time, I wanted to add drain valves to the lower part of the engine block for better flushing of the cooling system. Well as I removed the plugs from the engine, no coolant drained out, only casting sand started to fall. The lower portion of the black still had sand in it. No wonder the engine ran hot! It was one on many problems I had with this car!
Dad loves it. It has officially passed inspection. What a great teammate
I put a 95 hp Corvair engine in a 1961 VW TRUCK, got my parts from JC Whitney at the time. Had to reverse ring gear on VW. Lower sheet metal very important to keep engine from overheating at slow speeds.
Love the Corvair content. In my high school and early college days I owned 3 of them. Great cars.
Thank you!
Excellent video Shawn! I’m about to rebuild my 65 Corsa engine and this will be a great help.👍👍😁
Thank you!
Great job! One tip - don't baby that new engine. We always would take a newly-ringed engine and put some higher pressures ontop of the piston rings to help seat them against the sidewalls of the cylinders. Don't know if you used chrome-moly rings but they will take a set if you don't "run them in" by taking several full-throttle runs up to redline (5200 rpm) after getting the engine up to temperature of course. By loading up those new rings, you will make a better seal between them and the cylinder walls. Do try to lug it a little bit - not to the point of detonation. I had a dual-point Mallory distributor in my Corvair 110 with the headers and had the initial timing set to nearly 24 degrees btdc as I recall - no pinging! The thing was an Auto-cross winner every time!!
I put duel exhaust on my VAIR and had 2 mufflers on each side and the sound was great.!!!!!!!!!!
what a huge video! lots of work, and great shots with dad at the wheel. 👏👏👏
Yes it was!
i'm 70 but my dad had a new corvair every 2 years... his toy and all were fast.
How cool!
That exhaust sounds great. I love air cooled engine noise. Even a 1940s design continental or lycoming aircraft engine that are so under stressed still sound good. Glad also that the build went well because you know there is always something that could go wrong. Your skill and patience paid off.
Thank you so much, it was a fun build and I'm enjoying it tremendously.
Also, love seeing you with your Dad. Brings back nice memories. Thanks.
Thank you! I love working with him any chance I can get
Very very nice! Lots of detail work!
Thank you Malcolm!
Hey Sean, awesome job! I think the next this to do would be to replace the weatherstripping and windshield. Look forward to seeing more.
I'd like to find a windshield for certain, maybe one will come up at a local swap meet soon.
And beside your perfect work: You both were a perfect team - congratulation from Germany.
Danke schoen! I love getting to work with my dad whenever possible!
Just brilliant this is. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hello Shawn I didn’t realize you were so close. I’ll have to bring my 65 Monza down for a visit.
Where are you?
Sean, this Corvair sounds great !!!!!
I used to have the 1965 Ralph Nader book "Unsafe at any speed", but I tossed it years ago. My father had the book originally. I remember back then, seeing PLENTY of people driving VW bugs that had been rolled over, yet nobody wrote books about them. There is a guy, maybe a few blocks from where I live that has a Corvair, and he drives it occasionally in the good weather. You don't see Corvairs anymore, so when I do, I grin and wave if the owner sees.
You have the patience of a saint to keep going into the engine and keeping on top of the issues, not to mention those tiny timing marks? But I understand, you want it 1000% right before you sell it.
Original front shocks? Goodness....
Be well.
Take care, Howie
Hi Howie, thanks for the cool story! I do love the way it sounds, even if it is a bit louder than I was expecting.
@@AutoAnatomy stories are all I have left now. I cannot wait to see more about your Corvair!
I love hearing people's stories about their cars growing up, storytelling is a lost art.
@@AutoAnatomy as I said, stories I have, pictures from my past, well, are few.
Until next time, stay well.
Howie.
Shaun I have been following your channel for YEARS and I am so impressed with how good it has become. Obviously I’ve always enjoyed following you and your projects, but since you’ve come back from your last break you’ve been knocking it out of the park every upload. Your channel is going to take off all at once. I predict you’re going to see huge increases in views over the next few months.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm humbled that people are excited by this channel, and whether it takes off or not I'm grateful for the support of people like you who have been there all along.
Sean
If you use a carbide burr instead of a sanding roll you don't get any sandpaper grit to also clean up. Some of those surfaces retain the grit which comes out of the metal when heated.
Good to know, thanks!
I guess it’s time for me to get started on this corvair
Sweet. That first drive had to be so thrilling.
Great job ! It sounds great !
Thank you!
We in the hot rod VW community, run up a new engine at maybe 2k at the first start. How come you don’t? Beautiful build. You are a pro. It’s amazing how much like a VW engine these are. That thing should run for years.
I did run it at 2k for 20 min, just didn't show on camera.
Those Corvairs were awesome little sports car. I learned how to drive a stick shift in a 64 Monza Convertible. Even stock, those were amazing little sleepers when the roads got curvy. Mt. Paran Rd. to Paces Ferry to Ridgewood Rd. to the West Wesley loop back in the last 60's was a blast. And I learned how to drift on dead man's curve on West Paces Ferry.
Cool story!!
Yeah those mufflers are on backwards 100%. Cool video!
Thank you! And I'm working on a different exhaust for the car...it's just too loud in the car on the interstate & it drones like crazy!
I owned 3 Corvairs back in the 1970’s, two were 140 HP Corea’s and the first one was a 110HP automatic 4-door. Loved driving them.
Best explanation video I have ever seen on rebuilding the engine! Also, gives me courage to pull my heads off and do everything I need to do right now. Thank you so much perfect.
Thank you so much!
I always liked the Corvairs, especially the Corvair Monza Spider made in early 60's. My sister bought a new Corvair back in early 60's after a couple years it started leaking engine oil. Leaked as bad as the early Harley's, LOL. She really loved that car though despite it's problems.
Great video, great job, congrats.
Thank you!
Awesome exhaust note
tip top gotta love it
You are doing EVERYTHING I want to do to do to one when I can purchase one - the Corvette hack on the rear suspension is cool as sliced bread - I look fwd to each & every episode & I go back & re watch them.
They are perfect videos
Thank you so much,
The look on your Dads face as he is driving perfect 👍
Thanks Gary! It's been such a fun project and I'm researching ways to bring these cars up to modern standards (in some ways) while keeping the original feel. Newer brakes, suspension, etc.
Sounds beautiful 👍👍
Thank you!!
I overhauled my Vair only because it had 80 to 90 thousand miles on it.!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i never had a problem before or after.!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Sean I really enjoy watching you work on your corvair it reminds me of many years ago when I used to work on corvairs I hated them when they first came out because they were so hard to work on but I went to work for a different dealership and the man that was working on them no they are really easy so then I got a different attitude and I got to make a lot of money on them for instance I could change the blower bearing in less than an hour and _ they had a lot of failures and the noise you talked about on the clutch assembly I could drill a hole with an antenna hole saw and weld the plates togather in about a half an hour I also hate Ralph Nader and still in my toolbox I have some leftover bumper stickers that say I love my corvair I wish I could get you one
Thank you very much! I’d love to have a bumper sticker, shoot me an email at autoanatomy@icloud.com and I’ll send you my address
Great job guys I got a 63 Corvair Monza 900 with putting back together I use mell at vairMart in San Jose California mell is the man to go to in this I enjoyed your video very much very helpful and inspiring
Thank you very much!
Awesome video, I’m glad you went with a bigger cam, you did an awesome job on that build.
Thank you so much!
Have you checked my Corsa videos out , it’s built to a stage 3 yenko stinger, 220 hp , if you haven’t check them out and let me know what you think.
Yay! It was nice seeing your dad driving the car.
I agree, it was great to have him here!
Enjoying the progress I owned a few Corvairs when I was younger and have considered get another, some of the mods I dogged on are oil capacity and oil cooler. My last Corsa I removed the oem cooler and machined an adapter plate an relocated a temperature regulated electric fan cooled oil cooler. I always wanted to increase oil capacity similar to latter Porsche engines. Good luck there fun to own & drive.
Thanks Mark! I believe that anything that can be done to keep an air cooled engine from running hot will only pay dividends in the future. Same with oiling, cooler oil=happier engine. The oil cooler sounds like a great mod and I can definitely see that being beneficial for a race car or in a HOT climate.
@@AutoAnatomy yes my biggest reason for increasing oil capacity I to utilize excess heat recaptured and run it through an exchanger and recover the heat rather than just dumping it all.
Diggin the Corvair build series. You’re wheel
Bearing vids helped me when I swapped out my rears. They actually had a great zerk to feed grease directly to the bearings. Thanks and keep that corvair content coming…
Thank you!
Good idea after putting on a rod assembly and forking it checked for crank rotation with ease
I have a 1960 monza 4 door 1:57 Im currently doig boy workon, I love it
Nice trick with the air cowling, I wish I'd thought of that when I added those headers to my 65 Corsa 140hp.
Being a VW enthusiast love this video, great job
Thanks Thomas!
Had a 63 turbo spider loved it
Would love a turbo car
Hello Sean. Wonderful job! You really got her running great. Was hoping dad would have driven one of his oldies to see you.
George B
Yeah, maybe one day!
Will give a Stinger a fright ! Bloody well done !👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Awesome job Sean! You never fail to amaze me with how meticulous you are in your assembly procedures. I know John had to be proud of you as he gave you a helping hand and especially when he got to drive it! Good job son! When does Christie get to drive it? She can help get those first 1,000 miles on the engine. 😁
Thank you Jim, it was so nice to have Dad here for his birthday and get a little chance to work with him. I'll always treasure these memories. Christie can drive it whenever she wants, and I think she's only ridden in it once! We gotta change that soon!
@@AutoAnatomy 👍
Yea I think your car is running really nice job for sure.
Thank you, it's even better now with fuel injection!
Nice video enjoyed the content ,great job. Building a 62 spider vert myself
Good luck!
I loved the Corvair, I hate Ralph Nader.
I don't hate Nader, but he was so wrong about the Corvair. ( Former '61 and '62 convertible owner) Still love them both,but I don't have them. Also my wife's first car was a 64 4speed 4 sedan.😂
I ALSO AM A RALPH NADER HATER.
Beautiful repair.
Thank you!
Very cool project! Really nice deburring job.
Thank you, it took a LONG time to get all the flash out of the engine.
Thank you for the tutorial. You explained everything well. I've had two Corvairs and am ready to build a hot rod corsair with triple weber h beam rods , deep staked valve seats ect and let her rip up the tires.maybe a sniff of nos.
Thank you! I’d love to build a really hot engine as well, maybe fuel injection and turbo
This is such a great video. I would probably watch you reassemble that engine in real time and be entertained the whole way through (except maybe that rivet replacement part haha).
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. I enjoyed the longer length.
Thank you, and glad it didn't drag on!
Can't believe you only have 6k viewers.
I'm trying!
Nice work,sounds really good…..
Thank you!!
I had a room mate in college that owned a 64 Corvair with a 110. He would drop the engine and trans after dinner, change the gearing, and put it back in to drive it the next morning. He competed in gymkana's, and did very well against the Datsun 240Z which was the cool car of the day. I could not believe how well it handled, he would smoke the other cars in the handling and hold his own in the 1/8 mile. I've been a Corvair lover ever since, never owned one though. At almost 72, I probably won't.
Awesome job. I enjoyed watching the precision with which you assembled the motor. My wife says I'm a little OCD and that she imagines this is exactly how I would do assembly.
Gotta say though, even though the exhaust is a little loud, it brings back good memories. My first car in high school was a '67 Corvair 500 with the 95 horse engine. The exhaust was rusty and starting to fall apart , and I figured while replacing it was the perfect time to upgrade to dual exhaust. I checked with Clark's and the cost to go with factory duals was more expensive than their ultimate exhaust. Throw in the fact it came with headers and I was sold. However, since I was still living at home, I made sure to get the internal baffles to try to keep it from being too loud. The end result was perfect to my ears - the baffles cut a little bit of volume out, but it also took away some of the high note and gave just a little more bass rumble to the overall exhaust note. Hearing yours run reminds me of ripping around in mine back in the day. Looking forward to more videos!
I'm also a little OCD, but it helps with my professional career! What a great story, thanks for sharing and for watching the video!
Phenomenal video. I have loved the series. Keep it going!
Thank you!
You received some good advice on the bolted flywheel. Mine started to rattle after re-assembly and had to go back in and do it after it was already in the car. :-(
Sorry you had issues, hope it got taken care of
The WIX has more filter medium than a Fram. The final drive ratio with the 110 horsepower/ 4 speed is 3.27:1 all the others were 3.55:1. The 110/4 speed moves along quite well with respectable gas mileage.
For the fly wheel, I had the edges welded and rebalanced.
Sean, really enjoyed the assembly video. These were well engineered engines and you made some nice mods and improvements. Someday I think it would be fun to rebuild one myself, but I hope I don’t have to! As always, your production value is high quality. Makes it easy to watch. For next projects, I think the interior needs some attention. New upholstery (Clark’s is supposed to have the best), new headliner, how’s the carpet? Maybe find some nice used sporty wheels and some new rubber to fit. I really like the 15” five spoke rally wheels they used on 70s Z28s. They had an original Torq Thrust vibe. You mentioned rust repair. Maybe buff up the existing paint, too, but leave the patina? There’s always something to do! Have fun at the cars and coffee. Wish you were closer. Blessings to you.
Hi Brad, thanks for the kind words. The interior is definitely on the short list, after a little TLC on some rust repair. I just got a set of 15" Z28 wheels for the car (need tires) and then interior is next! The carpet was replaced a bit ago, but the seats and headliner need some love.
One thing I do when I start brand new engines if you can feel the carburetors up through the vent tube on top of the carburetors and the all-points ignition system or electronic set your timing Mark toward needs to be then set your distributor where the points just start to open or the timing triggers on the distributor line up and your rotors at top dead center. You'll be within to 2 to4 degrees simple as that your learner's easy when you've worked on German engines especially the vw's. And fresh gas in the gas tank even if you have to remove the tank and clean it out.
Throw some bad words at Ralph Nader and don't forget to add the extra air in the rear tires to nail the stability!
Nice mod to the sheetmetal ducts:)
Thanks!
Sounds Really Good!
Thank you!
Great car and engine rebuild! Ever notice the styling similarities between the second generation Corvair and the BMW 2800 and 3.0 CS E9 coupes? Chevy knocked it out of the park with that design.
It's a truly great roofline and really wish that Chevy had continued to develop the car. Would have been a slam dunk, I think.
@@AutoAnatomy Count on GM doing the Wrong thing at the Wrong time 😕.A U.S. answer to the Yuppie-loved German cars.
Don’t be hating on Porsche, now! I love German cars too
Pretty cool! I have not had to go into the engine yet on my '66 140, but likely will have to dive into the PowerGlide first. That should be some fun...
Ooh, that should be fun. Powerglides are really straight forward, so it shouldn't be too bad.
Nice little cruiser , be careful Pops might take it away from you !😂
I think he's got his hands full with his little fleet!
What a Amazing Job. Congratulations Brother 😊
Thank you so much!!