Corvair Engine for the Dragonfly

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Photos of my Corvair conversion process

• Engine rebuild photos
• Firewall forward photos
• Corvair College San Antonio, 2003

Conversion Specifications

• Start with a $150 core engine and William Wynne's Conversion Manual
• Crankshaft reground .010/.010 and nose internally threaded for safety shaft
• OT-10 camshaft reground with new gear
• Rods rebuilt and balanced
• ARP rod bolts
• TRW forged pistons .030
• Cylinders bored and honed .030
• Grant chrome rings
• New bronze valve guides
• New valve seats
• New valve springs
• Chamber sizes measured at 51cc
• Timeserts in spark plug threads
• AC R44F resistor plugs
• New lifters
• New pushrods
• Pushrod tubes painted white to repel exhaust stub heat, Viton o-rings
• New grooved rocker balls
• New rocker studs
• Aftermarket rocker arms to correct valve geometry
• Powder coated valve covers with welded breather tubes
• Wicks 4" remote oil breather
• William Wynne dual points distributor
• Moroso 73225 Blue Max 8mm spark plug wires
• Two NAPA Echlin IC675 epoxy coils and EP378 dual condenser
• MSD coil switcher
• William Wynne CNC light-weight top cover with custom welded oil filler neck
• William Wynne oil cover plate
• William Wynne rebuilt and tested oil accessory case
• Remote oil filter adapter
• William Wynne CNC hydrocut deep sump oil pan with studs and locknuts
• William Wynne prop hub, hybrid studs and safety shaft
• New harmonic balancer
• William Wynne Taurus ring gear
• William Wynne Subaru starter and fine-tooth gear on low-profile brackets
• William Wynne machined pulley for dynamo
• John Deere AM877557 dynamo on William Wynne bracket feeding AM101406 regulator
• Warp Drive 3 blade prop
• Van's 13" spinner

Will a Corvair Engine fit a stock Dragonfly cowl?

Other Corvair Photos

• William Wynne's Corvair Authority web site
• Pat Panzera's Dragonfly Corvair
• Mark Langford's KR2S Corvair (exhaustive rebuild photos!)

Information about Corvair

• William Wynne's site
• 10 Year History of the Corvair
• Myths about Corvair debunked
• Corvair Society

Corvair Parts and Services

• William Wynne - Prop hubs, conversion manuals, info packs
• Clark's Corvair Parts (Online catalog)
• Corvair Underground (Catalog not yet online 07/26/2003)
• Larry's Corvair Parts (Online catalog)

Used Parts

• Corvair Society Classifieds
• Southwest Corvair Salvage - (Used parts catalog online)
• Desert Valley Auto Parts - (E-mail function not working, and catalog not yet online 10/30/98)

Corvair Tech Tips

• From Clark's

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