It's going to be great  can't wait to see it done

Good job you will have all that extra weight in the drivers seat to offset the weight of the engine 

Jealous very jealous mate, that look the mutz nutz, well worth the hard work you've put in 

good to see the motor meeting the buggy at last

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Good job you will have all that extra weight in the drivers seat to offset the weight of the engine 

Good job you are in South Wales Steven!!!!! A 'left turn Clyde' is deserved for that!!!!!!!

Jealous very jealous mate, that look the mutz nutz, well worth the hard work you've put in 

Thanks bud, appreciated.

good to see the motor meeting the buggy at last

Indeed it is Keith. A moment I've been waiting for for a while....

So for the 5th day running, I was over at Robs again tonight. First job was fit the CB heavy duty rear mounts. Duely done after a little wrestling, jacking and 'persuading'....

Next job was tighten the hub nuts. Braced the drums and managed to get them pretty tight indeed considering no wheels were fitted to the rear. I then filled up the gearbox with almost 3 ltrs of EP 80/90......hasn't leaked yet!

With the gearbox all sorted, the storage stainless box went back in. A little more fettling on the wiring and that's now complete as it can be for now.

I then attempted to fit the engine properly. It wouldn't go the last inch or so and I couldn't figure out why. A good look round revealed the tinwear on the nearside rear of the engine was fouling on the gearbox mount....some work with the dremmel and it fitted.......

So I finally have a Corvair engined buggy. Not powered (that's tomorrow night) but its in........

Some pics...

The rear HD mounts...



The solid centre mount...



The 'clearancing' work on the tinwear....

Good job you will have all that extra weight in the drivers seat to offset the weight of the engine 

Good job you are in South Wales Steven!!!!! A 'left turn Clyde' is deserved for that!!!!!!!

You know I loves you really 

[6 Pots...stuff your bhp, torque is king]

I know you do Steve!!!

Anyways, back tonight for hopefully the last part....

I have to fit the fuel pump, although I'm not sure where to do it. Its a pusher pump apparently but mounting it under the fuel tank is going to be an arse. Very tempted to mount it at the back and let the gravity feed from the tank do the pushing...then I've got the Filterking to mount and then hook up the fuel supply to the engine and wire in the pump.

Wiring at the reader to connect up, brakes to bleed, wheels to fit, hub nuts to torque up, split pins to fit and switch on the ignition and hope it doesn't go bang...,,,,

[6 Pots...stuff your bhp, torque is king]

So, tonight......

Battery box had to come out so I could remove the starter. School boy error meant I'd forgotten to put in the half moon bolt in before bolting up the starter. Wouldn't go in, and with the Porsche starter being tight up against the battery box, it was either removed the engine/gearbox or the battery box......there aint no way the box and engine is coming out again, so battery box it was. Only took 15 mins in the end....

Then bolted up the engine properly and got it locked into place. Its big..........!

Once that was done, I had to run a cable from the battery to the B+ on the alternator and then connect the coil, alternator light wire, oil pressure wire and hook all the cables I needed up to the +ve of the battery.  The clock clicked back into life and no magic smoke escaped. All good so far....

So we turned the ignition key. Bit of a non event really. Oil and Genny lights came on, again, no magic smoke....another turn of the key and the porsche starter does its thing and kicks over the engine. Oil pressure light goes out, all good!!!! Rather bloody pleased considering all the wiring changes!

At this point, I decide to see if the engine cage fits. Almost fell over when it slipped back on with no issue.....







At this point, I was pretty tired and, despite me wanting to get done, I called it a day. I don't have to do the school run tomorrow so I'll head over to robs straight after work and attempt to get finished......

Just a shame the weather forecast for the weekend is so poor....

Ben,

Its a great job and is looking brilliant, what a bonus the cage was too 

Hopefully tomorrow you will get to the stage you are waiting for and am sure everything will be fine
after all your attention to the details.

Good Luck with it 

Awesome!

Not long till buggy goes Braaaaahhhhp

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So painfully close now! Not long at all now until it's all sorted and you will be bombing around in it.


I think all of us on here are pretty proud of what you have done to get that corvair engine into the buggy!!! 

Well done Ben amazing achievement considering what that engine started out.....

What they said well done

video of the start up 

[6 Pots...stuff your bhp, torque is king]

In tonight's espisode of Ben tries to fit a Corvair engine to his buggy........

Well, tonight was eventful....got to Robs early as no school run today and cracked on. Pulled the engine as I was sure the flywheel was catching something in the gearbox. It wasn't.....next job, fit the fuel pump. It had to go up front but I was adamant I wasn't pulling the screen/bonnet......eventually after a LOT of faffing about, I got the pump mounted and the fuel.piping plumbed in. I then put the engine back in, or at least tried but she was being a pain in the arse and wouldn't go. Got it in eventually...

Filled up with fuel, primed the system, checked for no leaks once under pressure, then hit the switch.....a few revolutions and a prod of the throttle and she barked into life......oil pressure light out very very quickly (while still cranking) and genny light out too. All good. Checked all the gears and my backwards gearbox has been built to perfection!!!

Ran out of time at this point to do any more. Tomorrow's jobs are bleed the brakes, fit the wheels, and test drive!!

I owe an enormous amount of gratitude to Farmer Rob. Without his help, knowledge, expertise and general support, I wouldn't be where I am today. Couldn't have done it without him, so he is as much to thank for me getting this far as anyone. Thanks so much for the help Rob, it is massively appreciated.