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10-31-2022, 12:52 PM
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Corvair handling video
Never saw this before. Really neat video documenting handling limitations of the early Corvairs. The segment of the Corvair following a Falcon around the test track is pretty telling. The lead driver in the Falcon looks like he's out for a Sunday drive as the Corvair wallows around behind him going off track multiple times just trying to keep up. Mybe Ralph Nadir wasn't so crazy after all?
https://youtu.be/W6sMXCEgAJg
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10-31-2022, 02:06 PM
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Combination of that dreadful rear swing arm suspension without a stabilizer bar and skinny bias plies makes for a disaster.
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10-31-2022, 04:13 PM
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I am not a fan of the "car" but i like the engines. I just finished a modified 140 reverse rotation engine for my Manx style Berrien Buggy.
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10-31-2022, 04:36 PM
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An aftermarket camber compensator spring cost around $20 back then and it could fix most of the handling issues of the first generation Corvair. The second generation introduced in 1965 had a revised rear suspension that eliminated the problem.
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10-31-2022, 04:54 PM
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The Corvair needs a Turbo.
Impressive to be able to do a controlled turnover in a parking lot. Driving on the Sidewalls around a turn takes bad engineering to bad MGMT heights. I don't suppose the $20 camber compensatorr is a complete fix despite what JC Whitney says. |
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10-31-2022, 10:42 PM
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John DeLorean really dug into these serious flaws in his book "On a Clear Day you can see GM".
A few guys on the HAMB laid into me for pointing this out - even the Tempest using this transaxle had skeevy handling. |
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11-01-2022, 08:09 AM
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My aunt had red turbo charged version back when new. I was hitchhiking, coming home from college on Pa Pike back in 1968 near Allegheny Valley exit. The guy I was riding with was doing speed limit in a steady rain about 4pm. A corvair passed us! I saw his rear wheels tuck in and slid in front of us. Luckily the guy I was with missed him. A trailer truck slid behind us, I jumped over guard rail and ran ,truck missed us,whew!
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11-03-2022, 01:44 PM
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Also on top of the lack of stabilizer bar, the handling was very dependent on proper tire PSI front and rear, most people just inflated both to 32psi, and if done that way it really made the somewhat tricky handling much worse.
My older brother had a couple of them, both 63 & 65 Spiders. the 65 was a much better car. But he said over inflating the tires would make the car try to kill you for doing it!
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11-03-2022, 02:02 PM
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Front tire # was 17 psi. A cheap way to get a tail swapper act like a "normal "car with induced understeer
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