Some cars just cry out for an engine swap, the lure of more power and performance creates an irresistible urge too hard to resist, but some owners take the idea a step further and put the transplant in a new location, like in this 1965 Corvair where the old flat six out back was replaced with a 305 Chevy V8 installed up front. Nice!
Of course, the old swing arm rear suspension was tossed and replaced with the rear end from a Chevy S-10 pickup and there are some long tube headers on the engine, a transmission cooler, dual electric fans to help with cooling, however, missing in the seller’s description is just how the swap was accomplished. There are also no detail photos of any chassis modifications or anything else designed to handle the extra power and weight. That’s important to know in a build like this.
The video below shows how nice this really is. Sounds great and, of course, nothing at all like a Corvair.
This Corvair V8 conversion was for sale on eBay, but the listing has ended.
Felipe Zapata says
It’s the paint job that really sets it apart. Nice.
E. R. Ellquist says
I saw a car on the Jay Leno’s Garage show, an episode called “Sleepers, Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing”. It was a Ford Fiesta, I believe. The Special name for this is the Shogun. It has a Ford Taurus SHO V6 installed in the rear in what used to be a front engine front wheel drive mini compact. With nitrous…. According to Leno, only ten of these cars were made. Ridiculously fast, the episode might be available at YouTube. I wonder if there are any kits to install a modern front wheel drive Honda or Toyota water cooled motor in the rear of an old Corvair. Apparently sorting out the suspension issues with these Corvairs isn’t that difficult, so there’s that. E
William E Wilkes says
Wish it had more info about how it set up?