Re: the Navarro Rambler Six...

[farna@xxxxxxx]

Yes, but small engines. One ting people are forgetting -- this is the 550 hp prototype Indy engine! Size won't matter (it's less than 199, by the way, the 199 block is sleeved down). Tom may de-tune it some if he's actually planning on driving it (less boost, maybe?), but "detuned" to 400 hp is still a lot more than a 199! Even considering the 400 (and 550) ratings are gross, net would still be around 340-360 (detuned to 400 gross first -- or around 500 if not detuned). 

Mark, that's why I was suggesting the ZF auto behind the 3.0L Premier. Auto, and tougher than something like the 18i, which had a 2.2L max. I'm not sure if the turbo version (not sold in the US, IIRC) used the same transaxle or not. Or a Chrysler LHS transaxle (in auto). Making it an auto would greatly simplify shift linkage and should last longer since the torque converter "cushions" the shock to the rear wheels and trans guts. No clutch linkage either! 

The Corvair can be "flipped". I've seen the Corvair transaxle in mid engine sand rails with SBC bolted to them. The trans case and diff are separate units. It's made very much like the VW pieces, at least the diff and manual trans. 

The auto transaxle used in the Pontiac Tempest is actually a power glide two speed (I had one). It was also used with 326 V-8 as well asthe "half a 389" (194.5) four. The torque converter in the Poncho is still on the same end of the trans as it would be with a Corvair engine. It's really weird -- the torque converter case hangs off the back of the trans in the open air, and rotates, thus is air cooled (no coolant lines to radiator). There is no bell housing on the front end (torward the engine), just a mount for the torque tube. So it can't be used. A true Corvair auto could be, since the ring gear and carrier just change sides. As noted above, it has the SBC bolt pattern also. 


On November 15, 2005 mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I wonder how long a Renault Lecar or 18i based transaxle would hold up?
> They are compact and never seemed to fail in stock applications. With a light weight car they may do fine. I know the Lecar axle can have the reing gear swapped to make it drive in the opposite direction. we got warned at the training cenetr back in the 80's to be careful as it actually happened to a guy and he ended up with four revers gears and one forward!
> --
> Mark Price
> markprice242ATadelphia.net
> Morgantown, WV
> 


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