The following photos are a small sample of the happenings at the previous 
CorVAIRCRAFT Junior College
(Also known as the West Coast Corvair College)
...which was held on July 29-30, 2000
A great time was had by all!

 

Here's a view of Warren's hanger.  We had a Dragonfly and a KR fly in.

We had plenty of room in the hanger.  Shown here is Warren's folded up Soneri.

This is Warren's hanger mate's engine.  Very nicely done. The chrome tubes with the 90 degree bends feeding the  manifold log are bathroom drain pipes.

Another view of the same engine,  showing the rear mounted alternator and the stainless steel intake manifold for the yet to be installed carburetor.  Notice too that the oil cooler and filter are in the stock location.  This is a very nice way to go.

Later in the afternoon,  we all headed to Bob Sutcliffe's shop for some very interesting learning.

Using his milling machine,  Bob is shown here reaming part of the case stud bolt hole to a larger diameter. This is to allow for the larger diameter case studs. But only part of the hole is made larger, and the center section of the new stud is the same dia. as the stock hole. What happens is; the center section of the new stud is all but a press fit in the case halves, making for almost perfect alignment of the case halves.  The stock case has 2 (I believe) alignment dowels. With this system,  you now have 8(?) additional dowels. The stock case has it's stud holes drilled slightly larger than the bolt so it can pass freely during assembly. These new studs are shaped so that the center section acts as the new dowel, and Bob is riming the holes so the stud will install easier than if it were a press fit the full length. Clear as mud?

Bob shows us how to CC a head,  and how to determine compression ratio.

Bob fills the combustion chamber with a metered amount of water.

My engine with it's newly installed rear mounted starter and alternator.  You also can see on the front of the engine,  William Wynne's "magic" studs and the safety shaft.  Hopefully at the November Corvair College,  I'll have William's prop hub attached.

Warren's tricked out and lightened heads.  He lost 3lbs or better from each head.

Another view of Warren's heads,  showing his new larger exhaust tubes and stainless steel intake valves.

If you have comments or suggestions, email me. Patrick Panzera

This page last updated Nov 4, 2001