Rad's Informational Resources Onsite

Some of these are from the Virtual Vairs Archives, which may one day, again, be searchable on the web.

• The Corvair FC Primer
• Photos of the 1961 Corvair Rampside/Loadside Prototype
• Cleaning and repacking your FC rear wheel bearings. Grease only lasts about 10 years. Your FC is 40+. Do you feel lucky?
• To paint, or not to paint (the engine). That is the question. Again.
• Why street Corvair engines and electric fans don't mix.
• Larry Claypool's Zazzy means of transport...
• Here's a typical Corvair build-sheet.
• The Pros and Cons of Greenbriers and Other Minivans
• Some chat about cornering cutout in Corvairs
• Virtual Vairs talk about designing a killer turbo Corvair
• All about painting fins, oil pans, and valve covers on Corvairs (and other air-pumpers).
• EGR, Manifold Heat/Heat Riser, and Water Injection explained and defined.
• Here's a very old FAQ--my very first How-To post on Virtual Vairs about adjusting the Forward Control Corvair clutch.
• Here's the oft-requested early Corvair tachometer schematic and the Corsa tach schematic.
• Here's the electronic test data from a typical Corsa tachometer.
• The Corsa/Spyder cylinder head temperature sender characteristic curve.
• How to Safely Restart a Corvair Engine That Hasn't Run for Years.
• Here's a little thing I wrote on How to Repair Honda Shadow/Magna Motorcycle Horns.
• Here's another new thing (old really): A Short History of the Corvair's Most Direct Ancestor. Now in rich, flavorful HTML with illustrations
• Interested in SplitFire spark plugs? You might want to read this.
• My somewhat atypical links page.