Toronado powered Corvair
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:35 pm
In case anyone is interested, I have a mid-engined '65 Corvair Corsa with a '69 Toronado drive and suspension. The motor I used for the first several years was a '69 Olds 455 with 8 to 1 compression pistons and a fairly mild (260 degree) cam. Later I swapped in a Buick 231 V-6 with a turbocharger blowing into a 500cfm carter carb and used a Mallory ignition system to control the spark curve. It has been off the road for about 7 or 8 years but it should be mobile again soon with any luck. Much as I loved the big Olds motor, the Buick 6 seems to be a better match for the car (and me) from the standpoint of weight balance(handling) cooling, and fuel consumption and rear seat room.
I wanted to pass along some information about custom rims for Toronados that I recently found on-line in case anyone is looking for them. BigWheels.net has several pages of cool wheels in 20" as well as 17 and 18 inch sizes that are supposed to fit these cars, and some of them are fairly reasonable. Let me know if any of this strikes a chord. Thanks...
I wanted to pass along some information about custom rims for Toronados that I recently found on-line in case anyone is looking for them. BigWheels.net has several pages of cool wheels in 20" as well as 17 and 18 inch sizes that are supposed to fit these cars, and some of them are fairly reasonable. Let me know if any of this strikes a chord. Thanks...