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Nelson,
The Marvel Schebler MA-3a is probabbly the most common Carb. on corvair
conversions.
It's prefered because it has an accelerator pump and therefore doesn't
require a primer system.
I ha ...

Chuck,
I found another source for the NAS6205-22x bolts.
these are New surplus and they want $12 each.
Not bad really....
I still have RFQ's out for the longer ones.
If you're interested:
Their ...

Jeff,
I would be happy to talk about off shore manufacturing, defective crankshafts, Corvairs, my accomplishments as a professional or what ever else you might have on your mind, but if you're going ...

Hey, Brady.

Not to be a picky twitch, but the word "armature" in your post to Jeff describes a thing that spins around with a lot of motion, but in the end, goes nowhere.

"Amateur ...

For what it is worth I have done 4 upgrades and built 3 flying 601's (None in the dirt BTW) and I have taken apart 7 601's and have seen everything from 10 lb lead shot bags in the wingtip, wing AOA 5 ...

The "X" is .015 oversize and the "Y" is .030 oversize.

Bill Pagan

Thank you Bill,
That had slipped my mind and my coffee had not kicked in yet. Smile

Tim,
one of the airplanes I am working on needed some A6 rivets.
I used the counter sunk style and made a new tip for the rivet gun.

If you use an automatic center punch to knock the mandrels dow ...

Gentlemen,

The part #'s for the over sized bolts are:
NAS6205-22x
NAS6205-23x
the "X" in the part # specifies the over size.
Also there is a "y" for the next over size.
I f ...

All of this reamer talk got me thinking (Scary Huh) and I went to Lowes and bought a 5/16 drill bit and just for shits and grins then drilled about 20 holes in a test piece of spar caps that came fr ...

Brady or John

Assuming that one wanted to turn a chucking reamer by hand, what would you
use as an handle? My reamers have round shafts whose diameter is a bit
smaller than the reamer size.

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Brady;
�I would not use a chucking reamer by hand the straight flutes are designed to be driven by a machine tool such as a milling machine or a lathe. Reaming by hand is best done w ...

Lee,
The reamer you want to use is called a chucking reamer.
It has straight flutes and can be turned by hand or by a drill motor.
I suggest you turn it by hand.
A piloted reamer is best but not t ...

Dan,
Absolutely!
there is an outfit that is linked from the Zenith Aircraft site Called WAASPS.
http://www.zenithair.com/misc/ghana.html
They build 701s & 801 for medical supply missions.
try ...

I think he said that
they were 100 or 120 HP, but am not certain of this.
Les

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The 2200 is 85HP.