You may guess all you like from the video, Chad, but since I actually built the engine over 14 years ago and have run it successfully ever since, it would seem your concerns are pointless to any but yourself.
@wmjHubbell That Video was not filmed in 66. One of the people was wearing a pair of Dockers and there was a Plastic Milk Crate on the Floor, plus the audio wouldn't be this good.
You filmed enough to show that you torqued the shit out of an aluminum case with a 3/8 drive ratchet. My guess is you torqued the case to at least 40ft lbs before touching a torque sequence with a torque wrench! That's a NO NO fellas! Good Luck!
This video was made in 1996 using nothing but an 8mm Video Camera - No computer special effects!! Window Movie Maker didn't even exist back then. The whole "Star Wars" thing was filmed by my son who was only 16 at the time.
Relax! I realize the video does not show it, but every bolt on that engine was properly installed using a calibrated torque wrench. What you all are seeing on the video is us just running the bolts down. The torque wrench came later. I am WELL FAMILAR with the torque requirements for the main bearings. They were properly plastiguaged before assembly as well. Bottom line, don't assume that what you didn't see on a video didn't happen!
I just bought a Corsa and have never seen an engine in the raw. I'm picking up a 140 motor tomorrow for free to famialiarize myself with the engine components. Thanks for posting this. I love the starwars treatment, I just couldn't read it.
Guys,yes, yes, I'm sure in your minds it's no big deal and it works "just find". Oh, yes, and I'm sure you've done this a hundred times, but NEVER EVER crank down the block casing bolts like that again! You super over- torqued them. 55 ft-lbs. boys. ONLY 55 ft-lbs. You cranked the living CRAP out of you main bearing clearances.
No, I didn't. The bolts were only snugged by hand, then torqued to specs using a torque wrench - we didn't film every detail, but trust me, we did that engine right.
I briefly owned a 1960 Corvair 4 door in the early 70's. Unfortunately it met it's demise when a mail truck crashed into it while it was parked at my job. As I remember it was a peppy little automatic, but it also leaked a lot of oil.
I just had to pull the powertrain out of my '61 Corvair Monza 900 to replace the flywheel. Kudos to you guys for posting it on YouTube. I can appreciate the time and effort it takes, especially to rebuild the engine. Rock on!
Finally someone else that sees the value of teaching not only sons but also daughters how to work on cars, use tools, etc. I dont think anyone that cant tell you where the starter is should have the keys to a vehicle! My idiot cousin now 49 still has no clue where his hood release is or what a spark plug does - but he can write a check to the mechanic
back then there was no work. any way i loved that car i remmber being in the back as he raced people down the road yeah yeah i know not safe having me in there when he did that but he was just training me haha. Any way after all these years i was sitting at a stop light in Cedar Rpaids yes i moved back here. when this rumbbeling sound rolled up next to me then took off down the road i was so stund by it i missed my light. a few days later mom calls me up said i found the car the old
I grew up watching my dad work on covairs and drive them we had 100's at one time. he would buy them in Va. and drive them to iowa and sell them. he had a 1968 dark green with a BB stripe on the back he had to sell in in 1983 to get money to move back to Martinsville va.things where realy bad here in Cedar Rapids
back then there was no work. any way i loved that car i remmber being in the back as he raced people down the road yeah yeah i know not safe having me in there when he did that but he was just training me haha. Any way after all these years i was sitting at a stop light in Cedar Rpaids yes i moved back here. when this rumbbeling sound rolled up next to me then took off down the road i was so stund by it i missed my light. a few days later mom calls me up said i found the car the old
I have done things like this too when you go back and watch your self work on some thing you see things like why did they just pick up the engine stand and slide it on to the Mont that was bolted to the engine as the engine was sitting on the table its not going to move the stand has wheels and also why didn't they Torque the block bolts??? Vary nice looking engein cant wait to build my next one.
i figuerd you would have i saw the Torque W being used in another part of the video I do have to say that has to be one of the cleanest engeins i have seen in a long time. vary nice.
Very nice job! I just got my paws on a tired but solid 140-horse 164 out of a '67. Did the teardown already, and will be cleaning the big parts next weekend at the auto skills center at my base (they have a big steam-wash cabinet for just such things). It'll be getting a new set of jugs, pistons, cam... the works, and installed in my '61 FC rampside.
this video look like its elevinty billion years old. I thought they where tyring to do the stars wars credits intro then the dude singing confirmed it. haha, nice any how.
classic intro
thestinson108 2 weeks ago
Nerd family fun, before computers were cool.
KenMacMillan 1 year ago
You may guess all you like from the video, Chad, but since I actually built the engine over 14 years ago and have run it successfully ever since, it would seem your concerns are pointless to any but yourself.
wmjHubbell 1 year ago
@wmjHubbell That Video was not filmed in 66. One of the people was wearing a pair of Dockers and there was a Plastic Milk Crate on the Floor, plus the audio wouldn't be this good.
vaccumme 3 weeks ago
@vaccumme No, it WASN'T filmed in 66 - it was filmed in 1996, as I said below.
wmjHubbell 5 days ago
You filmed enough to show that you torqued the shit out of an aluminum case with a 3/8 drive ratchet. My guess is you torqued the case to at least 40ft lbs before touching a torque sequence with a torque wrench! That's a NO NO fellas! Good Luck!
chad1068 1 year ago
This video was made in 1996 using nothing but an 8mm Video Camera - No computer special effects!! Window Movie Maker didn't even exist back then. The whole "Star Wars" thing was filmed by my son who was only 16 at the time.
Yes, the Flywheel was bolted.
wmjHubbell 1 year ago
B"H
BTW, I created the "Star Wars" crawl text with Windows Movie Maker. It's easy and you don't need any additional software.
gojoe283 1 year ago
I hope that flywheel is bolted instead of riveted!.....Bill H. 69 Monza 110 PG
gojoe283 1 year ago
Dear Lon Wall Dear Cal Clark I need help!
monzavideo 2 years ago
You ought to use a torque controlled wrench. You shouldn´t just torque it at will!
ohmannhey 3 years ago
Relax! I realize the video does not show it, but every bolt on that engine was properly installed using a calibrated torque wrench. What you all are seeing on the video is us just running the bolts down. The torque wrench came later. I am WELL FAMILAR with the torque requirements for the main bearings. They were properly plastiguaged before assembly as well. Bottom line, don't assume that what you didn't see on a video didn't happen!
wmjHubbell 3 years ago
Oil that speed wrench.
BigBakaJ 3 years ago 4
It makes for more interesting video that way!
wmjHubbell 3 years ago
I just bought a Corsa and have never seen an engine in the raw. I'm picking up a 140 motor tomorrow for free to famialiarize myself with the engine components. Thanks for posting this. I love the starwars treatment, I just couldn't read it.
willisukillus 3 years ago
Guys,yes, yes, I'm sure in your minds it's no big deal and it works "just find". Oh, yes, and I'm sure you've done this a hundred times, but NEVER EVER crank down the block casing bolts like that again! You super over- torqued them. 55 ft-lbs. boys. ONLY 55 ft-lbs. You cranked the living CRAP out of you main bearing clearances.
StuPadazzo 3 years ago
No, I didn't. The bolts were only snugged by hand, then torqued to specs using a torque wrench - we didn't film every detail, but trust me, we did that engine right.
wmjHubbell 3 years ago
Dose look like ur squeezing off that wrench fairly tight as opposed to "snugging"
CRF250RGUY 3 years ago
I briefly owned a 1960 Corvair 4 door in the early 70's. Unfortunately it met it's demise when a mail truck crashed into it while it was parked at my job. As I remember it was a peppy little automatic, but it also leaked a lot of oil.
WMAV01 3 years ago
I just had to pull the powertrain out of my '61 Corvair Monza 900 to replace the flywheel. Kudos to you guys for posting it on YouTube. I can appreciate the time and effort it takes, especially to rebuild the engine. Rock on!
chewiebaby 3 years ago
lol. :) I love the opening cut where you try to make it look like star wars.
moos209 4 years ago
That was my (then) teenaged son's idea, as was most of the video.
wmjHubbell 3 years ago
Finally someone else that sees the value of teaching not only sons but also daughters how to work on cars, use tools, etc. I dont think anyone that cant tell you where the starter is should have the keys to a vehicle! My idiot cousin now 49 still has no clue where his hood release is or what a spark plug does - but he can write a check to the mechanic
RetiredAFGuy 4 years ago
got to love boxers
Einimas1 4 years ago
that is one sqweaky speed wrench!
the1bigace 4 years ago
back then there was no work. any way i loved that car i remmber being in the back as he raced people down the road yeah yeah i know not safe having me in there when he did that but he was just training me haha. Any way after all these years i was sitting at a stop light in Cedar Rpaids yes i moved back here. when this rumbbeling sound rolled up next to me then took off down the road i was so stund by it i missed my light. a few days later mom calls me up said i found the car the old
matthewkaneinthemusi 4 years ago
I grew up watching my dad work on covairs and drive them we had 100's at one time. he would buy them in Va. and drive them to iowa and sell them. he had a 1968 dark green with a BB stripe on the back he had to sell in in 1983 to get money to move back to Martinsville va.things where realy bad here in Cedar Rapids
matthewkaneinthemusi 4 years ago
back then there was no work. any way i loved that car i remmber being in the back as he raced people down the road yeah yeah i know not safe having me in there when he did that but he was just training me haha. Any way after all these years i was sitting at a stop light in Cedar Rpaids yes i moved back here. when this rumbbeling sound rolled up next to me then took off down the road i was so stund by it i missed my light. a few days later mom calls me up said i found the car the old
matthewkaneinthemusi 4 years ago
I have done things like this too when you go back and watch your self work on some thing you see things like why did they just pick up the engine stand and slide it on to the Mont that was bolted to the engine as the engine was sitting on the table its not going to move the stand has wheels and also why didn't they Torque the block bolts??? Vary nice looking engein cant wait to build my next one.
matthewkaneinthemusi 4 years ago
We did torque the block bolts - it just isn't shown in the video.
wmjHubbell 4 years ago
i figuerd you would have i saw the Torque W being used in another part of the video I do have to say that has to be one of the cleanest engeins i have seen in a long time. vary nice.
matthewkaneinthemusi 4 years ago
Well done -
GenericGene 4 years ago
hijo de puta no mames el trosote hasou
elcabromsotechido 4 years ago
nice work i like hte vid!!
nrp2oo9 4 years ago
My father put a corvair motor into a beach buggy kit, I'll never forget that monster, damn that thing could wheel stand!
Nice work on the motor, Corvairs are always an under estimated breed.
BanditCosworth 4 years ago
Very nice job! I just got my paws on a tired but solid 140-horse 164 out of a '67. Did the teardown already, and will be cleaning the big parts next weekend at the auto skills center at my base (they have a big steam-wash cabinet for just such things). It'll be getting a new set of jugs, pistons, cam... the works, and installed in my '61 FC rampside.
Alisterwolf66 4 years ago
we need more corvairs! nader sucks!
duckfandan 4 years ago
Nice job. Did they torque the heads and valve covers? Kinda like the VW engine.
Manongjojo 4 years ago
my kids work on my cars with me two. My daughter is an up and comming gear head
kgriggs75 4 years ago
that was great, thanks for sharing
gregory747 5 years ago
this video look like its elevinty billion years old. I thought they where tyring to do the stars wars credits intro then the dude singing confirmed it. haha, nice any how.
ganador86 5 years ago
It was actually shot about 10 years ago. The "dude" is my son, who was 15 years old at the time.
wmjHubbell 5 years ago
good job!!!
originalFILMADDICT 5 years ago
lol get some god damn WD-40
dipfuck 5 years ago