The reason why the Turbo-Air 6 is largely forgotten is that it was the engine of the much-maligned Chevrolet Corvair ...

Powering the first-generation Corvair was a 140-cubic inch "Turbo-Air 6" which was a bit of a ... from the connection point of the engine block and cylinder barrels, caused by deteriorating ...

A response to the VW Beetle, which had sold more than 100,000 copies in four years to 1958, Corvair remains America’s only successful effort to build a rear-engine, 6-cylinder, air-cooled sedan ...

For many, the idea of a flat-six engine, in general, is enough to inspire thoughts of Porsche. Throw it in a rear-engine, lightweight sports car, and you're definitely in the German automaker's ...

While it was one of the most out-of-the-box passenger cars ever created by Chevy, the Corvair ... mid-engine sports car. Though it used a standard two-carb 145-ci (2.3-liter) Turbo-Air 6 rated ...

Tim Gippert, a native of Cartersville, Georgia, got interested in the rear-engine Chevrolet Corvair ... 6, Turbo Air, overhead-valve, forced-air-cooled, horizontal-opposed, 164-cubic-inch six ...

Most classic car fans cruising past a '65 four-door Corvair ... engine swap, but there was one major constraint Byler placed on the project: "What, and how, would GM do it?" See All 6 Photos ...

The Chevy Corvair's swing axles ... ripping out the stock 180-hp turbo engine. A vintage Crown Manufacturing kit provided the means of upping the cylinder count and moving the engine from the ...

The reason why the Turbo-Air 6 is largely forgotten is that it was the engine of the much-maligned Chevrolet Corvair. The Corvair was almost cool-looking and nearly a performance ride, but fell ...