SO if i'm standing in front of a Sube H6 looking at the crank pulley while the engine is running, does it spin CW or CCW?
SO if i'm standing in front of a Sube H6 looking at the crank pulley while the engine is running, does it spin CW or CCW?
Pretty sure it's clockwise. It's not a Honda.
Great...now I'm gonna have to go start the wife's car and touch the crank pulley while it's idling...
On a related note if you had to lose a finger, which one would you choose and why?
When viewed from the front, the EZ30 spins clockwise.
The_Jed wrote: On a related note if you had to lose a finger, which one would you choose and why?
Someones elses. I would rather have all 10 of mine.
Jed, what you need here is the six-fingered man.
In reply to Brett_Murphy:
And a holocaust cloak! 
so if i hooked a backwards-spinning engine to it, i'd have 5 reverse gears and probably reduced ring and pinion durability from driving the coast side of the teeth.
then if i turned the whole thing around, i'd have 5 forward gears again but would still be driving the coast side of the R&P.
just thinking about 5-speed options for a corvair project...
In reply to The_Jed:
Anyone who doesn't pick up a tiny dowel or twig to do this test is risking meeting the same end as Mark "The Bird" Fidrych.
AngryCorvair wrote: so if i hooked a backwards-spinning engine to it, i'd have 5 reverse gears and probably reduced ring and pinion durability from driving the coast side of the teeth. then if i turned the whole thing around, i'd have 5 forward gears again but would still be driving the coast side of the R&P. just thinking about 5-speed options for a corvair project...
So a modern "Crown" conversion with mid engined flat 6 and a five speed? Sweet, I want to see this.
As soon as you asked the question about rotation direction, I thought this might be relevant to a corvair.
Can the transmission be run upside down and the engine rotated 180* on the bell housing? I've seen that done with an air cooled VW. Why? I didn't find that out, but you can reverse the rotation of those transmissions without putting them upside down.Do Porsche transmissions have what you need?
I have heard of Corvair diffs being run upside down. You clearly need a better sealing top cover and you have to figure out what to do with the vent (which is in the top cover).
A Porsche transaxle might be an easier option. You will of course need to engineer top arms for the the rear suspension (which normally use the driveshafts as the top arm).
In reply to GTwannaB:
not exactly. my goal is to have a cheaper-than-porsche 5-speed in a corvair using corvair engine in the standard location.
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