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This 1966 Chevrolet Corvair<\/a> was built by Windell Gustama from Rapid Auto Solutions<\/a>. The car is no longer powered by an air-cooled flat-six. Windell swapped a 5.3 L LS4 V8 from a 2007 Chevrolet Impala sitting on a custom rear subframe. The all-aluminum motor features a Comp Stage 2 camshaft, 243 heads, and 2012 6.0 L truck flex fuel injectors. A reprogrammed 2007 Corvette ECU controls the motor. Exhaust is routed through LS9 headers to custom 3-inch stainless steel tubing. An adapter plate from Kit Car Chassis<\/a> allows the V8 to bolt to a Porsche 996 six-speed manual transaxle with a 3.54 ratio. Windell modified the Corvair’s front control arms to use 1967 Camaro 2-inch drop spindles. He also converted the manual steering system to electric. Braking is handled by a set of 2016 Camaro SS Brembo four-piston calipers with 14-inch drilled and slotted rotors. Those are covered by 19×9-inch front wheels and 19×10-inch rear wheels.<\/p>\n

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This 1966 Chevrolet Corvair was built by Windell Gustama from Rapid Auto Solutions. The car is no longer powered by an air-cooled flat-six. Windell swapped a 5.3 L LS4 V8 from a 2007 Chevrolet Impala sitting on a custom rear subframe. The all-aluminum motor features a Comp Stage 2 camshaft, 243 heads, and 2012 6.0… Read More »1966 Corvair with a 5.3L LS4 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":129320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corvair"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1966-Corvair-with-a-5.3L-LS4-V8-01.jpg?fit=828%2C828&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137840,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=137840","url_meta":{"origin":129314,"position":0},"title":"1966 Corvair with a Mid-Engine 427ci V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"John Black and his son Cory Black built a 1966 Chevrolet Corvair called \"CorVin8er\" for autocross racing. 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