{"id":4465,"date":"2015-08-25T18:03:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T22:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4465"},"modified":"2015-08-25T18:03:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T22:03:35","slug":"videos-of-v8-powered-corvair-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4465","title":{"rendered":"Videos of V8 Powered Corvair Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1966-Corvair-with-a-400-horsepower-LT1-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7394\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=7394\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1966-Corvair-with-a-400-horsepower-LT1-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C795&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,795\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1966 Corvair with a 400 horsepower LT1 V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1966 Corvair with a 400 horsepower LT1 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1966-Corvair-with-a-400-horsepower-LT1-V8-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7394\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1966-Corvair-with-a-400-horsepower-LT1-V8-01.jpg?resize=640%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1966 Corvair with a 400 horsepower LT1 V8\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1966-Corvair-with-a-400-horsepower-LT1-V8-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1966-Corvair-with-a-400-horsepower-LT1-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C398&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1966-Corvair-with-a-400-horsepower-LT1-V8-01.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1966-Corvair-with-a-400-horsepower-LT1-V8-01.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch as the owner of this 1966 Corvair with a 400 horsepower LT1 V8 races around the track. There is no music or effects in these videos just the sound of the V8. If you enjoy these the owner has several more on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCb0Bh-tAGEr_P6aFuqFAZw\">Youtube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a8WpoEdDSDo\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZvDQQ_glfOo\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ETG1C_0v2eo\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCb0Bh-tAGEr_P6aFuqFAZw\">David Button Youtube channel<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/oppositelock.kinja.com\/mid-engine-v8-corvairs-are-awesome-1724246583\">OppositeLock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch as the owner of this 1966 Corvair with a 400 horsepower LT1 V8 races around the track. There is no music or effects in these videos just the sound of the V8. If you enjoy these the owner has several more on his Youtube channel. Source: David Button Youtube channel via OppositeLock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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-4465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corvair"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137840,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=137840","url_meta":{"origin":4465,"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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