Chevrolet recognized that, and 1962 saw Corvair's last wagon and its first Monza Spyder. The Spyder package's signature feature was a turbo-charged 150-hp engine, producing a staggering 70 hp more ...

The Olds F-85 Jetfire and the Chevy Corvair Monza Spyder were America ... is easy to understand. The turbo uses the exhaust gases from an engine to spin a tiny turbine, which in turn spins ...

The newly turbocharged Corvair called the Spyder cranked out 150 horsepower ... horsepower from a naturally aspirated Corvair engine — no turbo necessary.

the Corvair's most powerful engine option was the innovative 150-hp turbocharged version of Chevy's pioneering Turbo-Air 6. Formerly available in the range-topping Monza Spyder, this version of ...

The Chevy Corvair's swing axles ... and owning a '64 Corvair Monza Spyder convertible. He drove the coupe 50,000 miles before ripping out the stock 180-hp turbo engine. A vintage Crown ...

Nearly every carmaker has at least one turbocharged engine ... turbo – planes and trucks already used them – but the Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire (pictured) and the Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder ...

The Corvair Monza Spyder was launched as a sportier ... However, given its unique horizontally opposed engine configuration, the turbo version of the Corvair made quite a unique and very Porsche ...

but it also represents GM's nascent attempt to fight the rising tide of small imported cars to the U.S. • This rear-engined Corvair Monza Spyder has a 2.4-liter turbo flat-six engine and a four ...

Introduced during the 1962 model year, the Chevy turbo engine was based on its air-cooled flat-six, debuting inside the engine bay of the Corvair Spyder Turbo, while Olds' version was a more ...

In 1956 Cole was named Chevrolet’s general manager and was very involved with the design and development of the rear-engine Corvair ... first-generation Corvair, a 1964 Spyder coupe belonging ...