The 1966 Yenko Stinger Corvair is a special edition of the Chevrolet Corvair, modified by Chevrolet’s Central Office (COPO) and further enhanced by Yenko Chevrolet. It was built to compete in SCCA racing. The Stinger’s most powerful model, the Stage III, featured a turbocharged engine producing over 220 horsepower.
 | YS-050. No. 50 of the first 100 Yenko Stingers built in 1966. Comprehensive mechanical and cosmetic restoration. Stage II 190 HP 6-cylinder engine 10.1 compression. High performance stinger camshaft. Four carburetors. Dual exhaust. 4-speed manual transmission. 3.55 rear axle. Iconic White and Blue finish. Black bucket seat interior with full instrumentation. | |
 | Yenko offered four stages of tune for the $3,520 Stinger. Stage II bumped power to 190 hp for an extra $500. A rear-mounted, quad-carb, air-cooled six-cylinder engine was mated to a four-speed manual transmission. In January 2020 an uber top end stage III Stinger made $220k. | |
Stinger drivers won ten SCCA Divisional Championships between 1966 and 1995. |  |
A handful of Stage IV cars @ 240 horsepower were produced. They were the same as Stage III but lightened, stripped and fully SCCA equipped for D Production (DP) competition.
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