[FC] speed and power, or power and speed

[Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser]

um... just kidding about the 6000 rpm governor... kind of a self explanatory 
sort of thing.... likely the pistons will start swapping holes just after 
the rod caps come off.... <G>
toodles
Merv KRull
Salmon Arm, BC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Wild8bill at aol.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] speed and power, or power and speed


> Hmmm,
>
>   I wouldn't think I was at 6000rpm at 50-55mph with a 4-speed. The 
> bogging
> down continues until I let up on the gas and then accelerate again without
> flooring it. I didn't want to see if it would stop bogging down if I kept 
> it
> floored; if I stalled on the freeway here I could get shot. No, really. I 
> live in
> Richmond CA.
>   I had never run this on the freeway since getting it until now. It was a
> basket case that I bought for $500 and limped home about a year ago. I 
> rebuilt
> the carbs, so I'll check the float levels, and I'll investigate the
> distributor. Maybe I'll stick on the spare Pertronix that I have and see 
> if that makes a
> difference. It could be the vacuum advance isn't functioning, as well.
>   Thanks for all the tips everyone; I was hoping to make a showing at Hot
> August Nights this year, but probably not. There were only a handful of 
> corvairs
> last years, and no FC's.
>
> Bill
> lots of '61's
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