[FC] '61 rampy

Merv Krull krupross at sunwave.net
Wed Nov 23 21:57:54 EST 2005


Have you ever hired someone to sit in the engine bay and manually adjust the 
timing on each cylinder a few thousand times per second? That's expensive! 
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Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] '61 rampy


> Is "neato" a synonym for "expensive"?
> RonH
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Merv Krull" <krupross at sunwave.net>
> To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 5:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [FC] '61 rampy
>
>
>> put one of those neato electronic ignition systems in it (safeguard???) 
>> and take the worry out of pinging to destruction....
>> Merv Krull
>> Salmon Arm, BC
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 11:10 AM
>> Subject: Re: [FC] '61 rampy
>>
>>
>>> Did I understand you to say that you are about to put a 140 in a 
>>> Rampside? You might want to consider that long and hard (if you have not 
>>> already done so).  140s have a tendency to drop valve seats if run too 
>>> hot or with too much detonation (ping).  It is really hard to hear what 
>>> is going on with the engine from the cab of a Rampside.
>>>
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>>> Later, JR
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Timothy T Werner" <wern3 at juno.com>
>>>
>>>>  it will be replaced by a 140 I have ready
>>>> to go.
>>>
>>>
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