[FC] '61 rampy

Ron ronh at owt.com
Thu Nov 24 00:40:48 EST 2005


A total waste as long as it runs fine on regular with it's 95 heads.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Merv Krull" <krupross at sunwave.net>
To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] '61 rampy


> 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! <bfceg>
> Merv Krull
> Salmon Arm, BC
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
> To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Attachments (if any) are scanned with anti-virus software.
>>>>
>>>> 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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