Fw: [FC] Re;120 hp engine

[Merv Krull]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Merv Krull" <krupross at sunwave.net>
To: "Charles Bartlett" <cber1944 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Re;120 hp engine


> Hardened valve seats were necessary in the aluminum air cooled heads to 
> deal with the heat in a Corvair. Waterpumpers had to change to hardened 
> seats to deal with unleaded gas. Doubtful it has anything to do with 
> octane rating.
> Lower compression, something called squish (?), tad cooler sparkplugs 
> maybe, or just use the higher octane gas (compared to the cost of all the 
> work to change things)
> my two cents
> Merv Krull
> Salmon Arm, BC
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles Bartlett" <cber1944 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Corvanatics Email" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:20 PM
> Subject: [FC] Re;120 hp engine
>
>
>> Hi everyone;
>>        I was talking to a guy that use to be a mechanic at a GM Chevy 
>> Dealership  Service Garage for a number of years and the question I had 
>> was how can I wean my Greenbrier from 93% to 94 % octain to just regular 
>> gas and his respone was it is hard to change over a 140 or 160 hp to just 
>> reg but a120 hp dose not have the harden valves and it can run on reg 
>> gas.
>>        What are you all think about this is it bunk or is he right, need 
>> your input!
>>  email me at cber1944 at yahoo.com or call me 419-782-5404.
>>   Thanks
>>  Charles B.
>>
>>
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