[FC] RE: Corvanatics Digest, Vol 24, Issue 2

[Steve Turner]

Hey guys:  I hope that this good info is published in one of the 
newsletters, either for Corvanatics or Corsa.  Steve


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>Date: Tue,  2 Jan 2007 12:00:02 -0500 (EST)
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>    1. Re: PCV (Dennis Dorogi)
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>Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 13:21:33 -0500
>From: "Dennis Dorogi" <dfamily at cecomet.net>
>Subject: Re: [FC] PCV
>To: "Ben and Lynn Stiles" <lbstiles at verizon.net>,
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>Vair-iations, the newsletter of the Niagara Frontier Corvair Club recently
>printed a tech article on how I modified a pcv valve to the fixed orfice of
>the late models. I wanted to keep the stock appearance of my rampside so I
>cut the original style pcv valve in half and gutted it, installed a carb 
>jet
>in the small end, drilled out the jet to .062  and brazed the valve back
>together.  The valve looks completely stock and has the advantage of being
>easily removed to clean the orfice or to change the orfice size.  It seems
>to be a satisfactory solution to the troublesome pcv valve on the 63
>corvairs.  The complete how-to-do-it article is printed in the January 
>issue
>of the newsletter.  It is just a refinement of what Lew Rishel and Tim
>Colson were doing on their vehicles.  Dennis Dorogi
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ben and Lynn Stiles" <lbstiles at verizon.net>
>To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 7:59 PM
>Subject: [FC] PCV
>
>
>Greetings and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
>
>I got word weeks ago that the smell in my heat that I got under load was
>perhaps a faulty PCV valve. I finally got to taking it out and inspecting 
>it
>yesterday. Long story short, I went to the auto parts store and found three
>or four that LOOKED like the valve I took out. None of them had the overall
>mass of the "original." (Due to cheaper new stuff, I assume).
>
>I am wondering what the difference between these valves might have been. 
>The
>auto parts guys could not properly cross reference it to Corvair, so I
>picked one and brought it along. It is now installed, but as yet untested.
>
>What PCV valve is recommended? Fram? NAPa?
>
>Thanks. See you down the FC trail...
>
>Ben
>
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