[FC] oil

Fri Feb 11 21:07:20 EST 2011

Ron,

I believe you should add it soonest. Especially if you didn't use a break-in 
oil formulated with Zinc additives. Additional ZDDP won't hurt and it may 
help the initial wear-in.  Most folks believe the new oils without ZDDP 
contribute to increased wear on camshafts and lifters.

Chuck S
BBRT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RON BLOOM" <bloomaz at msn.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:49 PM
Subject: [FC] oil

>
> Good evening
> I have a question..i just overhauled my 110 in my 62 Greenbrier.. After 
> speaking With ken Hand I have changed oil using now 10-40 what a 
> difference in oil temp.. I found out 20-50 tends to hold heat and the temp 
> climbs.. I also found out useing a stright weight oil like 30 weight that 
> it thins out and oil pressure drops.. So Ken , A big THANK YOU!!!! Anyway 
> to my question . When I was in Palm Springs GWFBT I  won a qt of Rislone 
> eng oil Supplement with Zinc Treatment, is this something that can help my 
> eng or is this something I should sell at my next yard sale?
>
> Thanks in advance for the input
>
> Ron
> Tucson Az
> 62 Greenbrier 110 slushy
>>
>> Today's Topics:
>>
>>    1. Re: Tire Safety *rant* (Joel McGregor)
>>    2. Re: Corvair Alignment (was:  Tire question) (Joel McGregor)
>>    3. Re: Tire Safety *rant* (Ron)
>>    4. Shippers (Mike Clark)
>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:11:07 -0600
>> From: Joel McGregor <joelsplace at earthling.net>
>> Subject: Re: [FC] Tire Safety *rant*
>> To: "corvanatics at corvair.org" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>> Message-ID:
>> <D522952017BFA547BC2D93BEBA6A3BE345546EEFC2 at W2K8SBS.joelsplace.local>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> I always figured the safest thing to do is don't hit anything by learning 
>> how to drive and driving something that goes where you point it or modify 
>> what you have until it will.  That's one of my favorite things about 
>> Corvairs - they tend to go where you point them or at least the EMs do. 
>> LMs aren't as good at that.  All this front wheel drive spin about 
>> working better in ice and snow is just a lot of advertizing garbage.  The 
>> only place I've noticed that a front wheel drive car works better is from 
>> a dead stop in ice.  Once I'm moving give me a rear wheel drive car any 
>> day.  I have a FWD car I drive most of the time because it gets 30mpg but 
>> I drive a Corvair or my '82 Malibu (with sway bars adjusted for some 
>> oversteer) when the roads are slippery.  I made the mistake of driving my 
>> FWD with new tires the other day in the ice and was concerned about 
>> getting home in one piece.  The Malibu came out the next day with bald 
>> tires and did much better.  You can always steer a RWD
> ca
>>  r with the rear wheels but FWD stuff tends to not steer at all.  I've 
>> never driven any of my FCs in ice but I'm sure they are better than any 
>> FWD car.  AWD is another story but I don't have any of those.
>> Joel McGregor
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:20:59 -0600
>> From: Joel McGregor <joelsplace at earthling.net>
>> Subject: Re: [FC] Corvair Alignment (was:  Tire question)
>> To: "corvanatics at corvair.org" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>> Message-ID:
>> <D522952017BFA547BC2D93BEBA6A3BE345546EEFC3 at W2K8SBS.joelsplace.local>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> Alignment is one of the easier things to do yourself and one thing that 
>> shops tend to really do a poor job with because they can get away with it 
>> or they don't know or care enough to do a good job.  I used to do 
>> alignments at a shop and they didn't appreciate the amount of time I took 
>> to do it right.  "It's close enough".
>> Take the time to make a few tools and it's pretty easy.  All you can set 
>> on a stock FC rear is the toe-in without changing spring or doing 
>> something custom.  I have an old chalk board aluminum tray with two 
>> pointers bolted to it for checking toe-in.  The front is a little more 
>> difficult.  You can check camber with a level on the wheel and caster 
>> with a level and a block that centers between the ball joints.  The 
>> computer alignment machines are just quicker not better.  When I went to 
>> the Hunter alignment school I checked my '63 on one machine, drove it off 
>> and back on and got a different set of readings.  I then checked it on a 
>> different machine and got a third set of readings.  Manual tools will get 
>> you the same reading every time.
>> Joel McGregor
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:51:21 -0800
>> From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
>> Subject: Re: [FC] Tire Safety *rant*
>> To: "Joel McGregor" <joelsplace at earthling.net>,
>> <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>> Message-ID: <1542AB4B54704F0AB031C15A00D024BF at YOUR76500D519C>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> reply-type=original
>>
>> My Rampside is terrible on ice, the worst car I have, The Toyota Solara 
>> is
>> the best.
>> RonH (Washington state)
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Joel McGregor" <joelsplace at earthling.net>
>> To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 11:11 AM
>> Subject: Re: [FC] Tire Safety *rant*
>>
>>
>> >I always figured the safest thing to do is don't hit anything by 
>> >learning
>> >how to drive and driving something that goes where you point it or 
>> >modify
>> >what you have until it will.  That's one of my favorite things about
>> >Corvairs - they tend to go where you point them or at least the EMs do.
>> >LMs aren't as good at that.  All this front wheel drive spin about 
>> >working
>> >better in ice and snow is just a lot of advertizing garbage.  The only
>> >place I've noticed that a front wheel drive car works better is from a 
>> >dead
>> >stop in ice.  Once I'm moving give me a rear wheel drive car any day.  I
>> >have a FWD car I drive most of the time because it gets 30mpg but I 
>> >drive a
>> >Corvair or my '82 Malibu (with sway bars adjusted for some oversteer) 
>> >when
>> >the roads are slippery.  I made the mistake of driving my FWD with new
>> >tires the other day in the ice and was concerned about getting home in 
>> >one
>> >piece.  The Malibu came out the next day with bald tires and did much
>> >better.  You can always steer a RWD ca
>> > r with the rear wheels but FWD stuff tends to not steer at all.  I've
>> > never driven any of my FCs in ice but I'm sure they are better than any
>> > FWD car.  AWD is another story but I don't have any of those.
>> > Joel McGregor
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>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 22:17:38 -0500
>> From: "Mike Clark" <mclark67 at charter.net>
>> Subject: [FC] Shippers
>> To: "[FC] group" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
>> Message-ID: <916B62D8FF1F480E8B09D32773B3CC95 at MikePC>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> Good evening, group.  Wondered if anyone had a good name for dependable 
>> [and cheep] outfit to move a vehicle from San Diego to Atlanta.  A quick 
>> search of google gives me about a billion entries, none of them 
>> particularly helpful.  Thanks much.
>>
>>
>> Mike Clark
>> Stockbridge, Georgia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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