[NoVa-Corvairs] Stuff

[Daniel Goldberg]

Hey all.

This morning I drove my Corsa from Falls Church out to Leesburg -- 35 miles.  I'm happy to report that the trip was uneventful, but there are a couple of minor concerns:

1) The linkage to my driver's side secondary is quite loose as the rod to which the throttle plate is connected is pretty worn.  I have two options:

a) Replace the bowl.  Does anyone have a secondary carb I can snag?  Or is there a way of adapting a primary bowl?

b) Drill out the rivet and replace with a screw.  Is this a kit or is this something where you just wing it?  

2) Gas mileage is pretty poor -- I used a quarter of a tank going 35 miles.  I'm thinking this is because the secondary is always open and is just dumping gas into the carb for the reasons described in (1) above.  Am I right?

3) The tach doesn't go about 2200 RPM.  Thoughts?

thanks,
daniel