[V8Vairs] Longest Trip - Farthest From Home?

[paulsiano@aol.com]

Chris, I don't know if anybody will top that trip.  Did you drive it on 
the return from San Fran?  Might you have a guess about the total mileage and 
farthest distance from home?

Your temporary ballast was very creative!  Did you measure the resistance of the 
bulb to compare it to the resistor value upon your return?

Thanks for your reply,

Paul


 



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From: Chris Wills <cjwills at msn.com>
To: v8vairs at corvair.org; paulsiano at yahoo.com
Sent: Mon, November 29, 2010 12:07:08 PM
Subject: RE: [V8Vairs] Longest Trip - Farthest From Home?

 
i drove mine from North Carolina to Chicago, then west to San Francisco...
 
The only problem was the points in the distributor got dirty and wouldn't fire 
my electronic ignition.  I disconnected the electronic box to run just points, 
but did not have a ballast resistor, and it was starting to snow (out in 
Colorado somewhere) so I disconnected one of my backup lights with socket, and 
wired it in to drop the voltage.  Worked well - had to jumper it out to start 
the engine, though... averaged 17 mpg with an LT1 350/370 HP 

 
Chris Wills
 
> Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:05:05 -0800
> From: edsworld at bellsouth.net
> To: paulsiano at yahoo.com; v8vairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: [V8Vairs] Longest Trip - Farthest From Home?
> 
> You need to ask Phil Dally.When he put the SB in my car 10+ years ago(to 
>replace a HEMI) he drove it firewall-less from cali to a convention at Lake 
>Tahoe in 98 if I remember correctly.
> He rented a u haul and truck to get it home , not because of a break down, HE 
>could not handle the desert heat coupled with the V8 right behind him..
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- On Sun, 11/28/10, paulsiano at aol.com <paulsiano at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> From: paulsiano at aol.com <paulsiano at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [V8Vairs] Longest Trip - Farthest From Home?
> To: "V-8 Vairs" <v8vairs at corvair.org>
> Date: Sunday, November 28, 2010, 11:19 AM
> 
> The farthest I've been from home in my V-8 Corvair is about sixty miles...not 
>very far.  Who has gone the farthest and who has taken the longest trip in their 
>V-8 Corvair?
>  
> Curious Paul
> 
> 
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