[V8Vairs] Ebay car

[moonpie8n at comcast.net]

An  aluminum  Buick  weighs  in  at  a  little  over  300 lbs. [makes  about  a  hp. per  LB. ]  Wei ght  isn't  everything , IT'S  THE  ONLY  THING !!!!   The  Buick  is  only  slightly  heavier  than  the  original  "FLAT  6", but , you  have  increased  the  HPs  and  rebalanced  the  car .  IT  corners  better [ moved  the  CG ], increased  acceleration [more  power] , and  the  trans-axle  will  "LIVE"  reasonably  well  coz  you  don't  have  all  that  torque  to  deal  with........  Add  some  "glass  parts" [or  carbon  fiber]  and  maybe  get  the  car  to  2000 lbs.  [less???].  HP  to  wieght  is  the  name  of  the  game.  Many  times  reducing  weight  doesn't  create  the  problems  adding  HP's  do  [TORQUE] 

----- Original Message -----
From: "mike & bev mann" <vair65 at sisna.com> 
To: "discussion of non-stock engines in Corvairs" <v8vairs at corvair.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 1:26:15 PM 
Subject: Re: [V8Vairs] Ebay car 

the cad 500 cuin weighs in about 100# more than a small block chevy and 
gobs of torque compared to the sb. your going to end up about 1000# lighter 
than the cad so it's the placement of weight rather than the total weight 
that would be of concern. to bad there isn't a 5-6 speed trans and diff. 
that you could adapt and imho i'd go with a auto trans because of the 
torque. if it isn't enough torque you could always add a turbo(VBG)-mike 
mann 


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:36 AM, mainlymuscle at telus.net < 
mainlymuscle at telus.net> wrote: 

> Nice car but that is a ton of coin.Works out to a cool hundred bucks per 
> horsepower.The blue 327 car from a couple weeks back was nicer 
> looking,perhaps not as well engineered ,or balanced with this nice light 
> 215.I just don't get the point of all this work to get pretty much the same 
> power available in a worked Vair 6.I contacted the seller of the blue 
> one,he's a little arrogant for a guy selling a ten thousand dollar 
> car.Anyone know what this 215 set up might weigh ? I know my Caddy 500 set 
> up will be heavy.We're trying to stay under 3000#.My target for the next 
> one with the LS-1/P transaxle is more like 2500.Hopefully I will get 
> registered and my pics up on the site this week ! 
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