[V8Vairs] Ebay car

[mike & bev mann]

could have sworn that he said he had a cad 500 not a buick. i can also
think of a lot of very fast cars (porsche twin turbo, corvette and etc)
that are in the 3,000# range and do quite well. lightness has his place
depending on what you want the car to do but for a highway car with the
amount of torque he has available it would seem to me that finding the
right gearing to take advantage of the torque would be more important than
absolute lightness. mike mann


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:39 PM, <moonpie8n at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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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