<VV> Bonnevile Corvair RAR's

jryall@juno.com jryall@juno.com
Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:07:02 -0500


I would suspect that with the 3.08:1 ratio, probably tall tires, and
probably a high rpm cam, the engine didn't have much guts down low...thus
a heavy flywheel to get started.

John Ryall
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:38:34 -0800 (PST) Ken Garver
<dunlapsville@yahoo.com> writes:
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> ...............for Bonneville heavy is good due to the rear end 
> ratio.  
>  
> This one I don't understand? 
> For B'ville Tom Keosababian's Corvairs both ran a 3.08:1 RAR. Why 
> would a heavy one help here? A light one would help you accelerate 
> faster BUT at B'ville thats not a factor. I would think that a stock 
> one would be just fine.
> snip
>> Regards, Ken
> Glen Rock, New Jersey