<VV> Signal to Noise Ratio NO CORVAIR

[Bill Elliott]

No, the Corvair is not a "sports car"... (and the people that like to point this out usually drive a heavy front engine V8, solid axle car)...but it is a 
"sporting GT" of a more Eurpoean nature than anything else that America mass produced (the exception being  the Corvette, of course). It has a lot 
more in common with say a BMW 2002 or Alfa GTV than they do with a GTO.

Sure, you can drag race a Corvair. And you could autocross a Hummer. But you're not going to show the best qualities of either while doing it. Bet you 
don't see many BMW's or Porches at the strip, either.

A Nova (or Camaro) is a pretty decent handler, but not in the same class as a Corvair or BMW... and is extremely conventional.  "Technical interest" is 
a heavy factor in many of us playing with Corvairs.

Question: why do you own a Corvair instead of a 6 banger Nova?

Bill Elliott 

>Nor is the Corvair a "sports car".  Actually, there is quite a bit of
>interest in the Nova community for the 6 (and 4) cylinder "granny" cars.
>Mostly I think it's that the Corvair community has been "Nader-bit".  As for
>performance, my brother used to hold the record in his class at the local
>dragstrip with his stock '65 Corvair.  Any other Corvairs out there?  Nope!
>Btw, don't sell the third generation Novas short on handling.  They're
>basically the same as the first generation Camaos which could be set up to
>handle pretty well (by brother also had a 302 Z28).