<VV> Was Signal to Noise Ratio, Now Nova Question

[RoboMan91324@aol.com]

Dave,

Much like the Corvair, the Chevy II / Nova started out as an econobox and 
evolved from there.  Throughout both of their lives, Chevy offered both lines in 
the economy version but began to serve the sport and race markets with more 
powerful engines and handling equipment.  The Nova had a stronger platform and a 
"traditional" front engine water pumper design that allowed LOTS more power 
to be installed.  That is the main reason the Nova and other 60s vintage cars 
have more visibility.  Any car that had the capability for street dragging back 
then seems to have stuck out more then as well as now.  The earlier models 
supported small block 8s with impressive results and the '68 and later design 
supported a big block with some pretty exhilarating results.  Imagine a factory 
Corvair with 400 or so horsepower.  Unfortunately, that kind of power was not 
practical in an air cooled mass produced engine back then.

Doc;  (One 1967 Nova SS and four Corvairs.)

PS;  I would be sorry to see you or any other VV member leave the group.
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In a message dated 06/29/04 1:39:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:

> Message: 10
> From: Dave Keillor <dkeillor@ultrex.com>
> To: "'chris czepyha'" <thegeek2@juno.com>, virtualvairs@corvair.org
> Subject: RE: <VV> Signal to Noise Ratio NO CORVAIR
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:53:11 -0500
> 
> Chris,
> 
> You're probably right.  Clearly most people feel that the list works just 
> fine.  So I'll shut up, suspend my subscription to the list, and go play with 
> the Nova guys for awhile.  However, I do think there's a major Corvair 
> constituency that's being missed by not having a good, "sanctioned" forum. Might 
> even help increase CORSA membership!
> 
> I'll leave ya all with a question to ponder.  Why does the Nova, which was 
> essentially an econbox, have so much more visibility than the Corvair?
> 
> Dave