<VV> Suspension sugestions
gcallegari@insepet.com
gcallegari@insepet.com
Fri, 21 May 2004 08:17:47 -0500
I'm Located in Bogota, Colombia and I ran my car in the last weekend
against vintage cars and i was the las t but much better this year,
There is another race in few weeks, I'll install a 140HP engine but
I'd like to know your opinion in order to make some suspension
changes in order to get better performance in a hard cornering,I was
thinking in a Carrera Shocks, rear bar, Heavy duty springs, what Do
you think about this? right now I'm using Radial T/A 60 series, and
45PSI in the rear and 30 in the Front.
Gino Callegari M
Bogota, Colombia
Convertible 65//sedan 66
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> 1. Re: Engine Shroud Piant (NOSVAIR@aol.com)
> 2. RE: valve adjustment (chuck)
> 3. VIR Gold Cup Historic Races - Corvair mention! (Doug
>Mackintosh)
> 4. Intake and exhaust valves (Ewell Mills)
> 5. Re: Re: Engine Shroud Piant (antkoto)
> 6. Re: Re: Engine Shroud Piant (YENBAT@aol.com)
> 7. New distribtor -vs- Distrbutor less ignition (John Sconiers)
> 8. steering box (Sethracer@aol.com)
> 9. valve adjustment, valve ID (NicolCS@aol.com)
> 10. 1961 Corvair (thomas harley)
> 11. Re: Re: Engine Shroud Piant (Hank Kaczmarek)
>
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>Message: 1
>From: NOSVAIR@aol.com
>Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 20:17:00 EDT
>To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Re: Engine Shroud Piant
>
>In a message dated 5/20/2004 2:12:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:
>
>> Unless you are going to put it in concours where you will have
>to
>> meet the standard of the "experts" with the spectromatic eyeballs
>for
>> what is absolutely stock, just paint it with something that looks
>right
>> to you.
>>
>
> This I consider a rather lack lustre ( pun intended) answer to
>someone
>trying to duplicate stock form engine shrouding paint. I have seen
>enough GM
>engine bays that have mirror finish sheet metal or on the other
>extreme look like
>they were painted with chalk board paint.
> A good starting point for gaging the engine shroud sheen are parts
>not
>exposed to extreme heat such as the air cleaner housing. Oh sure,
>years of
>exposure to oil and prior cleaning can indeed polish the finish to a
>higher gloss
>than normal...but parts that never got this attention tend to have
>about a 75%
>gloss factor. Chassis black just doesn't cut it! It's way too dull.
>
> Judging from the numerous attempts I have made to exact the sheen
>on black
>shrouding the one to come closest is gloss black powder coating.
>Usually this
>returns from the shop slightly dull in lustre...not at all like a
>highly
>polished body finish. Of course your source might produce a better
>quality gloss.
> Check their samples as they should be able to vary the amount of
>gloss.
> Baked enamel was what the factory used. You will find the parts
>were not
>primered yet simply sprayed with black over bare metal. The quick
>baking
>process after application is what caused the paint to dull due to
>rapid sweating
>of the solvents. The difference in powder coating is that solvents
>aren't
>present.
> In closing I would suggest some experimentation...a good quality
>enamel
>over bare sheet metal then quickly transferred into an oven. So far
>my wife
>hasn't felt favourably to me using her oven for such an experiment.
>;^)
>
>Bruce Webster
>'60 500 Sedan
>'61 700 Coupe
>'64 900 Coupe
>
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>Message: 2
>From: "chuck" <chsadek@adelphia.net>
>To: "'Collins, Richard'" <RColli@midwestern.edu>,
><virtualvairs@corvair.org>
>Subject: RE: <VV> valve adjustment
>Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 20:44:40 -0400
>
>Richard,
> The bigger one is the intake. Look, with the valve cover off,
>at the heads. You will see they are the same on each side. SO,
>switching sides, means that on one side, the intake is to the left
>towards the rear of the car, and on the other side, the intake is
>toward
>the front of the car. If you look at the exhaust tube/stack, and up
>at
>the aluminum runner down from the log manifold where the carb(s) sit,
>you can see one valve is closer to the exhaust and one is closer to
>the
>intake passage. On the right side, or passenger side, the intake is
>closer to the rear of the car. On the left or driver side, it is the
>reverse.
>
>Chuck S
>
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>Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 2:35 PM
>To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> valve adjustment
>
>How do I determine which valve is exhaust or intake? Mine are making
>a
>racket and hopefully all it needs is an adjustment.
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>Message: 3
>From: "Doug Mackintosh" <dougmackintosh@hotmail.com>
>To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
>Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 00:53:30 +0000
>Subject: <VV> VIR Gold Cup Historic Races - Corvair mention!
>
>Just read an article in my local paper (The News & Record) here in
>South
>Boston, VA, announcing the upcoming (June 11-13) Gold Cup Historic
>races at
>the VIR road race course near here. Mentioned Donna Mae Mims and the
>Yenko
>Stinger Corvair. The focus will be lady racers, with Denise
>McCluggage and
>Donna Mae among those in attendance.
>The Gold Cup races are always lots of fun to watch, and VIR paddock
>is open
>for wandering among all the great old iron. Definitely worth the
>trip if
>you are anywhere nearby.
>
>Chuck, you planning to be there?
>
>
>
>-- Doug Mackintosh
> Corsa member since 1996
> Corsa/NC member since 1996, Virtual Vairs member
> Corvair owner 1969-1971 and 1996-on
>
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>Message: 4
>From: "Ewell Mills" <emills5@cfl.rr.com>
>To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
>Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 21:14:12 -0400
>Subject: <VV> Intake and exhaust valves
>
>Doesn't make any difference doing them hot with the engine running,
>but if you
>do them cold, as has been discussed lately., it does. Diagram is in
>the
>service manual of the layout.
>
>Cecil Mills
>Cocoa,Fl.
>
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>Message: 5
>Reply-To: "antkoto" <antkoto@bctonline.com>
>From: "antkoto" <antkoto@bctonline.com>
>To: <NOSVAIR@aol.com>, <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
>Subject: Re: <VV> Re: Engine Shroud Piant
>Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 19:42:32 -0500
>
>GM has for sale a ready to paint GM black. It has been available for
>years
>and is (in my opinion) just what the general ordered. No thinner is
>needed.
>This even was available in spray cans. I bought a gallon about 1
>year ago
>and used some last weekend. It is fast drying. I don't know what
>gas will
>do to it and hope to never find out. But, this should be correct for
>the
>undercarriage and engine shrouds.
>
>Duane Wentlandt
>
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>Message: 6
>From: YENBAT@aol.com
>Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 22:57:17 EDT
>Subject: Re: <VV> Re: Engine Shroud Piant
>To: antkoto@bctonline.com, NOSVAIR@aol.com, virtualvairs@corvair.org
>
>In a message dated 5/20/04 7:45:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>antkoto@bctonline.com writes:
>
>> GM has for sale a ready to paint GM black. It has been available
>for years
>> and is (in my opinion) just what the general ordered. No thinner
>is needed.
>> This even was available in spray cans. I bought a gallon about 1
>year ago
>> and used some last weekend. It is fast drying. I don't know what
>gas will
>> do to it and hope to never find out. But, this should be correct
>for the
>> undercarriage and engine shrouds.
>>
>> Duane Wentlandt
>>
>
>Duane,
>
>Got a part number?
>
>Tim Abney
>
>Life Member McHenry County, Illinois VietNow
>Member American Legion Post #777
>Member Society Of The First Infantry Division (Rig Red One)
>KLIK - Lai Khe, RVN - 1967-68
>Corsa Member
>I.E.C.C. President
>'65 Corvair Monza coupe
>'61 Corvair Lakewood Station Wagon
>'62 Corvair 700 Sedan
>'83 Toyota Pick-Em-Up 276,000+ Miles and Counting
>
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>Message: 7
>From: John Sconiers <jsconiers@mac.com>
>Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 22:33:47 -0500
>To: virtualvairs Submission <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
>Subject: <VV> New distribtor -vs- Distrbutor less ignition
>
>Can some one give me an idea of distrubutor less ignition setup they
>have (type, cost) and how they think it compares to a new high energy
>
>ignition.
>
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>
>Message: 8
>From: Sethracer@aol.com
>Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 23:58:39 EDT
>To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> steering box
>
>In a message dated 5/20/2004 6:26:03 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>BEllison@bbafiberweb.com writes:
>We just picked up a green Corsa 140 Coupe. It's just shy of 4 turns
>lock to
>lock. Is it quick steering? Is there a way to tell, id tag,
>markings, etc?
>
>Barry Ellison
>Corsa SC VP
>
>Barry - There is no physical indicator on the otside of the original
>Quick
>boxes. They used the same casting as the standard box. Some clues,
>however. If
>you look up from the box up the steering column to the firewall and
>see a
>coupler about 15 inches up from the box, 2.5" diameter with a clamp
>on the front of
>it, you have a late 65, and it is possible for you to have a quick
>box. If
>the shaft goes all the way from the box into the firewall with no
>coupling, you
>have an early 65 and virtually no chance of a quick box. (This
>observation
>assumes that you do not have a telescoping column.) If you can clean
>off the
>steering arms on the area from the spindle to the tie-rod attaching
>point, and
>read the forging numbers on the arms, and one of them ends in 417 or
>418 (left
>and right are different) then you have the factory shorter arms, and
>likely a
>quick box. If the arms are stubby and thick and quite short (in the
>same area),
>you have a standard box and aftermarket quick arms. It is really the
>easiest
>way to tell - the cast arms are easy to spot. Finally, if you buy one
>of the
>Flaming River aftermarket boxes from Corvair Motorsports or Silicone
>Wire
>Systems, then you definitely have a quick box! <grin> -Seth Emerson
>
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>Message: 9
>From: NicolCS@aol.com
>Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 00:07:11 EDT
>To: virtualvairs@corvair.org, RColli@midwestern.edu
>Subject: <VV> valve adjustment, valve ID
>
>I just look at the exhaust tubes on the bottom of the head or the
>intake
>runners on the underside of the inatke manifold. Valves that are
>aligned with the
>exhaust tubes are obviously exhausts, same for the valves that are
>aligned
>with the intake tubes on the underside of the intake manifold,
>they're the
>intakes. The valves alternate IEIEIE OOO! :)
>Craig Nicol
><snip> ...how do I tell intake valves from exhaust valves for
>adjustment
>purposes?<unsnip>
>
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>Message: 10
>From: "thomas harley" <thomasvharley@hotmail.com>
>To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
>Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 22:53:36 -0700
>Subject: <VV> 1961 Corvair
>
>Well I sure am glad I found this wesite and mailing list. There is a
>1961
>Corvair 4-Door, dual carb, pretty much the basic cut down version.
>The
>car has been sitting for a year in the owners driveway and has not
>been
>driven since. The owner has told me over the phone that the car is
>98%
>restored, though i find that hard to believe since it has been
>sitting
>there for the whole year. There are no dents, the body looks great.
>He is
>asking $4000 for it. How much should i ask for. What problems should
>i
>address and what should i expect from the car sitting there for so
>long?
>
>A probable future Corvair owner,
>
>Thomas
>
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>Message: 11
>From: "Hank Kaczmarek" <kaczmarek@charter.net>
>To: "Virtualvairs" <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
>Subject: Re: <VV> Re: Engine Shroud Piant
>Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 02:20:56 -0400
>
>Tim
>I think what is being discussed is
>
>GM Restoration Chassis Black.
>
>I believe it was discontinued about 18 months ago. When I first
>started at
>the Chevy dealer (10/02) I got a gallon for our Service Writer, who
>was
>re-doing a 53 Chevy as a street rod. At that time at the dealer
>where I got
>it, they said it wouldn't be available anymore.
>
>If a part number comes across I will run it and see, but I think it's
>a dead
>number. Not enough calls out there, and it was good chassis black.
>
>Hank
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>To: <antkoto@bctonline.com>; <NOSVAIR@aol.com>;
><virtualvairs@corvair.org>
>Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 10:57 PM
>Subject: Re: <VV> Re: Engine Shroud Piant
>
>
>> In a message dated 5/20/04 7:45:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> antkoto@bctonline.com writes:
>>
>> > GM has for sale a ready to paint GM black. It has been available
>for
>years
>> > and is (in my opinion) just what the general ordered. >
>> Got a part number?
>>
>> Tim Abney
>>
>> Life Member McHenry County, Illinois VietNow
>> Member American Legion Post #777
>> Member Society Of The First Infantry Division (Rig Red One)
>> KLIK - Lai Khe, RVN - 1967-68
>> Corsa Member
>> I.E.C.C. President
>> '65 Corvair Monza coupe
>> '61 Corvair Lakewood Station Wagon
>> '62 Corvair 700 Sedan
>> '83 Toyota Pick-Em-Up 276,000+ Miles and Counting
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