<VV> If the General says...

Garth Stapon stapon1 at earthlink.net
Sun Apr 17 21:27:04 EDT 2005


Dennis:

Please tell me that this is modern folklore.

If a product that could accomplish these goals it would be criminal to keep
it away from the public.

Why would GM ever pay a CAFE fine if this was true?

LATE POWER GLIDE SEDANS RULE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis & Debbie Pleau" <ddpleau at earthlink.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> If the General says...


> Jim Burkhart who occasionally posts to this list has seen that carb.  It
is
> on a desk art Delphi Electronics (formerly Rochester Carbs).  It's a huge
> conspiracy, the oil companies didn't want this carb to get on the market
so
> of course the general hid it.  It must be some great carb as it can triple
> the energy  content of gas.
>
> Dennis
>
> At 12:27 PM 4/17/2005, Ron wrote:
> >Sure, we've heard about 85 mpg carburetors and other pie-in-the-sky
scams,
> >but we were smart enough to laugh it off.
> >RonH
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Kubin" <dreamwoodck at yahoo.com>
> >To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:09 AM
> >Subject: <VV> If the Genral says...
> >
> >
> >>==== if the General thought 2 YHs were better than
> >>one, they
> >>would have  don it themselves and since they didn't it
> >>can't work. =====
> >>
> >>C'mon, Dennis!!!  There are tons of things out there
> >>that work like gangbusters and didn't end up on the
> >>production line.  You've heard of 85 mpg carbs,
> >>haven't you? Some things aren't practical, some things
> >>are engineering or political compromise, and some
> >>things just won't squeeze the consumer's dime until
> >>Roosevelt craps out 9 cents.
> >>Back in high school, a friend of mine mounted twin
> >>Corvair turbos on a 421 in a GTO. Worked good.
> >>Couldn't keep it clutches, rear ends or drive shafts
> >>without a lot of experimenting. The General might have
> >>tried it, but you didn't see it in your average Monza.
> >>
> >>Chuck Kubin
>
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