<VV> Re: carburetor power valve lesson

[BBRT]

Doug Roe in the book Rochester Carburetors, for one, says the "V" stands for 
vacuum break with a remote bi-metallic coil either on intake manifold or 
exhaust, etc.

Chuck S
BBRT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N. Joseph Potts" <pottsf at msn.com>
To: <BobHelt at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>

> Bob, if Chevrolet says/said this, where did they say it? I think my
> explanation may be consistent with yours (reference to the vacuum 
> pull-off),
> but I seem to recall Rochester literature giving the V-word as vented. H 
> is
> the series, of course. The secondary carbs on a 140 are Hes. The primaries
> (on all) are HVs.
>
> Joe Potts
> Miami, Florida USA
> 1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org]On Behalf Of BobHelt at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 1:32 AM
> To: lechevrier at earthlink.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Re: carburetor power valve lesson
>
> Bill,
> According to Chevrolet, the V stands for vacuum as in vacuum pull-off.
> Regards,
> Bob Helt
>