<VV> Efficiency competition!

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/16/2005 12:05:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
dreamwoodck at yahoo.com writes:

So it  costs $1k and you free labor and engineering to
convert. That's three years  to pay back BEFORE you
save a penny.
You are better off installing an  engine and delivery
system designed to run off your alternate fuel.  Now
you have the same economic problem.

Chuck  Kubin



All the "alternative lifestyle" fuels discussion is missing the point. The  
reason to make the changes, whether Fuel Injection or Biomass or Electric, is 
to  "one-up" all your friends and show-off your mechanical/electronic talents.  
Except for it's years of origin, the Corvair engine is a natural for an FI  
conversion.(It is missing some of the nice areas for sensor mounting!) There  
have been millions of similar sized motors built with FI since the end of  
Corvair production. The parts are available, relatively cheap and along  with the 
knowledge, would make a great conversion. Mark Wrights car at Portland  ran 
like a champ (mostly because it was a champ!). The completely BOLT-ON Fuel  
Injection system was complex because of the strictly bolt-on rules of SCCA  Street 
Prepared rules. But it pulled to high RPM and never faltered. If you  can 
weld and machine the heads, you could make a much simpler designed system.  If 
there is one thing that the three dollar a gallon gas will do for the Corvair  
is convince someone to do a MPG Fuel Injection system, rather than a BHP  
conversion (Horsepower). How about a feedback looped system with the stock  exhaust 
feeding a converter before a minimum muffler. Is anybody interested in a  
competition for the Corvair with the lowest emissions AND the highest MPG. Some  
body get me an algorithm to combine the two! It would have to be a street  
legal Corvair Car with a Corvair motor. How about a Prize at the Detroit  
Convention? That gives you plenty of time to design and build it! The car  must enter 
and finish the Econorun, the official score will be the MPG  component and 
then, afterwards, be tested on a Smog machine. (HC  and CO only)  at idle. I 
think the Detroit club could probably  find an emission station to test a few 
cars!  Any thoughts?
 
So, Is anybody interested? I'm sure Silicone Wire Systems could kick in the  
first money into the prize coffers!     - Seth  Emerson