<VV> over heating

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Matt,
    I once drove our Monza over 7 home miles with no moving fanbelt (harmonic 
balance had separated).  I just drove it easily on local roads until the 
after-market cylinder head temp gauge read 450 deg.F and then shut off until the 
temp dropped to below 200.  Then restart and run another mile and a half until 
the gauge hit 450 again.  Took about 4 or 5 stops.
    Another time Jim and I drove the same car home on a major highway with 
only ONE of the two carbs flowing gasoline (the main jet was completely clogged 
on the other carb).  Using the same temp gauge we kept the temp from exceeding 
480 by running the heater full blast (in July).  Fortunately, the gauge 
sensor was on the side of the engine that had the functioning carb.  The Viton O 
rings kept the engine from leaking too much oil (:-)  And the car ran for many 
more years.
    Without that temp gauge the engine would probably have been destroyed.
    Frank "EVERY Corvair needs at least ONE temp gauge" Burkhard

In a message dated 2/6/05 1:22:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
UltraMonzaWest@aol.com writes:
I've driven a 3.89 geared car 12miles with no belt!......stop every time it 
started pinging.....wait for smoke to die down...drive on....only problem 
was....balance tube connector hoses were fried...causing big MISS  the NEXT 
day..fixed that...drove several thousand miles more....

one Valve guide became so worn it started missing at low rpm...


Matt Nall