<VV> Re: LOWER SHROUDS

[Mark J. Murphy]

Confirmed.  :-(
Never even considered lower shrouds an option on my '63 'vert (turbo, 140
heads, PG).  Sealed off the heater connections too.  Found out the hard way
that even without them too much turbo makes too much heat to keep the valve
seats in place, especially when running against a V8 water pumper.
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      \--(o)----(o)--'  Derry, NH, USA
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JVHRoberts@aol.com>
To: <ronh@owt.com>; <N2VZD@aol.com>; <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Re: LOWER SHROUDS


> I respectfully disagree. On water pumpers, the engines never get to
operating
> temperature if the cooling system and all of its components are in good
> condition, and no thermostat. On a Corvair, the engine will, in fact, get
to
> operating temperature. In fact, if driven hard enough, you can overheat a
Corvair
> engine with no shrouds! It just takes a little longer.