<VV> Fuel pumps, stock vs. electric - what is better?

[Eric S. Eberhard]

I do make some exceptions -- after all, foolish consistency is the 
hobgoblin of small minds (I cannot remember who said that).  Safety items 
such as tires, brake parts, etc. fall in my exception category ... fuel 
pumps do not.  I suppose because in all my years of Corvairs I have only 
had one total failure (I have had several new ones leak, grrrr).  My point 
was not that one has to stay stock, but that one should not change things 
just because they are "better" as there would be no end to that 
justification -- change them if you have good reason within your experience 
or from advice you trust that makes the change important to you.  I 
generally upgrade ignition considerably, only because I hate tune-ups and 
have found that the stronger the ignition the less I have to fool with 
plugs (and of course points are gone).

At 05:24 PM 6/9/2005, Ken Wildman wrote:
>At 07:50 PM 6/9/2005, Eric S. Eberhard wrote:
>>This does bring up a point ... who drives a 40 year old car because it is 
>>"better" -- if I wanted to make changes to my vair to make it better I 
>>would put on disc brakes, modern seats, A/C, top notch stereo, air bags, 
>>modern seat belts, ABS brakes and stability control, more crash 
>>protection, fuel injection .... oh!  If I do all that, why not buy a new 
>>car which by the above standard is "better" and comes with all that?  You 
>>would have more success and probably save money :-) !
>>
>>I drive a Corvair because I like the old-tech, the sounds, the feel, the 
>>smell, the ride, and so forth.  That cannot be duplicated on a modern 
>>car!  So as part of the experience I have to deal with cranky mechanical 
>>pumps, but at least I don't have to listen to a modern electric pump 
>>which sounds totally out of place.  Meaning, for my use, the stock pump 
>>is better -- even if it fails, dumps gas in the crank, leaks, etc.
>
>So, tell us.  Where do you get your bias-ply tires?      <grin>
>
>
>Ken

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