RE <VV> Rebuild II

Bill Hubbell whubbell at cox.net
Mon Nov 14 10:53:45 EST 2005


Actually the difference between 4 and 6 matters a great deal when designing 
an air cooled engine.  As I recall, at the time of Corvair development, 
finding the best way to exhaust that middle cylinder without adding cooling 
problems to the engine was one of their major concerns.

Bill Hubbell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JVHRoberts at aol.com>


>
> Well, 4 vs 6 hardly matters on an air cooled, since they are basically
> designed as individual cylinders, and even the heads might as well be 
> individual.
> 




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