<VV>Windage Tray (minimal Corvair)

Padgett pp2 at 6007.us
Sat Mar 25 10:53:02 EST 2006


>Starting with the 1967-69 Z28 motor, probably the  highest
>revving Chevy engine ever sold to consumers,

Pontiac had a windage tray (baffle, engine oil grp 1.430) in 1955 and the 
top Corvette engines in 1960.

Phun Phact: the 1967 option code Z-28 (actually Z-280,1, 2, & 3 ) 302 was 
rated by the marketters at 290 hp (actual was more like 440) because they 
wanted the sans coulottes to buy the 295 hp SS 350 (incidently with a very 
weak crank, why journal sizes increased for 1968). Back in the day, one of 
the indicators of a really high performance engine was "not available with 
air conditioning".

Still flagellating over forgetting that the cam is under the crank in a 
Corvair so no tray needed.

Padgett



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