<VV> Blown engine

[henry kaczmarek]

I won't harasss you, bud.  Sorry the damage was so extensive.

Thanks for sharing. I believe this engine took over for the one that the 
crankshaft broke on you on the Great Plains for the worst engine failure 
story I've ever heard. Definitely the Corvair engine with the most damage 
from a major failure I've heard in 20 years.

I think you've probably given Stephen Upham a great lift. He's the guy in TX 
that has had all the engine rebuild problems. I know i'd drive, and race if 
I was so inclined, an engine you built without qualms, so if it can happen 
to you it can happen to anyone.

And some people might have done everything that Smitty said Could be done to 
avoid said failure. But most of us wouldn't have.

When I forgot to put on the bottom shroud and lost a #3 piston, Wyn Rittal 
brought me a piston on a rod with a cap and a new barrell, and we just 
replaced #3. No thought as to newness of rod bolts, whether or not the rod 
was magnafluxed, etc.

Hank
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Smitty Smith" <vairologist at verizon.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 11:19 PM
Subject: <VV> Blown engine


> Smitty says:  A lot of people have asked what happened to the engine in my 
> wagon when it locked up abruptly on the way to Nelson Ledges.