<VV> 1965-1967 110HP with a/c low compression engine

[Mike Stillwell]

 Just a couple additions, my '66 RU block 110 from the
LA Monza has the 24 degree timing tag. I think all
A.I.R. motors do, but I could be wrong. This same
motor was rebuilt with 95 heads and turned out to be a
very strong motor. It has always been well cared for,
but the original bottom end has never been apart and
has 229K on it. Still ran strong when the car was
wrecked. It was a standard 110 distributor and 51 jets
in the carbs. It had even more power with the 52s, but
wasn't getting as good mileage as I needed, and it was
my road runner at the time. I could run 87 octane, but
it would diesel at shutdown. It never pinged. I ran
regular old points with Bosch W8AC's. If you build
one, you'll like it too. 
 
 Mike
 YS-117

 PS - I had an original '67 110/PG/AC motor as well,
that's still alive in another car. It was a good
motor, but had run hot most of it's life and had lost
some of it's power. It had approx 150K on it. I
inherited it with a burned exhaust guide and swapped
out a head, but otherwise it was a pretty good motor.
Burned oil over 65mph, but was reliable.


--- LastHamlet <lasthamlet at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Brent,
> I am new here, but there is one thing I do know for
> fact, cause this is the very setup I have. As Far as
> I
> know Mark is the only other one to have this setup
> as
> well. It was ONLY available in 1967, and only with
> cars that had A/C and Powerglide Tranny. 67 is one
> of
> the most oddball years of all. I have several GM
> Issued Books that speak of this engine. One is the
> complete 1960-69 Distributor Graphs & Charts Book.
> For
> one there is only one other engine that has that
> timing plate(up to 24 degrees), and that is the 180
> Turbo. The 180 is a low compression setup, however
> that 1967 110-Power Pack Engine, as is is called in
> the Distributor Book, is not low compression. 
> The 24 degrees, was sort of a GM sidestep, as Bob
> mentioned, but was acheived because gas was much
> better then. Now, even on our mordern normal high
> test, don't even think that 24 degrees will be the
> setting. Straight up, she will ping like a bad
> Chrysler. You'll be ucky to get 14. (This is initial
> at idle setting)
> The side step was an effort to get more cooling
> ability as that A6 compressor will cool a room and
> is
> actually too large for the car(IMHO). Now, people
> even
> add cooling fans, or even change to Sanden
> Compressor
> to get rid of the heat of those A6 compressors.
> Few people have read much about these engines, cause
> there sre so few 67 with A/C and P/G setup to begin
> with... let alone like mine, a convertible.
> (Sidenote: Funny how gas has gotten worse, but oil
> has
> gotten better... What a conundrum.)
> I tried to keep this short, but that particular
> motor
> is an oddball, and as Mark mentioned, is faster than
> the standard 110 HP's, it really is. But again, it
> is
> an ODDBALL... I should know, I myself, am an
> oddball.
> I am by no means an authority on Corvairs, but this
> setup is the one thing I do know. It was really hard
> to get info on it too. I even called the few people
> I
> knew about the subject, but will not mention names.
> So, with that said, you have a choice to enter the
> world of the odd, or do a general 110 setup, which
> everybody is more familiar.
> Best Of Regards,
> Danny Barber 
> 
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