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

[airvair]

Lon Anderson sent me an email, said that all '65-6 110 glide w/ac had
the 24 degree plate on them. Since my a/c experience is mostly '67's, I
was not much aware of this. A third of my Corvairs were '67's, and a
third '66's, and a mixture in the last third. Most of the '66's w/air
I've had much experience with have been 140's, and I don't recall any
'65's w/air. So I learn something every day.... :o)

My experience with this latest engine is like yours. Will run on 87 with
little knock, but will diesel like a Mack. I write it off to the rotten
quality of gas these days, and have gone back to running premium in it.

-Mark

Mike Stillwell wrote:
> 
>  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
> >