<VV> The 3 Greatest Corvair Improvements

[Ron]

True, people jump into an ill maintained car thats over forty years old, 
find something that doesn't work properly and immediately decide that it's 
of faulty design or manufacture and make plans to substitute something more 
modern.  And then they can wonder again why the kluge of ill fitting parts 
isn't functioning satisfactorily.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "airvair" <airvair at richnet.net>
To: <JVHRoberts at aol.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <Sethracer at aol.com>; 
<lonwall at corvairunderground.com>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> The 3 Greatest Corvair Improvements


> Uh, have you ever tried a VW (old) beetle? That's what they have, and
> they're being conservative when the owners manual says that the heater
> is "minimal." LOL
>
> No, the Corvair air heater is just fine, IF it's properly maintained.
> It's when the car needs maintenance that it'll let you know (as I said
> in an earlier post) in a helofa hurry and in no uncertain terms. The key
> word here is MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE!
>
> -Mark
>
> JVHRoberts at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>> Well, why not an exhaust heated heater? I would think there's MORE than
>> enough thermal energy there.
>>
>> In a message dated 4/8/2007 2:38:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> Sethracer at aol.com writes:
>>
>> What  would you add to the list?
>> The rules -
>>
>> The  impovement MUST solve a  recognized Corvair problem.
>>
>> I  would have to add some kind of heater/defroster improvement. Since the
>> "Fresh" air (haha) heater was used on 61's and later, it applies to 
>> earlies
>> and
>> lates. Perhaps some kind of sealed heat exchanger could  be used to 
>> provide
>> filtered & heated air from somewhere other  than out of the underside of 
>> the
>> motor. I realize the cost (both in  dollars and gas mileage) of the gas
>> heater.
>> Even ignoring the CO  output of exhaust leaks, and the hard-O-ring oil
>> dripping
>> to the  exhaust manifold, the "Fresh" air system still passes along any
>> engine
>> compartment smells - whether due to leaks or anything else. There should 
>> be
>> something better. - Seth Emerson
>
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