<VV> sleeve-type valves

[BobHelt at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/22/2008 5:11:34 PM US Mountain Standard Time,  
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net writes:

I'm  reading an article on the 1930 Willys-Knight in an old SIA mag, and a 
sidebar  mentioned that the Corvair was initally considering using sleeve valves 
in the  engine. I never heard of this. Any truth to this?

Harry  Yarnell



Hi Harry,
I havd never heard of this before....and really doubt that it is true for  
the Corvair. There are just too many limitations and problems with sleeve-type  
valving. No current automotive engine to my knowledge has used these since the 
 1930s-40s.
Regards,
Bob Helt
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