<VV> corvair newbee-engine rebuild

Ron ronh at owt.com
Tue Jan 6 22:02:01 EST 2009


Shortle, you're dead right on that.  A high performance engine does very 
poorly in a parade.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "shortle" <shortle556 at earthlink.net>
To: "Tom M Gaudio" <tommyg325 at msn.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> corvair newbee-engine rebuild


>I believe the best answer is in the question "What are you trying to 
>build?". Is it a race car or a street legal stock machine? Do you plan on 
>having a smooth idle at stop lites? Do you want good low end torque as in 
>you will be towing with it? Or do you want something that is fast off the 
>line or at high end? Is it going into a car, truck, buggy, airplane, or? I 
>certainly would recomend some of the books out their (like the tech guide, 
>the classic corvair, how to hod rod vair engines, etc.). There is a wealth 
>of info out there. Please provide more info to get the best suggestions.
> Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado (cold and snowing)
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Tom M Gaudio <tommyg325 at msn.com>
>>Sent: Jan 6, 2009 3:20 PM
>>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>>Subject: <VV> corvair newbee-engine rebuild
>>
>>
>>Sorry,guess in my earlier list of questions on engine rebuilding(140hp) 
>>that I should have mentioned it has a 4speed manual transmission.Thanks 
>>again for all & any help. Tom Gaudio
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