<VV> Gulftane

[Ron]

You're saying that to run with unleaded gas was an original design goal?  Is 
there any documentation to back up that statement?

RonH

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To: <patiomatt at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Gulftane


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> Corvair engines are, in fact, designed to run on unleaded. They just need 
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> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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> Unleaded didn't start until 1972 ? in Calif.!!
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> ?Corvairs were designed in the late '50's!
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> If Judge would read more of our posts here he would already know that the 
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> Matt Nall
> Charleston, Oregon
> http://mysite.verizon.net/nalllm
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