<VV> Cooling Boosted Corvairs..

[FrankCB]

John et al, 
      Fortunately, since MOST of us aren't planning for a run at Bonneville, we don't need THAT MUCH water on board.<GGGG>   In fact. if using water injection allows you to keep from retarding your spark timing, you'll get better gas mileage.  And water costs a lot less than the $3 per gallon that gas is rapidly approaching!  In fact, since I used condensate from my dehumidifier, MY injection water (after filtering) cost me NOTHING.  It's essentially DISTILLED so it has no dissolved solids, but you do need filtering to remove any dust or other particulates picked up from the air.
     And adding water injection to a Corvair seems a LOT less work (and COST) than replacing the stock air-cooled flat six with a water cooled version Subaru or Porsche or ???
     But I MAY be prejudiced in this matter!<GGGGGG>
     Regards,
     Frank "aquaman" Burkhard

In a message dated 06/20/09 09:02:41 Eastern Daylight Time, jvhroberts writes:
Of course, carrying around THAT much water has serious practicality issues. Clearly a Corvair engine can't run at max power indefinitely due to cooling limitations. So, you do all the usual stuff, clean out the fins, get rid of the lower shrouds, etc., and do the best you can. 

On the other hand, installing one of a number of water cooled flat 6s means the water isn't expended... <G> 

-----Original Message----- 
From: FrankCB <frankcb at aol.com> 
To: deltainc <deltainc at grm.net>; vv <virtualvairs at corvair.org> 
Sent: Fri, Jun 19, 2009 10:40 pm 
Subject: <VV> Cooling Boosted Corvairs Re: You know your Turbo is working when... 
Ken, 
    Gee, I wonder how Tom Keosababian ever cooled his turbo Corvair that made 
157 mph at Bonneville using a 4 barrel carb with a BIG turbo (estimated at 350 
HP).  Then later he ran again at Bonneville with the Corvair engine and TWO 
turbos using propane fuel at 173 mph (probably over 450 HP). 
    Obviously he figured out how to "convert" his air-cooled Corvair engine to 
"water cooling".  Too bad you gave up so soon!!<GGGG> 
    Frank "water good for man and engine" Burkhard