<VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast?

Thu Dec 23 15:01:44 EST 2010

 That's just it. When my 13 second Corvair was around, it was in the middle of the emissions wave emasculating pretty much ever new car out there
Nowadays, NO ONE makes a slow car! Heck, even a Prius will out accelerate nearly any stock PG Corvair! Heck, my stock Subaru Legacy GT wagon does 0-60 in 5.5 seconds! A WAGON! Albeit an unusual one. 
So, the bar has been raised, A LOT. But nowadays, stand alone fuel injection, FAR better turbochargers, et al, are also available for us as well! 

John Roberts

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From: Eric S. Eberhard <flash at vicsmba.com>
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Subject: Re: <VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast?

That is only fast by us old guys standards -- read the Bugatti Veryon specs.  Read the Tesla Roadster specs.  The Shelby GT500 specs.  Porsche Turbo, Vette ZR1, etc.  And then there is the issue of 0-60 vs top speed.  Did you notice in the Yenko specs on the Web site someone posted here that they had 0-60 in just over 6 seconds ... with one gear ratio ... and top speed of 129 with another gear ration.  I suspect the fast 0-60 car could barely go over 100.  And the one that went 129 like was 7.5 0-60.  My Powerstroke will do 135 as will my Toyota Land Cruiser ... with A/C, Nav, 4x4, leather, fantastic stereo, stability control, etc.  And truthfully a Corvair at 100 is a scary place to be -- modern cars just tool along.  I had a Caddy Eldorado ETC that did 0-60 in 6.5 and could be put on cruise control at 150 mph ... and that was  15 years ago.  Heck, the Powerstroke would do 129 with a trailer and a Corvair on the trailer (I have never exceeded 120 but there was more there).  E 

At 10:19 AM 12/23/2010, you wrote: 
>Having had a Corvair that would go 13 seconds flat in the 1/4, they >can in fact be fast. True, getting a Corvair engined Corvair into >the 11 second range will take some supernatural engineering, but >there are possibilities... 
> 
>John Roberts 
> 
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>Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org; flash at vicsmba.com 
>Sent: Thu, Dec 23, 2010 11:53 am 
>Subject: Re: <VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast? 
> 
> 
>I have to agree that Corvairs are not fast , but , they are QUICK , and fun to 
>drive. That is what it is all about.... IF you wanna smoke the tires >, buy a Big 
>Block Mustang , IF you wanna car that's fast , get a Big Block [Chevy] , Cobra 
>kit car, Maaaaaaaaan , my nose is still bleeding from the ride I had >[0 - 120 in 
>an instant / 11.2 in the 1/4 mile], BUT !!! Nobody can beat a >Corvair for "MOST 
>FUN for the BUCK!!". 
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: HallGrenn at aol.com 
>To: flash at vicsmba.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org 
>Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 8:18:25 PM 
>Subject: Re: <VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast? 
> 
>Eric, 
> 
>Corvairs have never been fast. But they have always been quick which is 
>defined as being able to everything well in less time than their market 
>competition. I wouldn't ever try to outrun faster cars in a good Corvair--I 
>would just drive their drivers nuts because they wouldn't be able to easily 
>shake me off--I'd be right there with them. The skid pad numbers and 60 to 
>0 stopping numbers of a well maintained Corvair are still world 
>class--without ABS, Stability control and other computer programs. 
> 
>I love my Malibu 3.6L V6 (0-60 in 6.2 sec. in a family sedan), and it can 
>be fun--but not as much fun and certainly not as forgiving as one of my LM 
>Corvairs when they are in their prime (which they unfortunately aren't now). 
> 
>Bob Hall 
>Group Corvair 
>Corvanatics 
>CORSA 
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