<VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast & furious

[Rick Norris]

It sounds to me like the only solution is to install a Porsche engine in all 
Corvairs.....YEE HAW!
Let'er rip!
The Lone Haranguer

>
> 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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric S. Eberhard <flash at vicsmba.com>
> To: jvhroberts at aol.com
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Sent: Thu, Dec 23, 2010 1:35 pm
> Subject: Re: <VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast?
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> 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
>>
>>-----Original Message----- 
>>From: moonpie8n at comcast.net
>>To: HallGrenn at aol.com
>>Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org; flash at vicsmba.com
>>Sent: Thu, Dec 23, 2010 11:53 am
>>Subject: Re: <VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast?
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>>
>>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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