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

Fri Dec 24 07:05:54 EST 2010

 LOL! But not gonna go there. Not on Christmas Eve!!

John Roberts

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From: Rick Norris <ricknorris at suddenlink.net>
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Sent: Fri, Dec 24, 2010 6:44 am
Subject: Re: <VV> Spyder/Corsa turbo -- fast & furious

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 

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> 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! 
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> John Roberts 
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Eric S. Eberhard <flash at vicsmba.com> 
> To: jvhroberts at aol.com 
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> 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). 
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> 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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>>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? 
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>>Eric, 
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>>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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