<VV> Corvair Fuel Mileage

[Dennis Pleau]

My favorite cars to drive were my two 63 102/4cars with a 3.27:1 diff.  Not
the fastest Corvairs I've ever owned, but on a twisty uphill climb, shifting
up and down to keep them in their power band was a lot of fun.  I also won a
few econoruns keeping my foot out of it.  The 3.27:1 probably had a lot to
do with that.

dp

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Mark Durham
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 6:59 PM
To: Greg Shaw
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair Fuel Mileage

Greg, to get the modern engines to have torque at lower RPM's they use
different camshafts and different timing curves than what we have for
the Corvair engine.  And, Matt is right, the engine behaves much nicer
above 2500 rpm's. My 62 102 loves to cruise down the road at 2800 rpm
and 60 mph. Mark Durham