<VV> 140 engine codes

[mark at noakes.com]

Bryan et. al.,

Thanks for the suggestion. Obvious on second thought, but I hadn't 
thought about it in that way to this point. We certainly flogged our 
stuff back in the day. In those days we were all running modified 140s 
or 110s...even my Lakewood had a modified 102hp in it (and never had 
trouble like what the list indicates out of it at all).

We mostly only saved the high performance stuff over the years...about a 
dozen engines, mostly 140s, a couple of turbos, and a few 110s...too 
many transaxles and heads to count in short order but didn't see any 
powerglide/low hp stuff. Seems strange to go buy from someone else when 
we have so much in hand.

Hmmm...will have to think about that one. And I'll have to go back and 
sort through in more detail to see what my options are.

Thanks,

Mark N

On 11/25/11 6:28 PM, Bryan Blackwell wrote:
> You might consider using a 95 or 100 PG case instead.  A 140 manual case (either flavor) will have more wear on the cam journals due to bigger valves and more 'enthusiastic' driving.
>
> --Bryan
>
> On Nov 25, 2011, at 5:49 PM, mark at noakes.com wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the feedback.
>>
>> Over Thanksgiving I was perusing the family stash of Corvair parts in
>> the old shop (good dry storage space) thinking about what would make the
>> best "new" engine for my 66. Both codes came up as possibles.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark N
>>
>>