<VV> Engine Cooling and Other Musings

[lonwall@corvairunderground.com]

On 5/21/2012 11:20 AM, Dave Keillor wrote:
> I guess I should have a vague sense of
> unease when driving one of the Corvairs.  And I do -- even though I've
> never had a breakdown in one of my Corvairs in the thousands of miles I've
> been driving them since 1967.  Maybe I do too much reading of posts in VV,
> FastVairs, and the various Corvair forums that discuss the numerous ways
> Corvairs can fail.

Do ya think?
>
> On the other hand, I don't have the same feeling of unease when
> road-tripping in the '73 Nova 350.  Maybe it's because the Nova people
> don't discuss failure modes nearly as much as the Corvair folks.

Do ya think?
>    Maybe
> that's because the SBC Nova is a more reliable vehicle, or maybe it's an
> illusion.
Maybe it is an illusion. I see no evidence to suggest that a Nova or any 
other water pumper is more reliable than a Corvair.

What I DO see is a "culture" of paranoia that has surrounded the Corvair 
and has gotten a lot worse over the past 10 years or so.

I blame -

The Internet - or possibly I should explain that the internet has made 
the efficient spread of the wrong-headedness possible.

I notice that it's mostly the newer owners who are afraid to drive their 
Corvairs.  Trying to tell them that they are worrying over nothing gets 
drowned out by replies from so-called new age Corvair experts, many of 
whom hardly even drive Corvairs.

Oh well. If you're afraid to drive your Corvair it's your loss.

Lon Wall
www.corvairunderground.com