<VV> [fastvair] Re: Reverse Rotation Cooling

Mon May 21 20:17:09 EDT 2012

Mark - of course I understand what you're saying. I've dealt with 
performance people for most of my 38 years in business. That's not the 
issue here.  The implication (and fastvairs) was made on Virtual Vairs 
that the stock Corvair cooling fan was insufficient at keeping a Corvair 
cool.

I thought it should be pointed out for the benefit of "regular" Corvair 
people that that wasn't exactly true. That's why I asked for more 
information.
Right now there's a lot of talk on VV about Corvairs not being reliable 
which is a situation that I think has been artificially stoked by a lot 
of people repeating old and new bs about the cars.

Now we come to the point where we apparently have to worry about the 
cooling fan.

You know as well as I do that any significant improvements in cooling  
(re the fan) have been painfully slow on the performance end. But 
cooling improvements because of cleaned fins and attention to the 
cooling done by the oil (1/3 of all Corvair cooling) as made better 
progress.

Yup - if you're racing, cooling is a problem. So is horsepower, 
reliability and money.

Lon
www.corvairunderground.com

On 5/21/2012 4:19 PM, mark at noakes.com wrote:
>
> John,
>
> Let it go and keep this on FastVair. The Stockers will never get our 
> perspective any more than we can get theirs. As I've said before, this 
> is an alternate universe.
>
> After running my 66 as modified for 10 years and enjoying it 
> immensely, I put it back to stock for some unknown reason and then 
> totally lost interest in the car. Fortunately I kept it, and it will 
> now go back more radical that it was before so that I can actually 
> enjoy it again.
>
> I also run a modified Corvette...stock is too boring (before Seth 
> pipes up, C6 vettes don't count; they come from the factory more 
> modified than most custom mods).
>
> And no I don't want to just go buy something faster; what's the fun in 
> that? It isn't really yours unless you've built it.
>
> The only two vehicles I plan to keep stock...73 Lotus Europa JPS#168 
> (only 200 made and only 20 accounted for...so far) and 58 GMC NAPCO 
> 4wd pickup...about as rare as the JPS (but no where near as fast). 
> Well, ok there is another...my wife's 2010 Wrangler Unlimited, but I 
> haven't gotten around to it yet. Currently swapping engine/trans in 
> her other Jeep, a 97 Wrangler, and no it's not stock either. I 
> couldn't even keep my 61 Lakewood stock.
>
> Just a novice...only 40 years and 300Kmiles experience driving 
> Corvairs...commuting, long distance travel (ranging from -40F to 110F 
> ambient), trailer towing, and autocross/Solo2.
>
> By the way, I have never dropped a valve seat, but my brother bought 
> his 65 Corsa with a dropped seat so I've seen them. It was stock. He 
> modified it and never dropped another seat, though he did have a 
> problem breaking differential parts.
>
> Back to lurking on VV and participating on FastVair...
>
> Mark N
>
> On 5/21/12 5:59 PM, JVHRoberts at aol.com wrote:
>
>> It is considered utterly normal operation for most cars. I can drive 
>> a 911 like this, why not a Corvair? I can drive a VW Beetle like 
>> this, why not a Corvair? I can drive a (insert just about any other 
>> car here) like this, why not a Corvair?
>>
>> John Roberts
>>
>>
>>
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