<VV> smog pump cars, build verification

[Bryan Blackwell]

The Corsa engine would have the fitting on the crossover for the vacuum gauge, so RT is correct for Corsa 140s, and RQ for Monza/500s

--Bryan

On Apr 29, 2013, at 8:56 PM, sethracer at aol.com wrote:

> Just a further note - The 1969 Chevy parts book, on page 7, states the 66  
> engine codes as "Special High Performance " (140) with Air Cond as RZ and  
> "Special High Performance with A.I.R. as RQ - So a car built for California 
> with  the Air Injection Reactor should have an RQ Engine suffix. I just 
> confirmed it  in Tony Fiore's book, The Corvair Decade. It was updated in 1980 by 
> Bob Helt.  The RT Suffix is listed as AIR (meaning Smog equipment) in the 
> parts book. BUT  - Tony says an RT is a Corsa only 140 with A.I.R. - So 
> either an RQ or an  RT is correct for your car, it seems, and if so designated, 
> it originally came  with a smog pump and the other California items. The RQ 
> might have been a Monza  or 500. - Seth Emerson