<VV> Tune> 1964 personality.

[BBRT]

Our older cars and their temperaments can be intimidating to many. I 
encourage everyone to learn the simplest tasks that keep the car running 
well. A little practice and patience, esp. with an more experienced 
mechanic, will really instill confidence and the realization that  it 
"ain't"  that hard.

Two things that some overlook: First, buy quality tune up parts (and other 
parts too). It is hard and discouraging when we work our butts off and 
something isn't functioning properly.  Second, Things get old and fail. Make 
sure ALL of the pertinent parts are good.. For example, solving an ignition 
problem with lousy plug wires or weak coil, bad contacts, etc. really makes 
it hard. Similary, carb adjustment. Going thru and getting everything 
adjusted as close to specs as possible allows you to tune the engine up 
knowing you started close.

Older cars that are well-maintained will start right up and run smoothly.

Chuck S


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MarK Durham via VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
.> Matt's right, that computer adjusts to current conditions so it behaves 
the
> same no matter what the conditions.
> But on the Corvair, it's your brain that must make those calculations and
> adjust your behavior to get the car to act similar.
> You decide how much gas to give it, when to give the gas, and when its 
> warm
> enough to drive. Even then, due to fixed orfices in the carbs and a fixed
> setting at the distributor, what you do will usually be too little or too
> much gas for the conditions resulting in a no start until you pump it 
> more,
> where then it will likely have to much. Plus, any given choke setting is
> also an approximation. Yes, it works at different temps, but not as well 
> as
> the computer does it.
> But then, that's part of the fun of the drive. Its you working with the
> machine. I love it!
>
> Mark Durham