<VV> Corsa dash in a Monza

James Davis hurricanehazel16 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 24 11:53:06 EDT 2018


Not quite - the 140 Corsa has a different carburetor balance tube with the
same threaded fitting as the Turbo engine Corsa.  Of course the 140 Monza
did not have this fitting on its balance tube.

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 10:42 AM, John Roberts via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> You can run a line to the vacuum port on one of the carb pads. It'll only
> swing negative, but it will work. That's how the 140s worked.
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> From: Arlette Pat & Carl Kelsen via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org
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> G’day everyone,
> I am currently finishing connecting the last few remaining electrical
> wires on our now lengthy ground restoration of our (converted to RHD) 1965
> Monza convertible. I am pleased to say that this restoration is making good
> progress and is likely to be finished within the next 6 months! But here’s
> my question.....
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> During the restoration / RHD conversion I added a Corsa instrument panel
> and I am now wondering, considering our ‘65 Corvair Monzas 110 hp engine is
> not Turbocharged, whether there is any point in connecting a Vaccum line to
> the Manifold Vaccum Pressure Gauge?
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> I am told that the gauge will simply read zero all the time. If this is
> case perhaps there is no point in running a vaccum line. However is there a
> reason to connect this gauge nevertheless?
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> Would appreciate any opinions on the above.
> Regards from ‘down under’ in Australia
> Carl L. Kelsen
> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
> 1965 ‘RHD” Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible
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