<VV> SUBARU 5 speed.. "This was all brought about by our Corvair Landspeed racers"

[Matt Nall]

SNIPPED ... as the guy who recently brought up the 5-speed transaxle in a
Corvair, who was at the CORSA Convention in 1999 when the conversion broke
cover and then broke, how is the Corvair at Bonneville related, in either a
cause or effect way, to the 5-speed discussion?  

Seems to me to be a total disconnect with known history.  James P. Rice
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James, etal, As you state there has been interest in a 5th gear for over 20 years for less RPM at highway speeds.
A Corvair Lanspeed racer is limited to the "Short Course" at Bonneville.  IE: under 175 mph, so it's a 2 mile "drag race" More gears the merrier!  Dwight Klapper of PHX is running a single Turbo car and was the one to ask for ideas less costly than other transaxles that would "do the Job".  Me, "being the king of economical car building", already had the answer!  When challenged... I had to prove it.
Matt Nall


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