[FC] Re;120 hp engine

[Merv Krull]

You folks are still laughing.... Canucks are paying around $5/gal which is 
about $4/USgal which is about $3.50 US/USgal.... or is that what you are 
paying for regular?
toodles
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris & Bill Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] Re;120 hp engine


>< <  the question I had was how can I wean my Greenbrier from 93% to 94 % 
>octain to just regular gas > >
>
> bolt on? try http://www.american-pi.com/safeguard/safeguard2.html
>
> or, rebuild it perhaps using octane cut pistons, reworked cylinder heads 
> (lower compression ratio), modified deck height, econo cam, etc.
>
> or,  bite the bullet -- buy premium -- look, at 20 cents a gallon more for 
> the high octane when gas is $3/gal, it is a lot less percentage wise than 
> when regular was 19¢/gal and premium was 27¢ ...
>
> it was a big deal when minimum wage was 90¢/hr and a regular fill up was 
> $3 and premium was $4, but now, is it a big deal when a fill up is going 
> to be $30 whether it is $30 or $32?
>
> < <  his respone was it is hard to change over a 140 or 160 hp to just reg 
> but a120 hp [does] not have the harden[ed] valves and it can run on reg 
> gas. -- bunk or is he right  > >
>
> doesn't know what he is saying -- what is a 120 hp Corvair? (or a 160, for 
> that matter) -- hardened valve seats have to do with tetra-ethyl lead in 
> the gas, which ain't there no more in unleaded pump gasoline,  and all 
> Corvairs have hardened valve seats -- valves are also specially heat 
> treated in normal automotive applications
>
> Yes, your guy is full of it, but on the other hand, it is harder to run a 
> higher compression engine on lower octane fuel, and those higher 
> horsepower engines have higher compression than the low horsepower, lower 
> compression motors.
>
> So quit whining and do something about it -- either buy the fuel or buy 
> the engine mods or crank the timing back to where it won't hardly run like 
> a corvair (and that has it's own set of problems).
>
> Now, whining about the high price of gas in conjunction with high oil 
> company profits, well that is probably all that we can do -- whine (and 
> next time they have Presidential elections, don't vote for an oil man) ...
>
> Bill Strickland
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