[V8Vairs] Daily Driver V8VAIRS
Ryan Counterman
VairKing at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 23 21:26:45 EDT 2005
Anybody drive their V8VAIR daily? Due to a recent explosion of the transmission of my suburban, I have been relying on my '65 Corsa Kelmark to get me back and forth to work every day(120 miles round trip) Ive been doing this for a month or so, and so far so good. Been doing little mods to it to try to get the most mpg's out of it, and its getting around 17-18 on the highway at 75 mph or so. Stepped the jets down and knocked the timing back a bit, Ive got it running good on good ole 87 octane gas. Just put a 190 degree t-stat in it tonight, hopefully bumping it up from the 160 degree I had in there before will help economy even more, will know in a few days! All in the sudden the 20 gallon fuel cell isn't big enough! If only I could get my highway revs from 3000 rpm @ 70 down to 2000 or so I would think mileage would be great...Maybe when I install that 6 speed...Just glad Ive got 3.27s for now. Happy V8VAIRing!
Ryan Counterman, Board Member, WMCC
VairKing at hotmail.com
'65 Corsa Coupe V8 Kelmark; '65 Monza Convert 110/4sp
http://webpages.charter.net/vairking/
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