<VV> Hemmings Disses Corvair!!!!

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Could the belt arrangement have been simpler? In short no - not if the 
engineers were to accomplish what had to be done at the time. So is the 
system problematic? Not really, otherwise how do you explain the 
billions of trouble free miles these vehicles have been driven? They do 
not require special belts etc etc etc.  You simply have to have an 
actual Corvair fan belt (many brands will work), make sure the pulleys 
are the correct diameter and not bent and not tighten the belt too 
tight. Yes we sell tension kits, but they are mostly used in dunebuggies 
and racecars where extreme things happen to thebelts.

Do you suppose the same writer makes a snotty comment about how 
ridiculous it is to change the spark plugs in a 1964 Mustang when one 
sells at auction? I doubt it.                Lon


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Tim S wrote:

>Not to start a flame war or anything but I've never
>been thrilled with the fan belt arrangement on the
>Corvair.  I'm sure most will agree that it is marginal
>at best.  I know, if you buy this special belt and
>tighten it to that special procedure, and pray to the
>corvair gods, it works.  But having said that, we all
>have spare belts stashed somewhere on the vehicle.  I
>don't have a spare belt stashed in any of my other
>vehicles.  I'm no stranger to crazy fan belts either. 
>If anyone ever saw the belt arrangement on a Vixen
>motorhome circa 1986 they would make the same
>statement that the Hemmings guy made.  And I designed
>that one!
>
>Tim Spry
>Rochester Hills, MI
>65 Corsa Coupe
>
>--- Wrsssatty@aol.com wrote:
>
>"The Auction at 
>  
>
>>Hershey," reports on a 1964 Corvair convertible with
>>the comment; "But how come 
>>Chevy engineers never did anyting with that goofy
>>fan belt arrangement?"  
>>Bill Stanley
>>    
>>
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