<VV> Update to: numerous problems- help needed

[dongerick1@juno.com]

The fuel economy depends on your type of driving.  I drove one for 2
years from WI to TN and averaged 28 mpg per trip.  This included a few
traffic light drags in Terra Haute IN each trip.  My car was fairly
heavily loaded on these trips.  Sometimes 4 extra wheels and tires in the
back seat and tools and spare parts in the trunk as well as my clothes.
Yours may not be tuned up right.
DonE

On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 22:20:19 -0400 "N. Joseph Potts" <pottsf@msn.com>
writes:
> The 140hp engine is NOT the engine of an economy car. It is the 
> engine of a
> PERFORMANCE car. In stop-and-go (mostly stop) driving on utterly 
> flat
> terrain and torrid weather, I get 12 to 14 miles per gallon. You 
> want fuel
> economy? Change out your engine to a 95hp and your differential to a 
> 3.27
> ratio (mine's a 3.55, like all Corsas as they come from the 
> factory).
> 
> Joe Potts
> Miami, Florida USA
> 1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of Russ Moorhouse
> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:48 PM
> To: VV
> Subject: <VV> Update to: numerous problems- help needed
> 
> 
> Thanks to all who offered suggestions concerning my idle problem  
> Let me
> bring you up to date on this problem:  Today I went through the 
> linkage
> setup again, following the instructions in the Corvair Basics book.  
> I did
> find that the right primary linkage needed to be bent a little more 
> to get
> the throttle to completely close.  Also following Seth's advice I
> disconnected and blocked the vacuum advance and set the idle, which 
> I did
> get down to around 800 rpm.  However, once I attached the vacuum 
> line back
> to the vacuum advance, the rpm's climbed back up to 1100+ rpm.
> 
> I can now put my hand on the right hand primary and the engine will 
> stumble,
> where before it would just keep running, so adjusting the linkage on 
> that
> throttle made a difference and probably fixed one problem.  The 
> secondary on
> both sides are still drawing a lot of vacuum through them.  I may 
> take them
> off and see if the throttle plates are not seating correctly.
> 
> The mid-range surging that I had before also seems to have cleared 
> up, but
> my fuel pump was dripping fuel out around one of it's gaskets.  
> tightening
> down the screws on the top, seems to have fixed it for another day
> 
> The car seems to go through gas rather quickly for an economy car.  
> What to
> others usually get on their 140 HP's?
> 
> Russ Moorhouse
> '65 Corsa coupe 140 HP
> Group Corvair Member
> Kent Island, MD
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