<VV> Efficiency competition!
Sethracer at aol.com
Sethracer at aol.com
Tue Aug 16 18:17:28 EDT 2005
In a message dated 8/16/2005 12:05:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
dreamwoodck at yahoo.com writes:
So it costs $1k and you free labor and engineering to
convert. That's three years to pay back BEFORE you
save a penny.
You are better off installing an engine and delivery
system designed to run off your alternate fuel. Now
you have the same economic problem.
Chuck Kubin
All the "alternative lifestyle" fuels discussion is missing the point. The
reason to make the changes, whether Fuel Injection or Biomass or Electric, is
to "one-up" all your friends and show-off your mechanical/electronic talents.
Except for it's years of origin, the Corvair engine is a natural for an FI
conversion.(It is missing some of the nice areas for sensor mounting!) There
have been millions of similar sized motors built with FI since the end of
Corvair production. The parts are available, relatively cheap and along with the
knowledge, would make a great conversion. Mark Wrights car at Portland ran
like a champ (mostly because it was a champ!). The completely BOLT-ON Fuel
Injection system was complex because of the strictly bolt-on rules of SCCA Street
Prepared rules. But it pulled to high RPM and never faltered. If you can
weld and machine the heads, you could make a much simpler designed system. If
there is one thing that the three dollar a gallon gas will do for the Corvair
is convince someone to do a MPG Fuel Injection system, rather than a BHP
conversion (Horsepower). How about a feedback looped system with the stock exhaust
feeding a converter before a minimum muffler. Is anybody interested in a
competition for the Corvair with the lowest emissions AND the highest MPG. Some
body get me an algorithm to combine the two! It would have to be a street
legal Corvair Car with a Corvair motor. How about a Prize at the Detroit
Convention? That gives you plenty of time to design and build it! The car must enter
and finish the Econorun, the official score will be the MPG component and
then, afterwards, be tested on a Smog machine. (HC and CO only) at idle. I
think the Detroit club could probably find an emission station to test a few
cars! Any thoughts?
So, Is anybody interested? I'm sure Silicone Wire Systems could kick in the
first money into the prize coffers! - Seth Emerson
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