<VV> Stock performance

[Marc Sheridan]

Since I posted what I found in my old Hot Rod magazines, someone asked 
me off list what the IECO Dyno Pak was and why they used Bill Thomas 
heads instead of 65-66 140 heads. That forced me to reread the series of 
articles that got me interested in Corvairs in the first place. Thanks 
for taking me down memory lane :o).

After the reread, I did find a speed to go with the 17.6 second quarter 
mile run. It was 80.6 mph for a stock '68 140 in with a four speed.

The IECO Dyno Pak consisted of normal tune up parts, such as plugs, 
points and Packard 440 wires. Besides that, there were rebuild kits for 
the carbs that included larger main jets and modified accelerator pump 
actuating rods. Also included were four individual chrome air cleaners.

As for the heads, they didn't really say, but my guess is the heads were 
either replaced by pre smog heads or they desmogged the heads they had. 
Political correctness probably kept them from saying what they really 
did :o).

Marc Sheridan


> The July '68 Hot Rod, in the "Poor Man's Porsche" series, lists a 
> stock 140 at 17.6 seconds in the quarter mile. They gave no speed. At 
> the end of the three series of articles, they boasted quarter mile 
> time as 14.9 seconds with a single four barrel, Thomas heads, IECO 
> Dyno Pak and exhaust.
>
> Marc Sheridan
>
> AeroNed@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have an old Road and Track or similar mag that would have 
>> the  performance numbers for a stock Corvair with a 140? I'm looking 
>> for 0-60 and 1/4 mile times and speed at end of the quarter mile.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ned