<VV> spark plugs / W8AC

[henry kaczmarek]

Folks
Bosch does use a 74 number on the box, but the W8AC is on the box too. And 
At Twilight Zone, you have to hope the rock behind the counter has the 
faintest inkling of what's going on to get them for you.

While the EUM sat up at the shop, while getting all the window channel rust 
repair done,
it was started, driven out of the shop during the day, then started and 
driven back in at night. This was done 6 days a week for about 6 weeks (we 
only could work on it on saturdays, but wanted to keep it inside so rain 
wouldn't get in the car while the glass was out.)  This resulted in about 
100 cold starts, and the car would only run for about 60 seconds each time, 
if that long.   When the glass was installed, almost a 1/2 tank of gas had 
been run out/ and-or evaporated out of the car, 60 seconds at a time. 
Engine wouldn't idle worth crap. Plugs had never gotten really warm, and had 
gas and carbon fouled.

Sure, I could have probably cleaned them up and used them again, but for 
7.00 even I had a new set in the engine, and all's well.  There's a VW in 
the shop right now (a Karmann) so I left the old ones there, they're using 
them (four of them anyway)
to keep moisture etc out of the engine while it sits on a shelf.

Hopefully that doesn't upset anyone---they're 98 cent plugs, not a NOS set 
of 44FF's.
Besides, it is MY car, and that's what I wanted to do. Anybody don't like 
that can BITE ME.

BTW, once I got the car back home, I topped the engine to 1/2 full with 93 
octane, then filled to full with 110LL I bought, and drove it to work and 
back every day last week ( total miles, about 250) and it runs like a champ. 
(the resulting mix is 101 octane, like you could buy for 30cents a gallon in 
1965.)
The nameless person at the nameless airport where I got it asked me if it 
was for a race car, and I told him it was for a Corvair. He said "well, 
that's an aircraft engine anyway"--
sounds like he knows something.

 The Camaro seats are quite comfortable,  and with some JC witless seat 
covers on them, almost look like a racing seat from a distance.

Dropped over to see my friend Bruce Hewitt on Corvair LN  (yes, there is a 
Corvair LN in Lincoln County, helps to be a member of the county Republican 
Club). He agrees that the car is shaping up nicely.  Saving now for paint 
and body, looking to aquire stereo gear soon.

Hank
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <UltraMonzaWest at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> spark plugs / W8AC


> In a message dated 7/3/2005 12:12:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> kaczmarek at charter.net writes:
>
>> I just put a set in the EUM---At Twilight zone, 98 cents each, same 
>> number.
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> Aren't they BOXED by a different number?  I remember something like 
> 7403???
> They're the same plug for an Aircooled Volkswagen!  1/2"  reach...but I 
> never
> seem to have to change plugs in less than 30k miles....gggg hard to 
> remember!
>
> SO...why a set of plugs so soon in the EUM?
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