<VV> Help for Vapor Lock

Ron ronh at owt.com
Fri Jun 10 12:28:43 EDT 2005


Cost less and work better!
RonH

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Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 1:09 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Help for Vapor Lock


> I always figured one reason that the General only used mechanical pumps on 
> Corvairs was the same
> reason he did many things...
>
> They cost less...   NAHHHH, not a chance.
>
> Tim ABney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Wildman <k-wildman at onu.edu>
> To: Bill Elliott <Corvair at fnader.com>; Tim Verthein 
> <minoxphotographer at yahoo.com>; virtualvairs at corvair.org 
> <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 22:38:13 -0400
> Subject: Re: <VV> Help for Vapor Lock
>
>
> At 06:02 PM 6/8/2005, Bill Elliott wrote:
>>I wasn't going to post on this subject, but you've pretty much thrown down 
>> >the gauntlet. (VBG)
>>
>>
>>
>>Note that I'm NOT saying that a well-designed and well-installed electric 
>> >pump is a BAD idea on a Corvair... quite the opposite (though all of my 
>>street
>>Corvairs run mechanical pumps). What I AM saying is that mechanical pumps 
>> >AND electric pumps both have their inherent disadvantages and you ignore
>>those at your own risk.
>>
>>Bill
>
> You mean like the very real possibility of diluting your crankcase oil 
> with gas when one of those extra-fine modern diaphragms leak in a 
> mechanical pump? :)
>
> Ken
>
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