RE <VV> Rebuild II

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

True, but other than that, it's a matter of stacking them up. Heck, some of  
us are using VW 4 barrels in a Corvair 6!
 
In a message dated 11/14/2005 10:54:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
whubbell at cox.net writes:

Actually  the difference between 4 and 6 matters a great deal when designing 
an air  cooled engine.  As I recall, at the time of Corvair development,  
finding the best way to exhaust that middle cylinder without adding  cooling 
problems to the engine was one of their major  concerns.

Bill Hubbell
----- Original Message ----- 
From:  <JVHRoberts at aol.com>


>
> Well, 4 vs 6 hardly matters  on an air cooled, since they are basically
> designed as individual  cylinders, and even the heads might as well be 
> individual.
>