<VV> Smittys Carb/ Crank Gear

[Frank DuVal]

Congratulations!

This is a case where theory was trumped by experience.  Experience is a 
great thing, and why VV is invaluable as a whole.

Glad eveything worked out in the end.

Frank DuVal

Smitty Smith wrote:

>Smitty says:  OK guys, are you ready for this ?
>  Tore down the low life engine that would only run on one carb after I discovered that it had a 4° retard crank gear in it.  Did I expect that changing the gear would fix anything ?  No.  I just didn't want the darn thing in there.  Did I hope it would make a difference?  Heck yes.  After all I had taken advice from the masters.  I had taken advice from the knowledgible, and I had taken advice from the idiots.  I tried everything offered and none of it had the slightest effect.  One thing I did notice as I was having my problem, the masters were strangely silent.  A couple reminded me that I was an idiot for not realizing that the Corvair engine is the same on both sides, mechanically and electrically.  Fuel wise,  if one side runs, the other side will too.
>  Right in the middle of it, Craig Nicol comes along and says, he had an engine that ran that way once and its problem was that the cam was a tooth off.  Isn't that dumb?  We all know better than that.  gggg  The engine is the same on both sides, Right?  The cam, crank, and valve trains are symmetrical so we know if we take the running carb off one side and put it on the other side then that side will run too. Right?
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>  I took the engine out of the car.  I broke the engine down to the smallest part except for the heads.  Left them in one piece.  Pulled the crank out and changed the gear.  Put all the pieces back where they came from.  Set the valves cold (like you are supposed to).  Put the engine back in the car.  Set the timing and filled the carb bowls.  Hit the starter and it was running  ON BOTH CARBS.  Made a quarter turn adjustment on the mixture on one side for balance.  Runs good, sounds good.
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>  You can all second guess me till your tongues fall off but I did not make any changes to the engine other than changing the crank gear.  I am not talking on this subject any more.  I got tired of it long ago and I got tired of woking on the engine long ago.  Thanks Craig.
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