<VV> Highrise air cleaner and tire clearance

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/22/2006 7:21:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, pp2 at 6007.us  
writes:

Inna  word, the spare tire. I have a 185x80x13 (pretty close to the original  
7.00 x13) in the spare right now and there is less than an inch clearance  
between the rubber and the tube to the right carb. To use a 2" spacer I  
would need to raise the spare by at least an inch which means the spare  
would need to be supported differently.

Now with a smaller spare  (space savers were available for Firebirds) there 
would be no problem but  you are talking about a significant engineering 
effort when the general  had already decided to can the Corvair as soon as 
politically  possible.



So this will work easily on Air Conditioned Corvairs? Spares mounted in the  
trunk. And the 60% of the other Corvairs where the spare has been relegated to 
 the trunk anyway! (grin) 
 
Oh, and watch out when quoting the tires sizes and comparisons, the tire  
police are going to get you!!   I'll bet they are reading this RIGHT  NOW!  - Seth