<VV> Rebulding Retard?

[Duane, Jim (US SSA)]

Hi Lou.

Nope.  Easy one day job!  As easy as replacing the unit that comes on
the distributor Got one, works as advertised.  

Jim Duane
'66 Corsa 180 CVT  (One sold for over 10K, eh?  Did it REALLY sell?)
Colonial Corvairs
CORSA  

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Louis DeRobertis
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:03 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Rebulding Retard?

How difficult is it to do this?  I've always thought about doing it -
but I
get nervous when I think I read something about drilling into the
carb....

Is this a one day project?

Regards,

Lou


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> Message: 11
> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:58:53 EST
> From: FrankCB at aol.com
> Subject: Rebuilding Retard? Re: <VV> Communique back issue 7/84
> To: corsa at defiancestudios.com, westerncanadacorsa at shaw.ca
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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>  
> Mike,
>     By the time you pay for the cost of rebuilding your  stock retard
unit,
> why not just replace it with a Dale vacuum advance/pressure  retard
unit?  One
> reason the turbo Corvairs are sluggish in normal street  driving and
give such
> poor gas mileage is the lack of vacuum advance.  They  are the ONLY
Corvairs
> that lack vacuum advance!  If you install vacuum  advance on your
distributor,
> and make provision for pressure retard as  well, you'll get a Corvair
that
> performs more like UN-turboed Corvair before the  boost comes up and
still can
> function well when it's boosted.  See further  details on how to do
this in
> the 
> Turbocharging chapter in the Corvair Basics  Manual.  When I did this
on my
> 180 that was being driven daily to work, not  only did the part
throttle
> acceleration and throttle response both improve, but  also the gas
mileage
> went up 
> by over 20%.  Talk about having your cake and  eating it too!
>     Frank "try it you'll like it" Burkhard
>  
>  
> In a message dated 2/20/2007 1:15:14 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> corsa at defiancestudios.com writes:
> 
> D'oh!
> 
> Well, I found a used one in good condition, and I can send  my old one
to Dale
> Mfg to rebuild over the summer so I have a spare.   If I didn't find
this used
> one, I would have been stuck until summer.   A good reason to find out
how
> difficult it would be to rebuild  myself.
> 
> 
> Mike
> Vegas Vairs - CORSA 891
> 65 Corsa  Turbo
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Western Canada CORSA  <westerncanadacorsa at shaw.ca>:
> 
>> Mike,
>> 
>> I  pulled my copy out, I was going to scan the tip and email it to
you.
>>  However, it's just a single paragraph advising people not to throw
broken
>> units out, that they can be rebuilt, it doesn't say HOW it can  be
rebuilt.
>> The tip was written by David Langsather, guess where you  go next?<g>
>> 
>> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
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