<VV> 2000 rpm at 70 mph?Re: VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 36, Issue 10

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Gene,
    Wow!!  What SIZE tires do you have on the  rear of your Corvair to get 
only 2000 rpm at 70 mph?  My TransSport Minivan  has 15 inch tires and only gets 
67 mph at 2000 rpm.  And that's with a very  low numerical overall gear ratio 
- something like 2.2 due to the overdrive  4th gear on the A/T with 3.1 in 
the axle.  Even if you have a 3.27 gear you  must have TALL tires to keep your 
rpm so low.  Most LM Corvairs with stock  size tires do about 3500 rpm at 70 
mph.
    That would certainly explain your good gas  mileage.
    Frank "enviously" Burkhard
 
In a message dated 1/5/2008 6:57:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
GGross7853 at aol.com writes:

I have a  65 2dr ht,95hp,3sp that I bought new. I installed a sun teck  where 
 
the blank clock was and I put 15 inch tires on the back (no rub). I  like  
the 
looks of the 15: on the back and the 13" on the front. I  can cruse 70 miles  
ph at about 2000 rpm's. I get vary good gas  mileage. I have been running it 
this  way for about 15 years. No over  heating problems.
Gene Gross
Columbus,Ga. 







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