<VV> Cooling Boosted Corvairs Re: You know your Turbo is working when...

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Of course, carrying around THAT much water has serious practicality issues. Clearly a Corvair engine can't run at max power indefinitely due to cooling limitations. So, you do all the usual stuff, clean out the fins, get rid of the lower shrouds, etc., and do the best you can. 

On the other hand, installing one of a number of water cooled flat 6s means the water isn't expended... <G>


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: FrankCB <frankcb at aol.com>
To: deltainc <deltainc at grm.net>; vv <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Fri, Jun 19, 2009 10:40 pm
Subject: <VV> Cooling Boosted Corvairs Re: You know your Turbo is working when...










Ken,
     Gee, I wonder how Tom Keosababian ever cooled his turbo Corvair that made 
157 mph at Bonneville using a 4 barrel carb with a BIG turbo (estimated at 350 
HP).  Then later he ran again at Bonneville with the Corvair engine and TWO 
turbos using propane fuel at 173 mph (probably over 450 HP).
     Obviously he figured out how to "convert" his air-cooled Corvair engine to 
"water cooling".  Too bad you gave up so soon!!<GGGG>
     Frank "water good for man and engine" Burkhard

In a message dated 06/19/09 13:53:14 Eastern Daylight Time, deltainc at grm.net 
writes:
I went all thru the 180 and put in all new good parts ... ( ching! $4000 
back in 88 )... then decided that if I finished hopping it up, I could never 
cool it anyway ....  short of the waterfall treatment ... so I quit there 
and bot/built some v8 vairs ...  they are very reliable and a Target SBO 
( small block Obama heh heh ) is about $4K cheaper than a rebuilt corvair 
engine.  sigh.  ya know, I do miss that whooshing sound, tho ... 

just some thoughts , ken campbell, iedoghway 
 _______________________________________________
This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all copyrights are the 
property
of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, mailto:vv-help at corvair.org
This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, http://www.corvair.org/
Post messages to: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
Change your options: http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs 
 _______________________________________________