<VV> Great Time at the PW5

[Mel Francis]

I'd like to second the motion! I finally responded to Chuck's invitation and 
regret not making the previous workshops, but will from now on.

Being a Corvair performance enthusiast keeps you in a rarified atmosphere, 
for sure. Being able to meet others who are actively making Corvairs go 
fast, certainly makes it easier, to figure out the next modification that 
would really help. Plus, the Indianapolis, Gasoline Alley location lent an 
air of can-do reality to it all.

"Snowball" was a dual-turbo, LM conversion that simply got out of hand and 
'snowballed', hence the name. It had excellent construction, was beautifully 
detailed and presently is turning out around 210 rear-wheel horsepower, 
which means the engine must dyno by itself, at 240, or so. Its owner admits 
that it's a bear to drive, as the turbos kick in rather hard, but with 
further fuel-curve refinement, I'm sure he'll be able to dial-in more 
driveability.

I took a photo of his engine compartment and if anyone wants a copy of that 
photo, I can e-mail it to you.

The Indiana weather was great, around 70 on Saturday afternoon, then we 
headed back up to Wisconsin, where it snowed again on Sunday!

See you guys next year,  Mel Francis


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BBRT" <chsadek at comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:47 AM
Subject: <VV> Great Time at the PW5


> Smitty and I  had a great time at the Performance Workshop Five hosted in 
> in Indy by the Local Clubs, primarily by the Circle City Corvair Club.. We 
> left Fredericksburg, VA around 9 am on Thursday, arriving at the host 
> hotel around 9 pm.  Ran into the GoNed group and told non-car stories for 
> a couple of hours at an adjacent coffee shop (Bar). Went to the Indy 
> Raceway museum the next am, then visited a few shops on Gasoline Alley. 
> Helped set up the two large bays.  Gasoline Alley is a great street, with 
> many race teams and support facilities in the area. I could spend six 
> months talking with different folks and seeing what they do, if they would 
> let me.
>
> That night we all met for a very good dinner. Very interesting 
> discussions. Hotel was nice, clean and comfortable. Met several folks and 
> put faces on email addresses. Re-met several old acquaintenances and 
> friends.
>
> The next day we had our Tech sessions and tours after being greeted by 
> very nice hosts and big pots of coffee, fruits, donuts, etc. Lunch 
> included home made chili, sloppy joes, hot dogs, and other things to go 
> along with them plus iced bottle drinks and water.  The tech talks and 
> interactions were great. Several cars were present including a 
> twin-turbo'd late model "Snowball" with electric cooling fan....
>
> Our vendors included both LeVeques, Rick Loving, John Sweet, David 
> Clemens, Seth Emerson, and?   Frank Parker brought his very interesting FI 
> intake manifold and plenum and I brought a couple of fixtures from 
> BlueChipMachine - Russ Davis - for dowelling or set-screwing a crankshaft 
> gear and another for re-threading a crankshaft gear to 3/8-24. If I missed 
> anyone, pls. speak up. Really nice displays of disc brake kits, steering 
> wheels, distributors, NOS parts, gaskets, wheels, spoilers, heads, etc.
>
> Kevin brought very nice event T shirts.
>
> We dropped Tom Knoblauch off at the airport about 6:15 am and left for 
> home, arriving home in Virginia about 5 pm.
>
> If you missed it and couldn't drive a few hours, shame on you. Great time! 
> Great comaraderie, and interesting discussions. Really a good show.
>
> Chuck Sadek
> BBRT
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