<VV> Corvair and OBD, EFI, etc

[Tom Berg]

Face it: Our Corvair engines simply don't burn very cleanly. Maybe 10 years ago 
in southern California a woman pulled up next to me on a freeway offramp and 
yelled, "P-U! That thing stinks! Get it fixed!" (She was driving an early Chevy 
Avalanche with all the plastic cladding, and I could've accused her of visual 
pollution, but let it go.)

I did not take offense, and instead took it to heart. The carbs needed 
rebuilding and I eventually got 'em done. Later, a guy here in Ohio who knows 
Corvairs rebuilt 'em again. I can't follow myself so don't know if the fumes 
are fewer, but it runs better so I'm hoping it is cleaner.

Even so, there's a limit to how much an old engine can be tuned for clean 
burning. And remember, inability to get the air-cooled engine to meet government 
emissions limits is one reason GM gave for cancelling the Corvair. 


--Tom in Ohio


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From: J R Read_HML <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: Charles Lee <Chaz at ProperProper.com>; virtualvairs at corvair.org; Matt Nall 
<patiomatt at aol.com>
Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 2:13:51 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair and OBD, EFI, etc

Charlie,

So can we all - and (to me) it's a good "smell" - odor actually.

CCE participated in a particular parade in an unnamed local burb of Chicago 
until 3 or 4 years ago.  We usually had a dozen of more cars and were near 
the start of the parade celebrating the start of the school year.

We quit that parade after a complaint from a (lone SFAIK) parent about the 
"smell" and the "unsafe" hydrocarbons.  They wanted to put us in the very 
LAST position (after the street sweepers picked up the horse manure?). 
Despite our defense that the cars were all using modern (unleaded) fuel, the 
complaint continued.

We went elsewhere for our parade with no complaints since.  Oh, now we get 
paid (club treasury) for being there!

Later, JR

CCE CORSA CORVANANTICS SCG member
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
"Keep the Love Alive"

>
> However, I can smell a classic car a half-mile away from its fumes ! 
> That's
> the only drawback, and we are exempt until someone gets in a bad mood 
> about
> classic cars !
>
> Charlie
>

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