<VV> Venolia Pistons

[Sethracer at aol.com]

It would be interesting to see pistons that, by themselves, could convert  
ANY Corvair cylinder head to a 12.5 to 1 compression. I have seen heads with 
a  ton of welding and shaping that, even with worked-over pop-up pistons 
barely  reached a real 11 or 11.5 to 1. Brian - It's time to looking for 6 new 
 cylinders! If you find six new cylinder kits with factory pop-up pistons - 
for  the smog engines, toss the stock pistons and go have fun. Be sure to 
check for  intrusion into the combustion chamber and valve clearance.
 
Seth Emerson
 
 
In a message dated 11/8/2010 7:26:18 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
bmoneill at juno.com writes:

I just  got my hands on a set of unused Venolia pop-up pistons wrapped in 
1972  newspaper!  The inside inof on the box listed them as standard bore 
annd  12.5 CR.  Anybody have any experience or info on thes.  Obviously  not 
for a street engine.