<VV> Early vs. Late - issue of the superiority

[Dennis Pleau]

If it had an Nylon gear on an Aluminum hub it was after market.  The
originals were all Aluminum.  They do fail now and then.

dp

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From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Mark Durham
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 9:10 PM


I bought my 62 coupe with 44K miles on it in 1967 and it had burnt valves.
There was an issue with valves early on, so I did the heads in high school
shop (at age 17) replacing the valves and ringed it. It was 90K miles later
(at 134K total) where a broken cam gear (Nylon gear on aluminum hub) left me
stranded. I did a complete overhaul, but even then just honed the barrels,
ringed it and replaced pistons, did a valve job, cam, lifters, and bearings.
I sold it 90K later in 1974 and it still was running great.

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Mark Durham