<VV> Corvair Fuel Mileage

[Dennis Pleau]

If you like to shift, there is no other Corvair engine more fun to drive
than a 102.  It's very peaky.  Keep it in the right gear with a fairly high
rpm and it's a lot of fun.  It's not going to win any races against a 110.
140 or any turbo, but it's a lot of fun to drive.

dp

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Tom Berg
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 8:06 PM
To: Mark Durham; Greg Shaw
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair Fuel Mileage

A '62 102 is a peaky engine. I bought one new and soon learned that to pass 
anything on a 2-lane highway I had to drop to 3rd gear and really stomp on
it. 


My wife and I now have a '64 110 which is a much easier engine to drive. I
leave 
it in 4th and loaf by. Part of that is its bigger displacement, but there's
also 
a difference in camshafts. I have a Spyder dash in the Monza and by the tach
I 
know that the engine is happy down to 2,000, and less if the car's headed 
downhill. It does spin at 2,800 to 3,100 at today's highway speeds, though. 


--Tom in Ohio