<VV> 140 engine codes

[Les Honke]

Roy, to the best of my knowledge, the incorrect block might affect your 
CLASSIFICATION, not your POINTS (in a CORSA concours). That is, the 
wrong block might keep you out of Factory Stock but it wouldn't affect 
your score in whatever class you end up.

Do any concours guys have a definitive answer?

I DID chase down a 140 RB block for my '65 Corsa resto; but that was 
really just because I wanted it. Couldn't find the matching engine # 
though - as a Canadian car, the record is available for the original 
engine #.

Les

On 11/26/2011 1:02 AM, virtualvairs-request at corvair.org wrote:
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> In my opinion, a block is a block. The letter codes to me mean only one thing, they are important for the guys doing correct cars.
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> A guy building a Turbo Corsa wants a turbo block to keep the judges happy. A non-turbo block in a Turbo Corsa may cost him points in a concourse.
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> If you deal with the aviation guys, at one time, they wanted ONLY?certain blocks and I forget if they liked the manual shift or PG block. I have lost sales because I had the wrong block. The feeling was one block was stressed less than the other simply based on transmission type. I don't know what their current thinking is on engine blocks.
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> Roy in Bayville 08721