<VV> LM turbos and no lower shrouds

[Eric S. Eberhard]

They are ... and if you want, you can get a 550 hp Mustang or over 
600 hp Corvette off the floor -- and we use a much more conservative 
measure of HP than in the Corvair days.  Of course, trying to repair 
it yourself is amazing too -- good thing they don't need much.  But I 
seriously doubt 50 year old 2011 Mustangs will be as common as 50 
year old Corvairs ... once the electronics go, how do you keep it on 
the road?  E

At 06:12 PM 10/24/2011, you wrote:
>I think just about everything out there engine-wise is pretty 
>amazing.  Ellie bought a new F-150 a couple years ago to replace her 
>'97.  Same size engine (4.6), but it has another 100 HP *and* it 
>gets about 3 MPG better.  Wow!  The new direct injection stuff is 
>incredible - about 3.6 liters and 300 HP.  Were I to buy a Mustang 
>of Camaro, I'd get a V-6 that had more HP and TQ than the V-8s just 
>a few years back and they get 30 on the highway.
>
>--Bryan
>
>On Oct 24, 2011, at 9:05 PM, Eric S. Eberhard wrote:
>
> > I am pretty sure mine would be in the 13s or 14s.  If I was 
> willing to abuse a work truck with 120k miles and no history of 
> repairs (e.g. original transmission I don't want to shred).  It 
> really is a good truck.  The new ones (all big 3) are amazing. E
> >
> > At 05:34 PM 10/24/2011, Bryan Blackwell wrote:
> >> Thus the smiley - you did say "no Corvair".
> >>
> >> --Bryan
> >>
> >> On Oct 24, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Eric S. Eberhard wrote:
> >>
> >> > If anyone has a 9 second STREETABLE Corvair I would be very 
> surprised.  Even Yenkos at the highest level EITHER had OK 
> acceleration or OK top speed (read Yenko specs carefully and you 
> will see they list 0-60 with one rear-end ratio, and top speed with 
> another).  I always found it a pain in a race to change my gear 
> ratio under WOT!  There are drag racing diesel trucks that are a 
> LOT faster than mine, mine is only a medium build that allowed me 
> to not open the engine ... just breathing and computers and cooling.  E
> >> >
> >> > At 05:18 PM 10/24/2011, Bryan Blackwell wrote:
> >> >> You have a 9 second pickup truck?
> >> >>
> >> >> ;-)
> >> >>
> >> >> --Bryan
> >> >>
> >> >> On Oct 24, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Eric S. Eberhard wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > I bet it is fun with that SU -- the
> >> >> > problem is that no Corvair built will out accelerate my pickup truck,
> >> >> > so I am not sure the point ;-) E
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Eric S. Eberhard
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> > Eric S. Eberhard
> > (928) 567-3727          Voice
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Eric S. Eberhard
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