<VV> Tandem Vair WAS any known flat 8 - Not Much Vair - Off Topic - Et Cetera

[Ken Pepke]

Sure would increase the hill climbing power of an Ultra :-) ... and the Ultra has the engine bay!

Ken P
Wyandotte, MI
Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.

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> From: Tony Underwood <tony.underwood at cox.net>
> Date: March 9, 2012 7:31:06 AM EST
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> any known flat 8 - Not Much Vair - Off Topic - Et Cetera
> 

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> 
> I once pondered the notion of two Corvair engines grafted together to 
> make a 12 cylinder boxer.   If someone could do it with a pair of SBC 
> V-8s (and somebody did, don't ask me why) to make a V-16, I imagine 
> some intrepid machinist could likewise do something similar with a 
> couple of 'Vair engines.
> 
> ...not real sure what you could do with such an engine, but it would 
> be interesting.  Imagine the exhaust note.
> 
> 
> 
> tony..