<VV> Turbo Corvairs - etc.

[Sethracer at aol.com]

I  don't really have a problem with Turbocharged Corvairs. The original 
design was  pretty bulletproof. However, the years take a toll on the YH 
carburetor. It was  a 1940's design and didn't age well, especially due to 
unfamiliarity on the part  of most mechanics. If you have a YH Carter, you either 
become an expert on it,  or you find one to work on it for you. Honestly, the 
Rochester H series on the  standard Corvair is a very simple carburetor. 
After working on 8 or 10 of them,  you learn what to do and when to do it. 
Turbos on most cars, really didn't come  into their own until EFI, and 
Computers in general, came into common use. The  Carter YH carburetor isn't just a 
Carburetor on turbo Corvairs, it is also  a boost limiting device! GM 
warrantees at the time, 2 years and 24K miles, as I  recall, had to cover repair of 
those cars. How fast could you blow up a Corvair  without some type of 
boost control?  
-  Seth Emerson
 
 
In a message dated 9/27/2013 3:07:06 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
corvairgrymm at gmail.com writes:

That's  not too far off from what I had thought about saying.  I think  that
most people will enjoy the N/A cars more than the turbo's and have  less to
worry about.  On the other hand if you want a turbo buy one,  as long as you
are aware of the performance characteristics and increased  propensity to
overheat.

Ray R.


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at  4:10 PM, Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com> 
wrote:

> I've  not had one, but that sure sounds like an overstatement.   However,
> they need to be really right to be fun to drive so everything  I've heard
> suggests that most owners new to Corvairs are best off with  a 2 carb
> variety.  Just like in the '60s.
>
>  --Bryan
>
> On Sep 27, 2013, at 10:50 AM, wrsssatty at aol.com  wrote:
>
> > <Many owners suggested I avoid buying a turbo.  (The Corvair was one of
> the first  mainstream production cars to  offer a blower.) As one put it,
> “That thing will  run great once,  and then you spend the entire summer
> trying to get it to run   like that again.” >
> >
> > I've never owned a  turbo.  What's the general consensus out there?  Was
> the  advice given the author of the article correct?
>
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