<VV> Turbos / OverHeating

[djtcz at comcast.net]

Corvair sensitivity/vulnerability to boost versus time is not unique. Engine management-wise Operationally things are so different nowadays, in large part because so many decisions are made by a Hal 9000. Lots of functions can be easily be optimized and run retty close to the ragged edge. Several modern turbo cars allow several extra psi of boost for 10 or 20 seconds of fun, then cut it back to "normal." The first one I can recall was a buddy's mid 80s Chrysler Lebaron Turbo. 

Chevy may have underestimated how most would be driven by the typical owner, or maybe not. The expectation of that era was that a warning light or buzzer and a line or two in the owner's manual was sufficient to technically or ethically to keep drivers from hurting the engine or themselves. 
I think folks are even less likely to read the small print, thin papered, 50 percent disclaimer, un-Google-able tome that comes packed in the glove box these days.