<VV> Jay Leno and the Yenko Stinger

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi folks,

Understand that a Yenko Stinger and a Corvair are two different things from an SCCA perspective.  Yenko actually was the manufacturer and did the homologation for SCCA racing, not Chevy.  So no, the turbo wasn't legal because that's not the way Yenko built it.

Which leads to - why not the turbo?  In short, longevity and development.  A Corvair turbo engine will overheat if run for an extended period, Chevrolet engineers knew this but reasoned the driver would run out of road first.  The 140 was more of a known quantity - turbos were exotic in 1966 - and had a better known development path.

--Bryan

> On Jan 18, 2018, at 12:07 PM, corvair--- via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> Wouldn't be legal for the classes in which it was intended to race?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 9:45:03 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Jay Leno and the Yenko Stinger
> 
> ### I'm surprised Yenko didn't use the turbo-charged engine?