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Post by swi66 on Mar 13, 2007 9:15:10 GMT -5
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Post by OneTreedCat on Mar 13, 2007 10:17:57 GMT -5
That hill climb is nothing but scary. I guess the driver has to look out for everything: one mistake and it would be all over, the driver would probably be history. Love the really quick gear changes as he takes the engine up to more than a few RPM's. Man, do I love them high reving engines.  |
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Post by benny on Mar 13, 2007 10:43:25 GMT -5
Corvairs ARE slow and My opinion is they are right there with the vega/pacer/pinto/JUNK
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Post by swi66 on Mar 13, 2007 11:23:05 GMT -5
Corvairs ARE slow and My opinion is they are right there with the vega/pacer/pinto/JUNK Well, people like Don Yenko saw fit to tweak them for racing, and they do have a long racing history, at places like Watkins Glen and Lime Rock. John Fitch also made a specialty version for road course racing. We had a blast this summer running an autocross at Lancaster speedway as part of the convention. The car in the film is all Corvair powered, but we had plenty of them there with small block chevy motors in them too. There is actually a guy out there who has a radical one set up for drag racing with a modified Vair motor and a stout powerglide transmission that lifts the front end.................. |
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Post by benny on Mar 14, 2007 12:53:03 GMT -5
Build a platform and drop any body on it...does that make it the original "fast" car. Tweak, tune anything to go faster and a motorhead with money can make anything faster.
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Post by 65cuda on Mar 14, 2007 13:11:35 GMT -5
Benny this is the factory sport option on a Pinto,  |
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Post by swi66 on Mar 14, 2007 14:08:21 GMT -5
Here's the link to the same guys run at Lancaster Speedway during the Corvair convention there last summer. I ran my Corvair there too, it was a blast! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a6FzLmEutQAnd true, any motorhead can make anything faster....... Wasn't that what we all did with the musclecars? they were a good starting point too....................... |
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Post by benny on Mar 14, 2007 14:20:11 GMT -5
sure...a corvair is just as good a start as a super bee...
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Post by oldschoolcruiser on Mar 14, 2007 14:51:46 GMT -5
sure...a corvair is just as good a start as a super bee... I missed this thread yesterday..........just read it and boy, it sure felt good to laugh! Benny, you're too much! Guess you'd have to call it a super-'vair.  |
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Post by benny on Mar 14, 2007 17:19:11 GMT -5
Swii would
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Post by janine on Mar 15, 2007 21:41:05 GMT -5
Don't forget about the TOPS of the line go cart races! (private joke)
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Post by swi66 on Mar 16, 2007 5:45:57 GMT -5
sure...a corvair is just as good a start as a super bee... I missed this thread yesterday..........just read it and boy, it sure felt good to laugh! Benny, you're too much! Guess you'd have to call it a super-'vair. One of our club members has the Suprvair license plate. His vair has the 4bbl intake................... |
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Post by benny on Mar 16, 2007 10:15:47 GMT -5
bet that has all the yugo's and old beetle's nervous
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Post by swi66 on Mar 16, 2007 13:58:34 GMT -5
bet that has all the yugo's and old beetle's nervous Sure does......... and a few Porches too........ Even some MOPARS.........depending on the course. Nothing straightline, but given some tight curves.............. |
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Post by oldschoolcruiser on Mar 16, 2007 19:14:44 GMT -5
Maybe I could run one with the Tempo |
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Post by 65cuda on Mar 16, 2007 19:25:55 GMT -5
that Tempio should be entered in shows, thats a winner  |
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Post by oldschoolcruiser on Mar 16, 2007 20:40:06 GMT -5
that Tempio should be entered in shows, thats a winner It's not 20 years old yet......I know my place.  As for the future, who knows.......gas is getting really expensive and that car seems to run forever on a gallon of gas! |
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