Cincy 2007?

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

On 10:06 am 11/04/06 "Mark Langford" <MarkL@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> Rhett Farnum wrote:
>
> > Cathy, I think a GM powered plane qualifies as a Kia!
>
> Yep, being a VW guy from way back, the GM engine is a little
> embarrasing, but it's the lightest, cheapest, most reliable way to get
> 120 hp in an airplane! The Corvair fanatics and the VW fanatics are
> only a couple of genes apart. Does it help that it has 94mm VW pistons
> and cylinders?  That's how you hotrod a Corvair.  Kind of ironic, since
> the ultimate upsizing for an aircooled VW in the 70's used to be a
> Corvair engine!  It's just a big overgrown VW, but even easier to work
> on, with hydraulic lifters and easy access to the crank and rods from a
cover on top.  See  http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/trial_assy.
> html  and http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/ for details on the "
> Big Boy" conversion and the engine in general.  Don't think I haven't co
> nsidered all of the VW aircooled engines, and a few of the watercooled!
>
> Thanks for all the replies.  I'll see y'all in June.  I checked out
> the Scirocco.org members page, and I think I'll be the oldest guy on
> the place, but I'll probably be having the most fun...
>
> Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL
>

LOL, that Kia parks WAYYYYYY over on the other side of the lane, from even
the other Kias. And don't let the .org member's page fool you, half of
those "boys" are collecting pensions already. Okay, maybe not, but most of
them at least need to shave now.
Oh, one more thing? You'll have to work hard to have more fun than I do!
Cathy