| Author | Message | ||
| M Grande (Grande)
New member Username: Grande Post Number: 24 Registered: 12-2001 |
Ummm...this? http://www.callawaycars.com/From_creating/garagestory.htm | ||
| bruce wellington (Bws88tr)
Junior Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 106 Registered: 4-2002 |
OK ANYBODY TAKE A GUESS | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1136 Registered: 2-2001 |
I reall do not know much about Calloway the person other than he used to market VW Turbo kits. | ||
| Edward G. Salla (350hpmondial)
Junior Member Username: 350hpmondial Post Number: 104 Registered: 2-2002 |
Ed G., (From Ed S.) I really like the $hit you can come up with. ha ha Keep it up. BTW,,,,,,,, I could use a bottle. | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1135 Registered: 2-2001 |
The Corvair was first in 1962 and the Olds in 63. | ||
| bruce wellington (Bws88tr)
Junior Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 105 Registered: 4-2002 |
OK ED YOU GOT ME ON THIS QUESTION AND LAST WEEKS QUESTION ON THE NON CLUTCH TRANSMISSION HERES ONE.. REEVES CALLAWAY, INSTRUMENTAL IN THE POWER OF CORVETTES IN THE MID TO LATE 80S, AND HIS DESIGN OF THE "SLEDGEHAMMER", ONE OF THE FASTEST CARS IN THE WORLD... WHAT WAS HE STUDYING PRIOR TO BE INVOLVED WITH VETTES AND ENGINE PRODUCTION?? OFF THE KEY QUESTION, BUT YOUR AN OFF THE KEY GUY..  BRUCE | ||
| TomD (Tifosi)
Member Username: Tifosi Post Number: 553 Registered: 9-2001 |
Ed You could probably sell it on ebay as a collectors item | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Junior Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 231 Registered: 12-2001 |
Hey Ed, were Olds and Chevy in a race to reach the market with a turbocharged car? I was thinking the corvair Turbo hit the market a few months later. | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1133 Registered: 2-2001 |
Sad to say but I am old enough to have used this stuff. I still own a 1965 Corvair Turbo. I aquired a case of the stuff when I worked for Oldsmobile from 1974 til 1980. We had it in the Parts Dept. and wrote it off as obsolete. I only have the one bottle left. I have Dealer literature from some interesting years with some little known facts. The Corvair by the way did not use the Fluid but had a much lower compression ratio and used a Pressure Retard that looked just like a vacuum advance diaphragm but worked in reverse and would retard the spark when the pressure came up. | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Junior Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 230 Registered: 12-2001 |
Thanks Bruce. Just what I needed, another reason for the neigbors to hate me. | ||
| bruce wellington (Bws88tr)
Junior Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 104 Registered: 4-2002 |
congrats tyler you have won a case supply of this from ed for your next drink mixture at your next "hate neighbors" barbeque | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Junior Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 229 Registered: 12-2001 |
LOL | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Junior Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 228 Registered: 12-2001 |
Ed, I gotta ask. How and why did you happen to have a bottle of Olds rocket fluid laying around? | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1132 Registered: 2-2001 |
I also need to update my parts inventory. I bet no one else has this stuff in stock. | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1130 Registered: 2-2001 |
Congratulations! We have a winner! Tyler is the Car Guy of the Week. The Olds Jetfire used an aluminum 215 cu.in. V-8 with 215 HP with 10.25 compression. It used a Methanol injection system with a seperate reservoir for the Turbo Rocket Fluid to control detonation when the boost came up.   | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Junior Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 227 Registered: 12-2001 |
If I'm correct I believe the system actually used a mixture of methyl alcohol and water? | ||
| bruce wellington (Bws88tr)
Junior Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 103 Registered: 4-2002 |
they added dye tand tuned the curve?? | ||
| Tyler (Bahiaau)
Junior Member Username: Bahiaau Post Number: 226 Registered: 12-2001 |
They used a fluid injection system, or "water injection" as it was commonly known. | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1129 Registered: 2-2001 |
No. | ||
| bruce wellington (Bws88tr)
Junior Member Username: Bws88tr Post Number: 101 Registered: 4-2002 |
i know they called it a f-85 engine, that used deisel fuel, correct so far? | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1128 Registered: 2-2001 |
The Oldsmobile Jetfire in 1963 was one of the first mass produced turbocharged American cars. How did they control "Detonation" or "Spark Knock" in the engine. |