On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:56:36 -0700, jps wrote:

Lusted after the six cylinder version of that aircooled engine for
years. What a lovely sound they make.

I had the 4 carb Corvair. If you ran it flat out you needed 100 octane
avgas or it would melt. The turbo was also easy to melt.

Casady