Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 07:23:37 GMT From: Milton Brewster <scribblenopsam.com> Subject: Re: anyone here know h.p. on 86-89 9000 turbos.....
In article <1ec6845d.0201110954.26918f62nopsaming.google.com>, johsnopsamanytime.co.uk says... > ychennopsam30.net (Yaofeng) wrote in message news:<e89d1e3e.0201110534.6209d617nopsaming.google.com>... > > johsnopsamanytime.co.uk (Johannes H Andersen) wrote in message news:<1ec6845d.0201101708.11487bbfnopsaming.google.com>... > > > ychennopsam30.net (Yaofeng) wrote in message news:<e89d1e3e.0201101034.57503d6cnopsaming.google.com>... > > > > > > > Is the Chevy Vega what you are trying to remember? Another four > > > > banger the US didn't know how to build in the 70's in panic reaction > > > > to the oil crisis. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yaofeng > > > > > > Got it at last: The AMC Pacer! This delightful car has also been > > > popular in many film and TV productions, mostly for the wrong reasons... > > > http://www.amcpacer.com/about/famous.html > > > > > > Johannes > > > > The AMC Pacer had nothing to feel sorry about for itself. It had some > > following in the '70's. > > My browsing showed that the Pacer still has a considerable following. > I must say that it has grown on me during the last few hours, I think > the car looks real cool! http://www.javelinamx.com/pacer/ > > > Not by design, the 232 cubic inch straight > > six turned out to do okay in during the oil crisis, as did many other > > AMC siblings like the Hornet and the Gremlin. > > I wouldn't say that it was a very efficient car, its weight slowed > it down in spite of the massive 3.8 - 4.2 L engines. At that time I > had a 1.1 L manual Ford Fiesta, I seem to remember that it was > almost as fast as the Pacer. Eventually, the Pacer gained a 5.0 V8, > but by then it was already doomed. > > > My first car in the US was a '70 Hornet. A 232ci straight six. The 3 > > speed Borg Warner gear box was a bomb. Had to replace the tranny soon > > after. Shift was the steering column too. > Oops! > > Johannes > American classic car mags are reporting that Gremlins and Pacers are "collectable" here. They have a kind of reverse prestige. Go to the Kraus and Hemmings websites. The Vega was a truely terrible car, but your mileage might vary. I bought a new 73 Kamback as my first car. I drove carefully and serviced it conscienciously and it blew an engine at 40,000 miles. The firewall rusted through and the windshield almost fell out at 30 months. Manual transmission gears shattered three times. The problem was that the Vega was designed well, but GM 1) didn't test the design of their aluminum 4 Cyl engine, 2) didn't assemble Vegas well at all, and 3) didn't care enough to correct their manufacturing processes. The Pinto body was styled a little better, but Ford under- designed it in order to sell for less than the Vega. While its engines didn't blow up, they didn't last much longer. milt b
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