Date: 11 Jan 2002 09:54:21 -0800 From: johsnopsamanytime.co.uk (Johannes H Andersen) Subject: Re: anyone here know h.p. on 86-89 9000 turbos.....
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
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