Date: 11 Jan 2002 14:08:35 -0800 From: ychennopsam30.net (Yaofeng) Subject: Re: anyone here know h.p. on 86-89 9000 turbos.....
johsnopsamanytime.co.uk (Johannes H Andersen) wrote in message news:<1ec6845d.0201110954.26918f62nopsaming.google.com>... > 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. > No. It was by no means efficient. Imagine in the US where gas prices have been consistently low, efficiency was never the focus up until the oil embargo hit us. 3.8 liter engine in the '70s was a feather weight. The standard was 5.7L V8, if I am not mistaken. Even the oil crisis did not wake the big three up. Because it was just a temporary inconvenience. What started turning things around was the waves and waves of Japanese econo-boxes coming to shore. The Japanese car were the butt end of the jokes in those days, and rightfully so in many instances. > > 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