That Pacer straight six was amazing. How could they make such a
large displacement engine with so few hp? A Mercedes diesel made
more hp/cc than that engine. 3800 cc & 90 hp that's 23.68 hp/liter
while a 1970's Mercedes diesel made 25 hp/liter.
Thomas
PS. Mike Myers made the Pacer into a cult classic.
snyler wrote:
> Pre-Zee wrote
>
> >The problem is, when I was growing up those Pacers were the new cars. The
> >future here today (as best as AMC ever managed to mangle). I kinda like
> >Pacers. I learned to drive stick on a Gremlin. Lot's of fun memories
> >attached to Gremlins.
> And Porsche has never admitted that they stole the Pacer design for the
> 928. ;^)
>
> -Marc T.
>
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> 1965 L-320 #L320 013642
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