RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Pacer motor mounts oddities

["LarryS" <vision1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure what a '4 banger Wankel' is, but there's some power *available*
in them.

The 13B dual stack is around 140hp, pretty much stock.  The 20B three-stack
can be easily fitted with twin-turbos and get a pretty dependable 600hp ;-)
And these engines are WAY lighter than Jeep I-6 or AMC V8s by a long way.

Which is why some homebuilders use them in airplanes.

I am told that the SBC fits in a Pacer easier and better than even their own
360/401... but I dunno.

The only reason I was interested in a front wheel drive for a Pacer (rotary
or otherwise) is just because that's what it started out to be.  Kind of a
'redemption' process to go back and make a few things right.

But sure, I totally agree.  V8 is a better choice than a I6 if a guy wants a
hot Pacer.  Heck, a V8 is a better choice for about EVERYTHING ;-)

L.

 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eddie Stakes
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 2:23 PM
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Pacer motor mounts oddities
> 
> Agreed, they had to change from plan a to plan b on the fly. 
> As for underpowered, I am not 
> sure that the 4 banger Wankel engine would have been 
> sufficient for the Pacer. I think the 
> V8 early on would have been best choice, it is what Randall 
> AMC in Mesa, AZ was doing, and 
> AMC flew out some brass to check out the conversions, and 
> figured if they can do it, AMC 
> can do it at the factory and rest is history:
> 
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/stuff/randall-gremlin-xr.htm
> 
> Eddie Stakes
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "LarryS" <vision1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:21 AM
> Subject: RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Pacer motor mounts oddities
> 
> 
> > But when you figure the Pacer was never supposed to HAVE 
> the Jeep engine,
> > the lack of interchangability makes a lot more sense.
> >
> > It was *supposed* to get the fancy, new, rotary engine in 
> *front wheel
> > drive* -- a configuration, I might add, that does not exist 
> domestically
> > even to this day.
> >
> > Remember, too, that the 40Mil included not just the initial 
> work, but all
> > the re-tooling and re-engineering to PUT that I-6 in there 
> -- ain't cheap.
> > They couldn't even use a 4cyl, the car was too heavy!  Even 
> with the 6, it's
> > a relative dog, but the cornering is wonderful (for the 
> time) and the ride
> > is nice so the straight-line laziness was kinda easy to overlook.
> >
> > I had always wanted to do the FWD thing to a Pacer and if I 
> could find a
> > decent coupe body (I have a wagon), I'd carve FWD into it 
> (perhaps a 3.8 gm
> > setup).  In the doing, I'd carve out the huge tunnel, too, 
> front seat AND
> > back.  It would be very cool, IMO, and be slackjaw 
> impressive to any other
> > Pacer owner -- it'd look like it was always supposed to 
> have looked ;-)
> > Flat floors, and wide open spaces.
> >
> > Or, I might ditch these Pacers altogether.  There's an old 
> farmer with an
> > old fastback Marlin (67 or so?) about 4 miles from me.  I 
> might see if he's
> > emotionally attached to that thing.  It didn't look all 
> that bad, really.
> > Might drop a 460 in it just to be different.
> >
> > L.
> 
> 
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