11 Jun
2005
11 Jun
'05
10:21 a.m.
Gremlin collector on Heavy Metal show about building up an AMC Pacer nd
AMC Gremlin.
The show missed it though, since the MC Pacer was originally a possible
candidate
for a rotary engine that was replaced by a 6 cylinder for road. If they
had refitted
the Pacer with a triced out 13B they would hav ehad a better show if
they had\
been racing Pacer vs something with 300 hp.
sorry for off topic, reply to me
Jim
11 Jun
11 Jun
3:38 p.m.
Nothing smoother then a rotary rocket! (12a's and 13b's) I owned 5
RX-7's... loved'em all :-)
jim stephens wrote:
Gremlin collector on Heavy Metal show about building up
an AMC Pacer nd
AMC Gremlin.
The show missed it though, since the MC Pacer was originally a possible
candidate
for a rotary engine that was replaced by a 6 cylinder for road. If they
had refitted
the Pacer with a triced out 13B they would hav ehad a better show if
they had\
been racing Pacer vs something with 300 hp.
sorry for off topic, reply to me
Jim
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4:09 p.m.
Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Nothing smoother then a rotary rocket! (12a's and
13b's) I owned 5
RX-7's... loved'em all :-)
Always wanted a Citro?n GZ Birotor myself... Of course, I could get a
GS with a toasted engine and fit an Ro80 lump. Now what I *really*
would love is a CX fitted with the three-rotor 180bhp engine that was
supposedly under development!
Gordon
jim stephens wrote:
Gremlin collector on Heavy Metal show about
building up an AMC Pacer nd
AMC Gremlin.
The show missed it though, since the MC Pacer was originally a possible
candidate
for a rotary engine that was replaced by a 6 cylinder for road. If they
had refitted
the Pacer with a triced out 13B they would hav ehad a better show if
they had\
been racing Pacer vs something with 300 hp.
sorry for off topic, reply to me
Jim
13 Jun
13 Jun
1:32 p.m.
On Sat, 11 Jun 2005, jim stephens wrote:
Gremlin collector on Heavy Metal show about building
up an AMC Pacer nd
AMC Gremlin.
The show missed it though, since the MC Pacer was originally a possible
candidate
for a rotary engine that was replaced by a 6 cylinder for road. If they
had refitted
the Pacer with a triced out 13B they would hav ehad a better show if
they had\
been racing Pacer vs something with 300 hp.
Well it's is wildly off-topic, but I'll say this much then shut up:
An "AMC expert" was needed on short (next-day) notice. I took a
few hous off from work to get to the studio, hilariously (to me)
with my ancient Rambler wagon (300K miles) barely visible in the
background.
The show is total crap. They "pit two teams" against each other.
The younger pair were idiots of such a nature that, if I were to
meet them face to face, I probably would barely be polite.
They ruined both cars. That they could not get better than 18
second 1/4th mile out of the Gremlin exposes their extreme
stupidity (not ignorance), it's a 4.2 litre motor of substantial
lineage (and the basis for the Chrysler 4.0; the 4.0 EFI head
*bolts onto* the 1970 version of that motor in my Rambler). Decent
induction on that motor makes easy 200 hp in a weekend, the
know-nothing buffoons. Never mind that straight-line performance
is a dumb measure anyways (that's TV for you).
Gremlins are wonderfully engineered cars. If you laugh at them you
merely point out your ignorance. Ask me off-list, but in summary
it's the same chassis as their Trans-Am-winning AMX,
interchangable parts over a 20+ year period, any engine made from
121 ci 4-cyl to the 401 ci V8 all fit, dozens of transmissions
fit, etc. Those that appreciate well-designed architectures with
interchangability will appreciate this...
My current car project, a 1970 Hornet, is the chassis that the
Gremlin is based upon:
http://wps.com/AMC/1970-AMC-Hornet/index.html
OO
2:08 p.m.
At 03:32 PM 6/13/2005, you wrote:
Well it's is wildly off-topic, but I'll say
this much then shut up:
[...]
My current car project, a 1970 Hornet, is the chassis that the
Gremlin is based upon:
http://wps.com/AMC/1970-AMC-Hornet/index.html
Zemco Compucruise! I put one in my 1996 Mustang Grande circa 1980.
It was so futuristic. After the Mustang I got a Javelin.
I kept it long after the car passed on and eventually gave the
Compucruise and its sensors in 1996 to Dale Luck of Amiga
graphics fame for one of his restorations.
It was an early car computer kit. I remember epoxy-ing magnets to
the drive shaft to monitor speed, a pair of temperature sensors,
an inline optical gas consumption sensor, a brake switch, and a
vacuum-driven bladder connected to the throttle. It could do cool
stuff like real-time MPG, estimated time of arrival, and a cruise
control that would accelerate to a preset speed on its own.
The Compucruise's cruise control once lost its feedback (and/or
brake shut-off, I forget) while driving the interstate and it
happily floored the gas pedal until I reached under the dash to
disconnect its power. My passenger was horrified.
This list spoke of Compucruise in June 2002:
http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2002-June/thread.html#2484
- John
14 Jun
14 Jun
1:11 p.m.
New subject: Zemco CompuCruise
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, John Foust wrote:
Zemco Compucruise! I put one in my 1996 Mustang
Grande circa 1980.
It was so futuristic. After the Mustang I got a Javelin.
And today it's a futuristic artifact of the past, and will be
right at home in my new 35-yr-old car.
(I've avoided automotive computing intentionally and 100%, but it
looks like I'm going to do MP3 audio (with a Soekris Eng. NET4801)
and also Megasquirt, an open-souce EFI system.)
I kept it long after the car passed on and eventually
gave the
Compucruise and its sensors in 1996 to Dale Luck of Amiga
graphics fame for one of his restorations.
It was an early car computer kit. I remember epoxy-ing magnets to
the drive shaft to monitor speed, a pair of temperature sensors,
an inline optical gas consumption sensor, a brake switch, and a
vacuum-driven bladder connected to the throttle. It could do cool
stuff like real-time MPG, estimated time of arrival, and a cruise
control that would accelerate to a preset speed on its own.
I lucked out a few years back, and found a new-never-used still in
the box one, complete with brackets, cable ties, manuals and
errata, etc. Missing only the box top.
It's Z80-based, I think and has a masked ROM, and powered up OK
about a year or so back. I hope to begin installing it this
weekend. I doubt I'll get many sensors setup this weekend.
The Compucruise's cruise control once lost its
feedback (and/or
brake shut-off, I forget) while driving the interstate and it
happily floored the gas pedal until I reached under the dash to
disconnect its power. My passenger was horrified.
Woah. Not very good! Cruise control isn't high on my list, but
I'll keep that in mind! The brake-switch interlock system is a bit
kludgey, a ball-chain and plastic switch. I suppose I should
reengineer that part.
I'll keep the fuse/connector handy too :-)
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