Hello, I have one of the sexiest cars ever made, a 1980 AMC Pacer. It came with the 285 straight six Jeep motor with 41K original miles. Can I switch from conventional 10w-30 to a synthetic 10w-30 or synthetic blend. What are your thoughts ?? Thank You
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Now you will have to get a Gremlin to keep the Pacer from getting lonely.
You are correct, it has a 258. I get more compliments on the Pacer than I get on my Porsche GT3 RS.
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Great car! I know there's still a bunch hidden in garages in Kenosha 
. I'd stay with a conventional 10W-30.
. I'd stay with a conventional 10W-30.AMC Pacer...designed wide and funky with a Wankel engine from GM....which couldn't be produced satisfactorily (bad seals etc.).
AMC put the 6 in there at the last minute.
You can't remove the valve cover because the engine bay was designed for the Wankel.
You can't make this stuff up.
AMC put the 6 in there at the last minute.
You can't remove the valve cover because the engine bay was designed for the Wankel.
You can't make this stuff up.
Wasn't it the Car of the Year?
Used to have an orange 1976 model. Most interesting feature to me is the slightly longer passenger side door.
Sexy is not a word that I would have ever used to describe the AMC Pacer. Not back then, when it first came out, nor now. Different? Absolutely.
When the was first released, my friends referred to the body style as looking like a pregnant guppy. Car and Driver called it a flying fishbowl. If you were looking for a car with a greenhouse effect, the Pacer was it. In a day when A/C was less common, and even less common in entry level cars, this made for a hot interior.
Today, they do look kind of cool, at least in my opinion. It would be fun to have one in nice condition, to take to car shows. I wonder how many survivors are still around.
When the was first released, my friends referred to the body style as looking like a pregnant guppy. Car and Driver called it a flying fishbowl. If you were looking for a car with a greenhouse effect, the Pacer was it. In a day when A/C was less common, and even less common in entry level cars, this made for a hot interior.
Today, they do look kind of cool, at least in my opinion. It would be fun to have one in nice condition, to take to car shows. I wonder how many survivors are still around.
No. Actually, MT was pretty critical of the poor performance, terrible braking and overall poor engineering.
My 2 cents would be just run a cheap 10W30, even a dollar store brand oil that meets current API spec's is going to be much better than any oil that this engine was designed for (back in 1964!). They were decent engines, not overly powerful and burnt fuel way out of proportion to the power they produced (as did most American engines in the 70s) but fairly reliable.
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I think that the OP who claimed to have this Pacer in addition to a Ferrari and a Porsche has abandoned the thread.
Thanks for all the suggestions. Going to use Valvoline 10w-30 high mileage synthetic blend.
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