I find the concept of not being able to keep up with traffic baffling.
My 84 with the 'new' engine from KenW to be more than adaquate for
driving the 70 - 80 mph that consists of daily commute speeds here in
the Bay area. Of course, the Sunol grade is a bit challanging but you
hit it at 75 to 80 and you get to the top at 65. Still in 4th obviously.
Now they can be driven a bit more conservativly but why does anyone need
more power than this? For a rolling box. Iffum you need to scream, they
make things called sports cars.
Now my 83 AC, it had a problem keeping up with trafffic and not over
heating. I thinks I have solved that and will let you know if this is
so.

tim

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> I've converted two campers, a '78 and an '80, to Buick V6 power, both
> engines making about 150hp. Both trans had over 150k miles when
> converted, and both have more than 30k since. Neither has had any
> transaxle/CV joint problems to date. It's nice to be able to keep up
> with traffic.
>