Hi Wes,
 > My wife has a 1975 Buick LeSabre convertible,
 > 455 engine, she used as a daily driver until a couple of
 > years ago, and she used to be amused by all the young
 > bucks who thought they could pull away from her at a stop sign
 > with their supposedly hot cars, particularly as she is a
 > mature lady.
Yup, I can believe that. Have a pair of '73 Buick Centurians here (next step 
up from LeSabre, same body, nicer trim). Both with 455's. Kids don't 
understand that what is sold for factory high performance now would not even 
make for decent family sedan performance in years past.
 > It was strictly stock, but most of the time she had no
 > trouble getting away ahead of them without spinning the
 > wheels or making a jackrabbit start.
Kids don't seem to think that the old brute horsepower and torque was 
normally about double the high tech horsepower they have. I think they must 
believe you have to have F.I. and computers out the wazoo to be fast.
I'm gping to want to go through the engine on the '73 convert as a future 
project. Maybe bump up the compression a bit to '71 specs (before the 
unleaded only cars was built) , replace the stock mufflers and resonators 
with "turbo" mufflers and that's about it. Should even be more fun then and 
still basicaly all stock.
Gerry
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