[Formulajones]

Originally Posted by 78w72

yes 27.5-28" tall tires her too. 70mph on long trips seems excessive to me but im sure its not a real concern, the headers & 3" exhaust make it sound worse than it is.

my 81 turbo t/a with 3.08s does fine at 70, i actually drove that home from tucson to iowa when i bought it in the late 90's, drove as good as any other modern car of that era & didnt skip a beat for 1500+ miles. now it & my other 2 are just fair weather drivers, i have a modern SUV with A/C & 21+ mpg for daily driver use.

We don't even own a new car anymore. Sold that stuff years ago and rely on the classics for transportation now. The Z gets 21 mpg with it's 5 speed so it's a pretty nice long distance runner. None of them have AC though, been going without that for years.
I do have a 16 year old duramax that I use for towing or hauling (everyone needs a truck). Not a daily though, and most of the time it sits, sometimes for months at a time. We are just happier driving the old cars.