I've said that before (in other threads), the T-Bird doesn't have the same top end roll on power as my bike, in fact from 70-100+mph the America wins... but off the line, that's a different story.
I agree with you about it running out of steam trying to hit the ton, I did it, but it took it a while to get there.

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