We replaced a 170 with a 225 thinking the motor was a dog....it was the 'doba 2.45 rear also!!! you coulda tied that car to a tree with a rope and it would not be able to bust it.
That reminds me of some of the early turbocharged cars in the '80s. but it was turbo lag mostly.
I remember working on a new Subaru XT. Supposed to be the ****. The apron around the building had a pretty good lip on it where it met the gravel lot. I eased up to the lip in the turbo car and gave it a little gas to get over the lip. It couldnt do it. Id say it was about a 2 inch lip. I sat there with the peddle to the floor and it would not climb that lip and this was a perfectly running new car.