Awww... poor car. About your '95 seeming a bit faster, might be something to that. I heard somewhere on this forum that the '96 lost like 5 ft. lbs. of torque because of the new OBDII setup used for '96. Don't know if you can really notice that though. Also if you old car had a lower gear ratio it will make a difference in the way it accelerates. A car with a tow package (note the big mech. rad fan) will have 2.93's while the non-tow pack will have 2.56's.