why does my century feels sluggish when accelerating?

1991 BUICK CENTURY
54,000 MILES
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PIROMNKE
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My wife bought a '91 buick century v6 3.3 liter. It has 48,000 or 49,000 miles on it when we bought it. I believe it was an elderly lady's car which clearly didn't drive it much. However, because of it's age I knew the rubber components seals and what not would start to fail. So I have been doing little repairs here and there. I did an O2 sensor, wires, plugs, oil change basic stuff. But, recently I was driving and noticed it had no pep. Sort of feels life it's starting out in second gear. Tried putting it manually in 1st but that didn't help. The engine sounds find and is smooth. A little rough during idle though. I don't know much about these cars. I'm thinking maybe coils next? could it be a feels problem? It kind of feels like the car is pulling a trailer or something.
Dec 27, 2011 at 10:36 PM
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Refer to this link for more information: http://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-has-low-power-output
Dec 27, 2011 at 10:54 PM
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