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80 on the speedo is one thing. Traveling 80mph on the road is different. (You're going to be turning 4100+ rpm to do that with a 31" tire and 4.56 gear) The 6.2 is a oversquare engine design, so that lends to a higher top RPM. But the original design of the 6.2 was for economy in the...
I'll give a little more info. If it's still 4.56 geared and on 31" tires. 70mph is about 3600rpm. Which is the governed RPM of the civy 6.2. The military IP isn't the same as a civy and has a higher high idle speed. But the internals of the 6.2 are still the same.
Turbo would certainly help, but if it's a 1008/1010/1028/1031 you're going to be dealing with 4.56 gears. I'm guessing it's one of the pickup variants correct?