Cars have come a long way since '86 haven't they? The performance at attlitude is much less, I'm guessing about a 20% loss of power compared to sea level. Still good enough to get you into trouble if you get a little careless on the throttle.
I'm not sure if you remember but there are no guard rails on this road and real tight switchbacks. The road is very unforgiving if you make a mistake, it is a long way down the hill in spots. Plus we constantly are waiting to pass the bicycle riders on the way up and down.
Improved braking of the cars today is another change we sometimes forget. All I can say is it was FUN, FUN, FUN!

I wish you guys lived closer, we would love to run with a large group to Aspen in September. It has to be almost as pretty as the fall Tail of the Dragon.