My car is getting up there in miles, 182,000, and I am thinking about getting a used short block ready for it. Have heard that the L26 block from Buick LaCrosse and others are cheap sound blocks. Have also seen where people said they have weak rods, pistons and pins. Are these good blocks or are they not worth messing with? Just planning on using the 9.5 compression short block.
My thoughts are swap over everything I got, VS cam, 2" Phenolic intercooler, Gen 5 supercharger, North Star TB, 3" exhaust. Add in Speed Daddy headers and a set of new never used L67 heads I bought off of ebay.
Any thoughts?
