Trying to decide...
Need a shortblock for my winter car, '97 LeSabre L67 swap. Bottom end has an issue, and with blocks for $80 at the u-pull I'm thinking fuck it, spend the $80 and move on. It looks like they have only a couple supercharged cars, one a 2004 GP, and a bunch of series 2/3 N/A cars.
Winter beater currently has an NIC cam and a 3.4 & 3.2 modular pulley (the 3.8 is on it right now), headers, intake stuff, 105# springs, so nothing too spectacular.
I was thinking about grabbing the newest/lowest mileage vehicle I can find, is there a good reason that a series 3 NA shortblock won't work? There are two that look promising, one has a fleet vehicle history (makes me think regular oil changes and failed transmission) and another is in a Lacross that's been wrecked pretty good. The reason I ask is it sounds like the L26 bottom end is not as strong as the L36, but it's not like I'm trying to cram 25psi into it either.
No other mods have been done or will be done on this engine. I'll be driving the car until it rots out then moving the drivetrain on into the next one. Basically all I care about is that it doesn't die again again again again (because this is the third time this year I've had to pull the engine/trans).
Need a shortblock for my winter car, '97 LeSabre L67 swap. Bottom end has an issue, and with blocks for $80 at the u-pull I'm thinking fuck it, spend the $80 and move on. It looks like they have only a couple supercharged cars, one a 2004 GP, and a bunch of series 2/3 N/A cars.
Winter beater currently has an NIC cam and a 3.4 & 3.2 modular pulley (the 3.8 is on it right now), headers, intake stuff, 105# springs, so nothing too spectacular.
I was thinking about grabbing the newest/lowest mileage vehicle I can find, is there a good reason that a series 3 NA shortblock won't work? There are two that look promising, one has a fleet vehicle history (makes me think regular oil changes and failed transmission) and another is in a Lacross that's been wrecked pretty good. The reason I ask is it sounds like the L26 bottom end is not as strong as the L36, but it's not like I'm trying to cram 25psi into it either.
No other mods have been done or will be done on this engine. I'll be driving the car until it rots out then moving the drivetrain on into the next one. Basically all I care about is that it doesn't die again again again again (because this is the third time this year I've had to pull the engine/trans).