>At 03:16 PM 1/20/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Why would you want to mess with the 215 Buick engine? I have a block
>from one that I made into a coffee table. The only advantage it has
>over the 289 is that it won't rust. With its cast iron cylinder sleeves
>and re-enforcing, it weighs nearly as much as a 289 block. Plus there
>aren't exactly a glut of high performance (let alone any) parts for it.
Ah, but there are! This became a stock high-performance Leyland engine for
many years and parts are available from the UK (or were fairly recently).
I believe it is still used, in its 3500 guise, in Range Rovers and the like.
Marc
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