So I've got my '54 running pretty good after struggeling to get rid of lifer noise. But it still has tons of blowby.
On a roadtrip now through Sweden and I have to add a quart of oil every 300-400km.
It doesn't burn oil really, just blowby through the filler cap, valvecoverbolts, dipstick,...you name it and it blows.
So I'm thinking of rebuilding the whole thing, but I don't want to be all out of Buick for however long that takes. So I had an idea.
A buddy of mine has a (I think) '66 wildcat with a 425 nail. The engine is good but the car needs work. My '54 is good but the engine needs work...see where this is going?
So I'm thinking of buying the '66, pulling the engine, dropping it in the Roadmaster, rebuilding the 322 out of it, then swap back and have the Wildcat as a nice little 'byproduct' of this whole endeavor.
So bottom line is: will a 425 nail from '66 bolt upto/into my '54 or am I bieng too optimistic?
Grtz from a Belgian Buick driver