thats weak shit. you can't stop being decent & honest over that stuff though, karma will catch up to them eventually. i've had a vehicle stolen so crackheads could use it to cruise around and smoke rock. of course stole everything inside it and left it in a bombed out neighborhood for bums to sl...
theres good parts swapping from the 2.6 that are upgrades - larger runner intake manifold, bigger TB and MAF. aftermarket performance ignition coils, Magnecor wires, Fidanza flywheel are still available.
2.3 crank in a 2.6 block for a high reving screamer. at one time I used all the data I had available to deduce a rod length. I don't have my notes atm but I recall the rod ratio exceeding 2.0 - possible combo to approach 10k rpm? I dunno, just throwing it out there. getting tired of not seeing any n...