How to Build Max-Performance Buick Engines

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Skylarks, GSXs, Grand Nationals, Rivieras, Gran Sports; the list of formidable performance Buicks is impressive. From the torque monsters of the 1960s to the high-flying Turbo models of the ''80s, Buicks have a unique place in performance history.

During the 1960s, when word of the mountains of torque supplied by the big-inch Buicks hit the street, no...