So after planning on doing some sort of a build on my 87 New Yorker, I found a low mileage, rust free 88 New Yorker with a bad head gasket. The car had 67k miles on it and was owned by an elderly man. It was originally from Idaho. After putting a head gasket in the 2.2 T1 and driving it for a while and deciding it wasn't enough power, my brother and I freshened up a 2.5 and intercooled it.
Old 67k mile 2.2 out.
Freshened 2.5 in.