Planning to part out my 95 Riv :(

Well, since my car needs a 3k motor and i still owe 4K on it, I have gotten myself turned upside down in it. I honestly love my car, and as much as I disdain doing it, I am now seriously considering parting it out. Almost everything on my car is in like new condition. the current odometer reading is 74k, and like I said, every little sensor, switch, light, suspension part, body part, and interior part is perfect. I even have some funky riv wheels from Worx for it. O and just put new headlight housings in too. Flowmaster exhaust already to hang under your riv too. Even have a big stereo I would part wit while we at it. Honestly though, it depends on how interested you guys are in the car on wether or not I actually do it.

Also you can see pics of my car here. Its in the showroom under "pics of my new wife"

what color is your driver seat and is it all power

perfect i need a white bumper for my riv if your interested in selling that. any scratches or holes in it?

You should be able to get a used motor for $500 or so. They abound in junkyards in running condition.

I firmly believe that unless you are going for a performance build, it's not worth it to build a motor from scratch. The 3800 is generally such a good engine you should be able to get a long life from a used one.

I agree with deekster. Find a 3800 at a local yard and swap it in.

I doubt you will be able to sell many parts. If you were to sell more than $1000.00 worth of parts I would be surprised. Just not much demand for most of the stuff and shipping is killer on any deal.

Bert:tavis:

Agree with Deek and eWolfe, get another motor.

No reason to pay 3k. I assume that is for an installed rebuilt engine? Find a moderate mileage running SI at a yard, and a local shop to install. It would be a real shame to dismantle a Riv in such nice condition. You won't get your money's worth parting it out anyway.

Local yards here sell motors from $300-$800

A few tools and some buddies and it'll be done in no time.

Thanks for the input guys... I heeded your advice and located one from a local yard for 400. I has 160k on it though, so I think i will try to find one with a few less miles on it. Would you be able to tell me if there is another car that might have a series one sc engine? All i could think of is a SSEI bonneville. And, do I have to get a sc motor to replace it with. One guy said the sc motors are all forged on the bottom end.

the local yard where i got my engine from is 100 plus 25 core charge

For a Supercharged '95, my system only shows two in my region, one in New Brunswick, and another in Ontario, one is parts only and the other is just minus a supercharger.

check on the net/ebay for engines.

Ed Morad crates engines pretty reasonable.

Sure we'd "cherry pick" your car for parts but the right thing for you to d is go ahead and fix it up. There are so many 3800 and SC3800 engines out there, it is *VERY* likely you can find one that that will serve.

Albertj

Jeremy....fix the engine or drop another one into it, even if all that costs 1k you're still ahead of the game. I would guess a Riv with 74k on it and everything else working could easily to be worth 5-6k...if not today at some point in the future.
I know a guy that blew-up his 396 powered Chevelle SS, his neighbor offered to rebuild it for the cost of the parts which at the time was around $1200, he didnt want to spend the 1200 and instead sold the car to his neighbor for 2000...the neighbor still owns the car that was recently appraised at $38,000. he put 2 kids through college using it as collateral on loans....keep your Riv dude!

I agree with all the above.... Find a used motor... Fix and keep your Riv.