SO yeah I joined the trend here........

SO i went out and bought a 1997 Riviera in Pearl white with burgundy interior and here she is....

well its about time. everyone on the forum wondered when this would happen....great move man

Congrats!

My other riviera smokes all.... this is just a filler for daily driving

Might as well turbo this one too! Do it!

Nah im lookign at a twin screw supercharger...... the TVS, boring cylinders so Im at 4.1 and making it allwheel drive.. thats what im looking at.... I already have a track queen that just smoked a new camaro....

the only issue with it is a rust bubble on the hood and the SC tensioner is going out

87TurboRiviera wrote:

Nah im lookign at a twin screw supercharger...... the TVS, boring cylinders so Im at 4.1 and making it allwheel drive.. thats what im looking at.... I already have a track queen that just smoked a new camaro....

The TVS is a fine choice, someone on 3800pro has successfully completed this swap. Read about it here: http://www.3800pro.com/forum/superchargers/23690-eaton-tvs-1900-blower-now-option-3-8l.html



DO IT

im hoping for 600 horses outta this one.....

87TurboRiviera wrote:

Nah im lookign at a twin screw supercharger...... the TVS, boring cylinders so Im at 4.1 and making it allwheel drive.. thats what im looking at.... I already have a track queen that just smoked a new camaro....

if you twin screw the riv.. and make it AWD.. You will have a new track queen sir...

yeah....... gonna be a pain for all wheel drive...... tosion and ladder bars.... custom drive shaft.... lots work probably at least 2 years worth... good thing my best friend is an engineer

87TurboRiviera wrote:

yeah....... gonna be a pain for all wheel drive...... tosion and ladder bars.... custom drive shaft.... lots work probably at least 2 years worth... good thing my best friend is an engineer

Thats good.. Maybe make 2 custom AWD riv's while your at it??

lol i might get it all figured out and do it for people for some money

1998 Riv wrote:

Congrats!

87TurboRiviera wrote:

the only issue with it is a rust bubble on the hood and the SC tensioner is going out

The problem on the hood is it isn't a "rust" bubble, aluminum doesn't rust. It will however corrode, and do it very quickly in some areas; I'd at least get that taken care of ASAP so it doesn't get worse.

Very common for the leading edge of the hood to corrode under the paint.
When I bought mine it was like that for about a week.
Dropped it off at the body shop for them to strip the hood and properly prep the aluminum for primer and paint, as well as some other touch ups.
Since it's my DD it seems I've been averaging a trip to the body shop for misc. dings and chip work every 18 months or so.
Trying to keep it like new.

good thing i got family in paint and body