This is my baby. In 1984 she was parked and didn't move until I got her in the summer of 2005. This is when I got her..
Now for the performance aspects of the car:
I completely rebuilt the motor myself here are the specs
-block bored and stroked to 494ci,
-Original iron heads with high performance 3 angle valve job with stage 3 valves and roller rockers,
-ported and polished, gasket matched,
-TA performance timing cover with high pressure oil system,
-redrilled oil passages,
-MSD Ignition,
-TA Performance Dampener,
-Stage 1 cam,
-block cradle,
-Modified B&M 177 Supercharger with Edelbrock 850CFM carb,
-custom aluminum adapter plate I machined to addapt the supercharger to an Edelbrock B-4B intake,
-Water and Methynol injection System,
-TA performance fuel Pump
The power plant
Other Performance Mods:
-12 bolt Posi rearend with 3.73s
-aluminum drive shaft
-Performance built turbo400 tranny
-exhaust cutouts to run open headers
-I refabricated the original 4-link trailing arms, so now they are boxed and stronger
-Bilstien front and Rear shocks,
-Bilstien front 1.5" lowering springs,
-bilstien rear 2.5" lifting springs,
Misc Mods:
-6 inch Cowl
-33" BF Goodrich Tires for street driving
-31x14.5x15 M/T ET streets for the track
Future projects for the RIVI:
- Swap TH400 for a Muncie 4 speed
- Upgrade to Stage 2 aluminum heads
- Upgrade to Aluminum block when it is released
- Upgrade to a Dyers 8-71 Mega Blower
Some more angles:
Posted by: rivme
04/14/2009, 02:25pm
I have a 72 Riviera and I realy like the look of the rally wheels and want to fill the rear wheel wells with larger tires.It may be a stupid question but how did you managed to use such a big tire and keep the stock rim.
Thanks Graham
Canada