Veeeeeeeery nice! Hi Mark, Very nice looking Riv. A couple of questions if you don't mind. I'm gathering info to customize mine a bit. The ride height, what did you do to give it it's current stance? The tires, what size are they? The engine, have you had it dyno tested? I'm curious as to how much power is needed to do the 1/4 mile in 12secs. Thanks, Serge.
Re: Veeeeeeeery nice! 1) I installed different springs. They are around 950 lb/inch in the front and 270 lb/in in the rear if I remember right. The springs themselves are shorter than stock and about double the stock rate. I looked in a spring application book and found some that would work. I do not remember the specific applications because it was so long ago. 2) Normally, the tires are 255/60/15 rear and 245/60/15 front, but in these pictures I have Hoosier 27.5-8.5-15 Dirt Bozz oval track tires on it. They are about an inch taller than the normal tires and give the car more rake. It usually sits level, or very close to level. I put these tires on because they hook up fairly well and they were free. They are not DOT approved however. 3) The motor has never been on a dyno and the car has never been on a chassis dyno. According to a power calculator, it takes 503 hp at the rear wheels to make a 4500 lb car run 109.49 mph in the quarter, but I personally don't think it has that much power. If I had to guess, I would say it has around 450 at the rear wheels and about 575 at the motor. That is just a guess though.o No:
Re: SWEEEET About a month ago, Dave Gramlow and Ed Wilt (topless 64-455) got to go for rides in this thing. You can read about their impressions on this link: http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28295
I'll need a full second head start, but we'll run at Salem next year! And yes, our cars do look very good with that style wheel. Very similar to my Eagle Alloys. $100 a piece from Summit. Hell of a deal!
You're ON! Loser buys the first round:beer winner buys the second:beer I am really looking forward to seeing your Riv, it is beautiful from the pictures. I bought the Centerlines when they first came out. I had the Buick road wheels on the car with 225-70-15's but when I saw those "forged billet" Centerlines I had to have them. ------------See you in Salem-------Mark D.
that is one bad riv! Very nice! I LOVE that color. That is EXACTLY what i have in mind for my '69 GS. Do you happen to have a paint code for that?
Re: that is one bad riv! Just go to the paint store and ask for 1989 Chrysler Black Cherry. I believe that it is for a caravan, but the color also came on shadows, lebarons, and others. There are 3 variences, this color is the "standard" varience. That is all I know. It has been 13 years since this car has been painted, other than the hood scoop which was painted in '97 or so.
Hey Mark, thats a very nice Riv.! Thats about all I can say! Except for the fact that it is one of the nicest and coolest rivs out there!:TU: Very nice buick! Cody
Very nice looking Riviera you got there.:TU: I like that you removed the lower trim from under the doors. That's the same thing I am in the process of doing with mine, just have to smooth out the bottoms of the fenders. Did you do the body work yourself?
No, I was in high school at the time but even then I knew bodywork wasn't my thing. I paid about $2G for the paint and body work that was done not including what I spent to straighten and rechrome the bumpers ($500) at the time. The body work is not the best and if you see the car up close you can pick it apart pretty easily but I was 16/17 years old and it took everything I had to even afford that. And the body shop treated me really fairly. It has held up all of these years and still has good gloss and depth, no cracking paint looks good the car is just a little wavy thats all. There was a lot of chrome removed too, not just the lower sills but the wheel well moldings, the center door strips, the center hood strip, and the grill and the rear panel were blacked out. I'm still happy with the look even today. I always liked it better without the hood scoop but it was a compromise so I could run the SP-1 and the Dommi.:3gears: Thanks for the interest ----------------- Later, Mark. BTW: since I posted this the car has gone 11.66 at 116+ in the quarter still heavy as hell and with 3.42 gears and an iron head stage-1.
This is a thread from November 2003, someone brought it back to life on January 1st, 2011. The last reply by the thread starter is from January 2nd, 2011. (and again yesterday) This is when he was last seen on the board:
