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TRiv I sent you a email with some pics of the set up. The motor is facing forward just like in riviera. It seems pretty balanced with the motor/trans pretty close to the middle of the rear tires. We will see hopefully by January. And how well the trans does with some paddles on it. Any other...

For right now I am using the factory riviera headers and crossover. Future plans include the intercooler. It was out of an 85 riviera.

The motor and th325 are in a sandrail i built. I had a 350 chevy with the adapter plate to originally put in, but i found a pretty sweet deal on this 3.8 turbo riviera motor and decided for the low cost, better ability to climb the dunes without the carb, and better fuel economy for now, it was...

I just checked mine its a .63 so the .82 wont work? The motor and turbo came out of a 85 riviera, it looked stock, pulled the motor out myself so i know at least that was what this riviera had. Anybody see any problems switching to .82? Thanks

When youre ready to sell the riviera turbo, Im ready to buy. Looking for one its all i need to get the rail going. Thanks

If you still have the riviera turbo, let me know. mine is seized up. Oil all inside just means oil seal blown and bearing seized? Worth rebuilding?

Im using the whole drivetrain yes. Ill see how long these last, then figure out what to do then. Is the diferential a posi style or is it open? can you weld the spider gears together like normal rear end? Here is a guy with the trans and dif just like mine except he is using chevy 350 and im...

On the tag its says: 85 AJ 43137 Where is the letter stamped on transaxle at?

I have a fwd transaxle in my garage any way to tell what gear it has without opening it up? Theres a tag on the side any idea what code to look for on the tag?

If any of you guys from around Phx are looking for parts there is a 85 riviera t type sitting in ecology auto wrecking down here. I just pulled the motor to use in my sandrail, but everything else is still there. Anyone have a chiltons or something that has the wiring diagram for this in it and...