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02-20-2013, 07:23 PM | #1 |
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Thoughts on running a 1985 Buick Riviera
Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on running a 1985 Buick Riviera in AF/S. There is one for sale near me with the 307 and I think it would be a pretty neat car. I'm not that concerned with setting a record and my local S/SS series does not do heads up races. I figure I could run it there and chip away at the ET.
So, what do you think? Would it be fun or would it just end up being a bunch of head aches? Thanks |
02-20-2013, 08:07 PM | #2 |
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Re: Thoughts on running a 1985 Buick Riviera
They have been run. They have been competitive. A guy from New Jersey ran one and so did Bob Shaw. Not sure how they would do against an SRT4 Neon though.
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Re: Thoughts on running a 1985 Buick Riviera
The one from NJ was a V6 turbo don't know what Bob ran in his. And there was Scott North that ran a turbo out of Colorado. Don't know if any were 1985 but the NJ one was and 82 that I know.
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Re: Thoughts on running a 1985 Buick Riviera
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...Or even a supercharged Grand Prix.
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Re: Thoughts on running a 1985 Buick Riviera
My Riviera was sometimes a 1982 with V6 turbo and 4 barrel and sometimes a 1984 with V6 turbo and efi. Biggest problem was traction.
A 307 should run the index but there will be faster cars in the class.
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Seems to me you could take all the timing out of it and still launch it.. Hard to do with a turbo car.
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Re: Thoughts on running a 1985 Buick Riviera
I will have to show this one to my Wife. Her daily driver is an 84 Riviera we bought new. Always thought it would be fun to up the 307 a bit and let her give it a try
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Re: Thoughts on running a 1985 Buick Riviera
Mark,
I have never studied the supercharged GP. I don't know how much boost it would have leaving the line. I'm sure that retarding the timing would help the traction problem a lot.
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Re: Thoughts on running a 1985 Buick Riviera
Mark,
We've had a few of the supercharged 3.8s. We've contemplated building one for a while just for fun. I had one that had a pulley swap, good down pipe, exhaust, no headers and it would run mid 14's on a decent day in full street trim. That's at over 200lbs heavy for a/fs. I sold that a few years ago. However, dad still has his that just got retired from daily driver status this winter. It went a 14.9 bone stock with the luggage and spare in the trunk. With headers, drag radials and some tuning they will run in the 13's. There was/is a company that made a posi unit and even had a different gear set as well for them. I think we still have one of the posi units. I think it would make a fairly decent inexpensive car. I don't know if it would run with the srt-4's but I think it go low low 13's with some time and playing. Rick |
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