At this point I am only going to give my opinion as what you should do next, of course others opinions may differ, anyway, I would consider the following; what are the plans for the engine( what do you plan to put it in), how much have you spent so far for the engine, and how much will you be able to spend both money and time? All is not lost or hopeless of course, you will have to decide what direction to go. When I bought the Riv front section, like I said most was intact, and the yard (I have always done good with) said it ran good when it came in, could'nt start it before I bought it because of the missing ECM, alt, and cut wires, but guaranteed me it was good, and sold it ( front half of car) for $600 including rest of wire harness to back including taillights, tank and the gas tank, point is I had enough to work with to get it running, putting the puzzle back together was'nt to hard, especially with the factory service manual. It seems important that if anyone buys a late model engine (starting mid 80's) and plan to install it in whatever ( old car, street rod, custom, foriegn, etc.), to get as much of all electrical/electronic and mechanical parts associated with it. If you plan on putting this engine in one of the above, you will have to hunt down all that is missing, and it looks like you have a list, of course if you got the motor cheap say a couple of hundred, and providing it's good, it shoul'nt be to bad, while not $200, more like $6-800, just a guess though, and that is to bring it to 84 Riviera spec. $150 coil pack/ ignition (you already have one source), $150 alternator and bracket ( could be more), $150 ECM/PROM/cal pack ( could be more), starter $?, and I'm leaving more that there is still parts missing. Of course it's also going to depend on what you plan to put it in, if a Regal or other car for that matter, the Riviera unique stuff could get in the way, and wo'nt work, with the turbo hanging off the back it wo'nt fit so you will have to get the correct brackets, headers, crossover pipe, turbo adaptor, etc., to make it work, so you have to buy more parts, and that you'll have to look into. If you plan to build a street rod/ custom it could work though, just depends on how much room you have. I don't want to guess , but do you have plans to put it into an 86 LeSabre? That would sound complicated, although probable, lots of work, and you would have to ask around on that one. If you're planning on a Regal or other GM G body, I think I would by a whole turbo Regal with good drive dtrain and wrecked or rusted body to get everything as a complete package, motor, electronics,etc. Unfortunaty swapping all the information you need is going to take more time than just this post can provide, and some of us (myself for sure) don't type to fast, which makes getting acrossed information a slow process! Once again I'm asking more questions but need the input to further give advice. Remember that this board is a great place for information, and you can buy parts you need and sell stuff you don't so hopefully whatever you're decision with this motor, you should do to bad. Let us know what you're plans are.
should be pretty cool. good Idea. The GS would be cool rwd and turbocharged too. I tought about that awhile back. Good luck
