got a chance to get a nice 91 tsi talon AWD for $1,000, broke the timing belt and bent valves, car has some extras & ran great up untill then, sound like a fair deal,? i can fix anything im not worrried about bent valves & might as well do rings, bearings & oil pump while its half apart

 

also any known problems in the drivetrain i should look for? or anything else?

 

check for oil around the t-case. thats not a problem you want to deal with. And 1k isnt too bad of a deal if your gonna do the work yourself, cuz then it shouldnt cost you more than $500 to get it running again. Then just check for rust everywhere.

 

i know where i can get a transfer case for $100 if that one does have a problem, does the input shaft seal tend to leak on them or what?

 

well idk if the 1g's were the same, but i know on the 2gs that they tend to leak at the seals

 

thats not too big of a deal for me, even as much of a pain as the AWD is to work on(ive put a clutch in 3 of them)[:@]
i hear the 1g engines are pretty tough, havent been through one much, ive gone through the neon 2.0 DOHC a million times, i race dirt circle track with a peon & have blown up countless engines , always throws #1 rod... i just like those cars & love to play with turbo stuff & AWD is a big bonus for me, especially playin in the snow
i drive a SOHC neon now for a beater & i hate that little pile of crap sorry excuse for a car but it wont die
its going to be another race car if i get ahold of that talon to drive

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well youve definetly picked the right year talon becuase from 1990-1992 they made the best engines in those. I think the weakest link can end up being the trannies. Those are also known to go (but mostly just from excessive beating). But the reason for it being the best is it comes with the 6bolt 4g63 motor which 1993+ it came with a 7bolt (suseptable to crankwalk). Your motor is actually one that people try and swap into the newer eclipses and talons for that reason.

 

i think im gonna pick it up saturday, i looked over the head, its only got 2 bent intake valves, theyre not bent very bad, just barely enough they leak a little so piston must not have hit them too hard, we'll see what happens when i get it put together i guess.
im extremely rough on cars, i always find the weak links in them pretty quick, AWD im sure to trash a transmission the way i drive, but thats all part of the fun[sm=gears.gif] i think just for fun ill runa hose out of the grille from the BOV and tape a balloon to it, thats always entertaining

how much boost can the stock turbo safely make without cooking it, i know my old 89 lazer turboII(maybe it was turboI???) motor ran great on 20psi but it trashed the little **** ant turbo, it was the throttle body injected deal, not much of a power house but fun to beat on

 

i wouldnt run more that 16psi on the 14b turbo

 

i have a ported 1g head for sale.