LOL, I doubt she drives like you. We both like to push things on corners a little but have never run the engine very hard (I can't speak for the previous 2 owners though). We almost always keep the turbo in the econo setting not the power setting and have never come anywhere close to redline. We sure love how you can feel the road in this car, makes me wish I still had my 750CC yamaha bike but for now I will be happy if we can just get this fixed.
so how do I check the compression on the cylinders? I am guessing I have to get some sort of gauge that screws into the spark plug hole then turn the engine by hand (howis that doneanyhow?). I need to get one of the owners manuels for this I suppose but most of the ones I have found are beat all to hell and still about $30. I suppose if I looked for a mitsubishi one instead of Eagle maybe that would be the ticket. If I look for 91 Eclips Spyder that should be the same right?

 

No.. you need to look for an Eclipse GST or GSX.

You turn the engine over just like you normally would using the key.

 

here is how to do the compression test. It is really easy
http://www.geocities.com/dsmgrrrl/FAQs/compression.htm