DSMINMN's '91 Talon TSi AWD

[DSMINMN]

Well, this is how the story goes. I thought my '99 GS-T had a bad head gasket and had planned on building the engine. But after looking into it deeper, it turned out to be just a radiator cap... lol

I then turned my attention away from both my GS-T and my Talon. The reason for this would be because my dad owns both cars. He told me I wasn't touching the engines of those cars. His reasoning for saying is a little confusing, CONSIDERING he knows I am into performance. To each their own I guess. He's into ricing cars out and making them LOOK cool, so I kind of took that as a hint.

I also have grown old to the comments about how I need to get my own car and stop driving my "parent's cars". Those numerous comments were another contributing factor.
So I jumped onto Craigslist and found the car I will be showing you here in a bit. It didn't take very long to find it either. I talked to the guy and within a week I was at his place picking the car up with a couple friends.

It needs body work, interior work...it’s a restoration pretty much. I, however, am going to be building the engine far past what one would consider factory specs.
Here she is, my new project;

1991 Eagle Talon TSi AWD


As you can already tell, it needs A LOT of work. I mean, look at this picture of the inside of the car.



I think it’s quite evident this will be a long term project. The first thing on the list to do is to finish seam welding the engine bay, prime it and paint it.



It was a little disappointing that I received a 1g 7-bolt short block from the owner to use. I didn't notice it until yesterday it wasn't a 6-bolt like I had thought it would be. I guess if I would have listened when he said he put a junkyard engine in it awhile back that lasted him the whole time he used the car.
Anyway, that’s my new project. As soon as I can get it to my dad's shop where all the tools are, I will have some updates. Thanks for looking!