Kyle's AWD Spyder Project - Big Money

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Hey all-

I've been a long time lurker and occasional poster on this site and I figured it was about time I started up a project thread of my own. I've been playing with DSMs for about 7 years now and I'm finally moving on to my dream project (an awd spyder). Unfortunately I recently graduated from college and got my first “big boy” job as a software engineer, I also purchased my first house, so I don’t have as much car time as I once did.

That’s enough of the boring stuff, here is the Evo I sold to fund this project:



This is the 98 Eclipse Spyder Gst that I will be using as a money pit for the next few years (sorry about the crappy cell phone pictures):







The car made the trip back from Mille Lacs without any major issues despite the wealth of problems I knew of when I purchased the car. This spyder was totally stock and in pretty good shape. Rust was my main concern when I was searching for the perfect spyder. It goes without saying, but this one has NONE.



By the time I got the car home, I was already sick of fwd so I decided to start looking for a good 5-spd awd donor car with the lsd rear or course. After a couple days of looking I ended up buying a really clean 95 Eagle Talon TSI AWD (almost a shame to rip this beauty apart):