Venom13132
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- Feb 9, 2010
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Indianapolis,
Indiana
Ok I have been having a hard time deciding what to do with the two Talons I just bought.
I have a Blue 1996 TSi AWD Automatic with what I was told has a spun rod bearing, the car has a 14b turbo a hard intake pipe and what looks like an ebay J-pipe, the drivers seat has a cover on it cause its in bad condition.
Then I have a 1995 TSi AWD Automatic with a bad transmission and bad brakes. This car however has a lot more frame rust than I had noticed when I bought the car. The side skirts arent even fully mounted do to rust, and the typical strut tower rust.
So Option #1 is to take the engine and the seats from the 95 into the blue 96 and have that as my nice running car and part out the red 95.
or option #2 put the transmission from the blue 96 into the red car, still swap the seats, sell the red car as a complete running car for cheap cause of all the rust and what not, then buy a pull out engine/trans for the 96, sell the spare parts from that and have the 96 in good running condition. That is a lot more work and risk though.
Either way I keep the 96 and it will run good and look good. I just cant decide what is the best decision for the 95 financially..
I would need to get at least $1000 from selling the parts from the 95 to make it worth parting out. So I would have basically everything aside from the block available to sell. I'm not sure what parts go for for these cars.
Or I just just take the block swap seats and try to sell the 95 as a roller.
thoughts?
I have a Blue 1996 TSi AWD Automatic with what I was told has a spun rod bearing, the car has a 14b turbo a hard intake pipe and what looks like an ebay J-pipe, the drivers seat has a cover on it cause its in bad condition.
Then I have a 1995 TSi AWD Automatic with a bad transmission and bad brakes. This car however has a lot more frame rust than I had noticed when I bought the car. The side skirts arent even fully mounted do to rust, and the typical strut tower rust.
So Option #1 is to take the engine and the seats from the 95 into the blue 96 and have that as my nice running car and part out the red 95.
or option #2 put the transmission from the blue 96 into the red car, still swap the seats, sell the red car as a complete running car for cheap cause of all the rust and what not, then buy a pull out engine/trans for the 96, sell the spare parts from that and have the 96 in good running condition. That is a lot more work and risk though.
Either way I keep the 96 and it will run good and look good. I just cant decide what is the best decision for the 95 financially..
I would need to get at least $1000 from selling the parts from the 95 to make it worth parting out. So I would have basically everything aside from the block available to sell. I'm not sure what parts go for for these cars.
Or I just just take the block swap seats and try to sell the 95 as a roller.
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thoughts?
