96 talon esi

[nivram]

I currently own a 96 Talon ESi. When I left for deployment the car was still running and had couple of leaks in the engine. White smoke was also coming out from the exhaust. I purchased the car from a friend of mine who recently PCS. Anyways, I got back from deployment and the car stopped working I'm guessing battery is dead. My question is would it be better if I just have it rebuild or just buy a shortblock instead, and how much would it cost? Any advice would be greatfully appreciated.

Marvin

 

[Defiant]

Uh....


Yeah, maybe. Or, not.

 

[nivram]

well thanks for the input

 

[kergilman]

Uh....


Yeah, maybe. Or, not.

I currently own a 96 Talon ESi. When I left for deployment the car was still running and had couple of leaks in the engine. White smoke was also coming out from the exhaust. I purchased the car from a friend of mine who recently PCS. Anyways, I got back from deployment and the car stopped working I'm guessing battery is dead. My question is would it be better if I just have it rebuild or just buy a shortblock instead, and how much would it cost? Any advice would be greatfully appreciated.

Marvin

Dude, Defiant was poking fun at the vaguness of your question.

If you have a 96 ESI, you have the 420a motor. What shortblock engine where you thinking about throwing in there (good luck at fitting a different engine in there w/o a lot of custom fabrication)? And if you have a dead battery, an engine block swap is might be a little excessive... If you think you are burning excessive oil in it you might want to do a compression test to see how well your piston rings are sealing.

 

[nivram]

Dude, Defiant was poking fun at the vaguness of your question.

If you have a 96 ESI, you have the 420a motor. What shortblock engine where you thinking about throwing in there (good luck at fitting a different engine in there w/o a lot of custom fabrication)? And if you have a dead battery, an engine block swap is might be a little excessive... If you think you are burning excessive oil in it you might want to do a compression test to see how well your piston rings are sealing.

thanks very much for the input, well i haven't done a compression test to see how the pistons rings are sealing, coming from a SVT Cobra mustang owner I know little about this car and doing a research on it as much as possible

I plan on putting a turbo on it sometimes in the future, so I might as well get a better piston and rods right or just get a new shortblock(420a with forged internal)?