what should i do-need help please

[remofzero]

hey guys its been a long time since i been on- but im in a major delima now.... i have a 1990 eclipse GS turbo- (yes a GS turbo not a gst they didnt make gst's in 1990) that the body/chassis is like virtually rot free- it has 200 thou on the body and its solid as it can get. i bought the car and the ecu fried then the clutch blew so bad that the motor tried to jump out of the car and i sold it for 700 bucks.

well i just bought the car back because a buddy owed me money and works at advanced auto and he got me a new clutch and master cylinder for the clutch and my other buddy gave me a 6 bolt flywheel and starter for cheap- i also picked up a 92 talon tsi awd in decent shape no real rot that was just a shell for 375 bucks with title and keys in hand .... now here comes the fun part-

i jsut got done pulling the motor and transmission, theres a broken ear on the tranny and a piece broke off the block as well by it- somehow it only had 2 bolts holding it together- the oil lines to the turbo have been snapped somehow and well honestly it looks as tho someone just poured 50 gallons of old oil all over it.... its bad- but idk if i want to actually finish paying off this car or sell it as a whole and then part out the talon....

so my questions begin with- can the tranny and motor pieces be welded back in place and not have to worry about it? also i went to remove the flywheel and when i put my breaker bar on the bolt the fly wheel dont spin now- its been a year since i heard it run- so im guessing its ceased now? i still need a 90 turbo manual ecu and then i need to know what to do... what should i do should i just pull the drive train out of the talon and sell it for a hundred and fifty and scrap the rest and then use the money to attempt to fix mine? or should i part them both out or sell them as a set ? im still classified a noob here so i cant post on here but idk what to do- what would you guys do?

 

[extremeatheist]

yeah you can weld them, the block might not do to well though welding cast is a bi*** if you don't know how to do it.

 

[remofzero]

well i got the motor and tranny out- im extremely pissed now tho because somehow the motor is ceased tighter then a drum and it hasnt even been a full year its sat- and on top of that the tranny only had 2 bolts holding it together- so now i need a new motor and a new tranny.... is this car really worth it?

 

[extremeatheist]

What makes you think you need a new trans? engines are fairly cheap.

 

[remofzero]

well the ear on the tranny - the top left ear to be excact- somehow snapped off so i have to have that welded, thats to start with- and second and i believe third gear when you shifted fast it would grind - or if you didnt hold the clutch in for a second or two it would grind- i know it was second cant recall if it was 3rd as well- so idk if the synchros were bad or what.....

i cant find any normal stock motors near me for under 500 bucks.... the main reason not only because i love this car more then i really should that i want to fix it , but because its a 1990 GS turbo- in 1990 only 30% were made with a turbo and it wasnt untill 91 were they called gst- but also because the car has 200 thousand miles on the body and theres no rot on it at all, only one small hole in the front pass side fender which i already have a replacement and the headlights wont go down because the brackets are rusted in place .... theres nothing anywhere else on the car at all.... thus why the car gives me a reason to fix it being the fact that if she can go 200 thou and not rot im willin to fix her right... doing new tie rods and ball joints in the front , new inner tie rods as well- only things i need now is motor , good flywheel, tranny and a ecu and i think ill be set- just finding them parts now is rare for cheap- especially on a budget its hard... and i ask my self every day if its worth a new motor tranny and ecu because of how fixed of a income i have .... idk what would you do?

 

[black91awdturbo]

Its pretty simple if you love the car as much as you say you save and put it back on the road. Its only worth it if you want to drive that car again. I have had projects that have taken me months to fix but when I do take it down the road its worth it every time.

 

[extremeatheist]

My z gave me so many headaches and cost me 2000 more than it should have but I kept at it because I loved the car. I ended up selling it because I had a second kid and I regret it every day.