Yay or nay: buying a talon

[SnprSlick]

I found a 97 talon tsi out here for only 2600. I've seen/driven the thing in person. It has 100,000 miles on it. The guy said it threw the timing belt so he got it fully repaired. New harmonic balancer rebuilt the head... The only problem with it was the black paint on the top was faded. See the pics in my profile. Buy? Yay or nay?

 

[2point3Tsi]

compression test and if 150+ plus on all four cylinders buy... at least I would

 

[Zdrummer15]

Well personally, I would hold out for an awd, but that's just me. As far as whether it's worth that kind of money, I would say yes if has been properly taken care of it's whole life.

 

[Spoolin18]

compression test and if 150+ plus on all four cylinders buy... at least I would

upper 140's is fine all though mine is 150+- on all 4


127 or 130 is the serviceable limit.

 

[One Equals Two]

I've never gotten my GSt above 135 on the compression test, and that's with a new engine.

But FWD Talon 2gb's are HARD TO FIND. But, that doesn't really mean anything honestly. Get what you want.

 

[907gs-t]

I'd pick it up but thats me & enjoy no doubt.

 

[fstfcs]

do it.

people don't know what to think when they hear the word....talon. It's a great feeling.

 

[2point3Tsi]

oops sorry I was under the impression it was AWD. Mine is but it doesn't say AWD on the bumper 97-98 may be different.

hey One Equals Two how is your compression so low? Mines at 185+ after rebuild with cams

 

[Spoolin18]

oops sorry I was under the impression it was AWD. Mine is but it doesn't say AWD on the bumper 97-98 may be different.

hey One Equals Two how is your compression so low? Mines at 185+ after rebuild with cams

Factory specs is 164, I think.

 

[SnprSlick]

Bought it today. No regrets. The paint is faded on the black like I said, but everything works great, runs strong.

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That dent will be easy to just pop back out.

It also has an LSD, which caught me by suprise.

UPDATE:

here are some pics of the car:

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Anyways. So, I bring the car home from a 70 mile trip. Somebody told me about smoke coming out when I revved the car. I went to McDs for lunch today pulled out of hte parking lot and look back and see a cloud of white smoke behind me. It didn't follow me, just under acceleration it leaves a plume of smoke. I asked the guy how long the car had been sitting and he said about 4 months.

Do you think its just condensation? I DID make a 70 mile trip and I thought it would have gotten out. The headgasket was recently replaced when the head was rebuilt so I think that factors that out. So what else could it be?