Okay, it's official...
My Colt is going to be AWD. I started a Colt thread for those that keep asking about it. For those of you unfamiliar with what I'm talking about, there's a link to me stripping out the old 1.5L SOHC in my sig to make room for the 2.0L DOHC turbo. I'm putting the same turbo kit from the GSX which made 357 awhp into this hatchback, because I'm "going bigger" on the GSX.
Thursday I picked up the transmission donor car. I was GIVEN a '92 Eagle Talon AWD by a friend, complete with a 6-bolt 4g63 turbo engine, 4-bolt Limited-Slip rear, and the title. Fortunately they had already pulled the engine and transmission to diagnose what went wrong after they rebuilt the motor. That saved me a ton of work. Where it all went wrong; they got the intake and exhaust springs and keepers backwards so the motor seized the first time it was cranked. The head was trashed, but the shortblock is golden. This 130k old car sat in a garage for 3 years. It's never snapped a timing belt or suffered any major accidents. Just a little dirty and a slight bit rusty.
So now I have another 6-bolt big-rod spare shortblock. I don't need my FWD stuff anymore because I have a complete AWD drivetrain. What's sick about this swap is that I can use a 2g MAF which reads 18% lean on a 1g ECU, and 550 injectors which flow 18% rich (because it came with 450cc injectors), and they cancel eachother out... meaning I will need $0 worth of fuel management for this car to make it run properly. The '92 AWD cars have an un-governed EPROM ECU and I've decided not to use the '90 wiring harness, coil pack or sensors as a result of this. By using the '92 ECU, I can get DSMlink engine management down the road, if and when I need it. It's a win-win for teh Jafro.
Today I got to the shop around 1:00 PM. I had a great day. Here's some video footage for those of you still awake and protesting to the adjustment of DST...
**** 2007-03-20 VIDEO LINK UPDATED ****
^^^ now includes front-end teardown, disposal of chassis, and the Dodge Colt chassis + parts & peices. ^^^