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[ncgalant]

Well I've begun work on the new talon. I first pulled the oil pan to find if their claim of a broken rod was indeed true. What I found was worse. The rod was fine. The piston on #4 was in 8000000 pieces. The oil pan was full of piston. This didn't bother me.

What bothered me was when I pulled the turbo. The coolant lines were full of piston. When I started pulling water lines off the engine to pull it, piston pieces everywhere. This doesn't bother me other than the parts that I can't clean easily. I'm assuming the heater core is full of metal. The radiator is full of metal. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? I was thinking about throwing in the other motor, but I don't want it full of metal pieces. In-line filters all over? I'm really not sure where to go with this.

[KOU In3]

I'm not sure if I missed the initial post but I'm not sure if your Talon is a 1G or 2G.

If it's 1G then things are relatively cheap. We have a BUNCH of heater cores here. You can have one of them free if it helps you out and you want to pick it up.

Trannies: 2G trannies should all be 23 splines. The 22 spline is for the '90 tranny and T-case. After that they went to a 23 spline I believe. You can always swap output shafts if you need to make it fit with your T-case so that isn't the biggest of deals.

We have a few 1G AWD trannies here still if you decide to go that route. Typically a used tranny in good shape goes for $300.

1G heater core- Free
1G radiator- $40

If you have a list or want to stop by sometime to go over what you need you are welcome to. Also offering a 1G U-wrench-it indoor junkyard as well.

Hopefully I'm not polluting your thread with 1G info if you are transplanting into a 2G roller here.