[defiancy]

Originally Posted by KE.street.styler

Hey everyone. Here's a situation for ya:

I can buy a 96 Eagle Talon non-Turbo with 150,000 miles for $1,000. Problem is, it burns oils which tells me that it needs a rebuild. Normally, I'd be all over it, but it has an automatic tranny. I hate automatics....

So here's the question:
Is it going to break my budget to buy it, rebuild it, and do a tranny swap? Would it make more sense just swap the engine-tranny-drivetrain with an EVO? This is a budget car, so lets not get outrageous, ok! What's the most sensible choice?

As is, I'm thinking about passing it by, but the car does run...so it is tempting. I just don't like the fact that it's an automatic transmission.

If you are going to swap the tranny. It's definately not worth the money. Swaps can be expensive and there is no way of knowing why it burns oil. And rebuilds aren't so cheap if you are looking for a budget car. I would hold out on something else. Perhaps with a turbo?