Patrolman previously posted:
" It is a 1.6L DOHC 16v turbo with a 5 speed and AWD."
Ah, yes. AWD turbo cars are very fun. Is this your first one? I'd guess not because you already had a spare motor?
Before the Jeep, I had a Hyundai Elantra (no guts, but 30 MPG everywhere). Before that I had an Eagle Talon TSi AWD Turbo (same thing as the Mitsubishi Eclipse and Plymouth Laser). That thing was a blast. Ended up selling it because I was commuting through Denver on I-25 and the Centerforce 2100lb clutch was giving me a real sore left leg in the stop-and-go.
With the stock clutch slipping, I got a 15.5 sec 1/4 mile at Bandimere. I was pretty excited about that. I never got back to run it after upgrading the clutch. Think I could have shaved a half second off. The fastest one in Colorado (at the time) ran something like a 12.1 (he was a pizza delivery guy in Lafayette).