I just looked at this 85 t type, the body is pretty straight and rust free but needs paint badly, bumper fillers both sets, it has 95k miles seems to run ok.
Took it for a test drive and floored it and at high rpms it hit boost for a couple seconds and then I heard a clicking noise? It only did this once, I floored it a few other times and it didnt make the noise.
Also what was strange was that the digital rpm tach said it was idling at around 1,200rpm.
Another strange thing was it idled fine but then I closed the hood and the idle kinda went down and then back up like it had to find idle, did this for about 30seconds up and down idle.
No smoke when starting or giving throttle and letting off.
The car had a very small amount of rust on the corners of the doors and a small dent near the rear quarter wheel well.
A major problem I found was it seemed to have an oil leak and it was dripping on the exhaust crossover near the oil pain, I couldn't see it dripping so probably wasnt a fast leak but it was hitting that crossover under the engine so I don't know where the leaks from, could be rear main seal? Or just a valve cover? But seems like it would be hard to fix even the valve cover gasket with the turbo right above it(passenger side).
He wants like 3k, does this week like a good deal? Non t top car, red interior, also hvac controls don't work, the blower wire was unplugged under the good because if it was plugged in the blower would turn on and you couldn't turn it off the hvac buttons wouldn't respond.
Car is completely stock. Needs a battery too, seems like it struggled to turn the starter fast, took 5-7sec to start cranking slow at first, so might be the starter.
Took it for a test drive and floored it and at high rpms it hit boost for a couple seconds and then I heard a clicking noise? It only did this once, I floored it a few other times and it didnt make the noise.
Also what was strange was that the digital rpm tach said it was idling at around 1,200rpm.
Another strange thing was it idled fine but then I closed the hood and the idle kinda went down and then back up like it had to find idle, did this for about 30seconds up and down idle.
No smoke when starting or giving throttle and letting off.
The car had a very small amount of rust on the corners of the doors and a small dent near the rear quarter wheel well.
A major problem I found was it seemed to have an oil leak and it was dripping on the exhaust crossover near the oil pain, I couldn't see it dripping so probably wasnt a fast leak but it was hitting that crossover under the engine so I don't know where the leaks from, could be rear main seal? Or just a valve cover? But seems like it would be hard to fix even the valve cover gasket with the turbo right above it(passenger side).
He wants like 3k, does this week like a good deal? Non t top car, red interior, also hvac controls don't work, the blower wire was unplugged under the good because if it was plugged in the blower would turn on and you couldn't turn it off the hvac buttons wouldn't respond.
Car is completely stock. Needs a battery too, seems like it struggled to turn the starter fast, took 5-7sec to start cranking slow at first, so might be the starter.
If you want to convert your car to LS power it will cost more than buying one that came with an LS engine. If you want to convert to the IC design that will also cost. 
