I'm going to update this thread in the hopes that it motivates me enough to finally finish this damn thing.

While I was on travel for work my wife got with my dad to get my car moved from my parents' house to our new home. Now that we've finally settled in, we had some room in the garage for it so I could hopefully get back to work on it before our third child arrives in March. It made the trip well, but the transfer case is leaking oil all over my garage floor. I guess the driveshaft yoke and transfer case seal need to be replaced. I need to find out if this car has ever had the recall done on it. If it hasn't, I'd love to limp it to the local dealership and have them deal with it.

I got JNZ Tuning to fix up my spare pedal assembly for me, so I just have to yank the old one out and install the new one. It's not a fun task but it's also not the worst job I've ever had to do. I just have to find time to do it. Hopefully sometime within the next week I'll be able to get out there and get it done within a few hours.

Beyond that, the car still smokes like a chimney. The engine runs remarkably well. Very quiet, no breaks in the idle, and feels very smooth. I still need to do a compression and leakdown test again just to confirm my readings from before that the compression is okay and the valves aren't leaking much air. I also have a new PCV valve to replace the old one. If everything checks out and it still smokes I suppose I'll drive it around a bit longer to see if it persists, and if it does, replace the turbo.

As far as long term goals go, I'm not quite sure what to do with my third child on the way. I already have VERY limited time to work on the car with the twins, and I imagine it will be downright impossible with the third coming along. For the past few months I've actually considered selling the car and getting a new vehicle that I don't have to worry about working on. I did some car shopping months ago but put that on hold after receiving news of our third child but once the baby comes and we settle down again I will be getting a new car. Then the issue becomes whether or not I should keep the Talon, and honestly there's no reason for me to do that if I'm getting something like an Evo or FR-S.