yeah, what he said.. i bought a an xr4ti for 600$ complete running perfectly drivable car with everything you'd need, but it had a ding in the drivers door and fender, so i bought another one for 140$.
I replaced the fuse for the fuel pump and it started.. then i replaced the water pump, thermostate and rad, and a new O2 sensor, and drove it around for awhile.. (The second one was manual vs the auto.. lol) but now that engine is going into my ranger..
I actualy bought the ranger jsut so i could put the engine in something. lol
then goto a wreckers adn find yourself a good and apropriately sized intercooler, get some piping and have a blast.
tehres tonnes of lil 2.3 Turbo vehicles out there for cheap.. just gotta look and find em.