i absolutely agree with this statement.
i would also suggest the first gen because of the larger turbo, larger intercooler and better flowing head and intake manifold. the quirks that the first gens have are a crank pulley that comes apart (no big deal and no damage gets caused - can be fixed by using a second gen pulley), windows that need to have the track lubed up with armor all every couple of months, a notchy transmission that grinds into second sometime, and the timing belt and hydraulic timing belt tensioner needs to be changed routinely at the suggested intervals, or you'll be rebuilding the top half of the motor and probably the bottom half also.
one other thing, don't ever remove the balance shafts, i have seen people do this and then have mysterious oiling problems later down the line.
by the way i have a 92 fwd turbo as a beater, and it is fun and fast, beats everything from ram air camaros to new m5's, and i don't have too too much done to it either.
i would also suggest the first gen because of the larger turbo, larger intercooler and better flowing head and intake manifold. the quirks that the first gens have are a crank pulley that comes apart (no big deal and no damage gets caused - can be fixed by using a second gen pulley), windows that need to have the track lubed up with armor all every couple of months, a notchy transmission that grinds into second sometime, and the timing belt and hydraulic timing belt tensioner needs to be changed routinely at the suggested intervals, or you'll be rebuilding the top half of the motor and probably the bottom half also.
one other thing, don't ever remove the balance shafts, i have seen people do this and then have mysterious oiling problems later down the line.
by the way i have a 92 fwd turbo as a beater, and it is fun and fast, beats everything from ram air camaros to new m5's, and i don't have too too much done to it either.
