Give it to me straight

Give it to me straight doc,how bad is it? Iv ended up with a DUI.I got this lil project Neon to keep me busy,but I cant even drive it for 6 months at least.
It has low miles but the sohc 2.0 aka 2.slow
I dont want to spend much money on it cause i know ill never see it back.Im doing everything myself.I need to finish installing the front bumper and get started on primer.I have 2" lowering springs for it, that may never make it on? I would like to make it up driveways!
This is my first day on the site,so i don't know where you go to see my pics but there somewhere on here?
so how bad is it? what should i do?I hear the eclipse has the same 420A should i go thru the trobble of trying to fit that turbo onto it?