So the car has been burning a quart of oil every 600-800 miles, it's leaking a bit, but not enough to explain this significant consumption. Will be looking into rebuild options for the summer and I do not think it will make it through another school year. What concerns me is if a rebuild would be way out of my budget, getting a replacement engine would be problematic being that this is a SH and I do not plan on converting it to a base model. Will keep this thread updated if it starts to consume more oil.
here's a current picture of the car because thread updates are no fun without pictures.