Chris White

Oh, so you don't like 'pink'....

most of us guys really like 'the pink'....nough said.

ehall

Chris's idea of "most of us guys" nuff said....

Chris White

I did notice the 'military type' in that picture....

And I’ll fix your quote –

ehall

GOLF CLAP!

Darwantae951

Ya know, with no engine/exhaust/transmission...the car is REALLY easy to move around!

Darwantae951

My A/C is officially gone! Now it's time to clean up the engine bay.

Darwantae951

First round of engine bay scrubbing is complete!

Darwantae951

Today I can honestly say I installed a new part instead of taking more stuff off...I consider this an accomplishment.

Darwantae951

Even more progress...I think I am actually getting close to installing the engine...that is kind of scary...

JohnKoaWood

Nice progress, keep it up!

Darwantae951

Here's some more John,

Did the initial fitment of the headers/crossover/turbo:

Darwantae951

Turbo and exhaust are on for good now. Did a test fit of the manifold to make sure things were falling into place like they should. So far no problems!

Tom M'Guinn

Looking great! You might check to make sure the coolant neck is fully seated. Sometimes the bolt circled in yellow needs to be ground down or low-profile (no rhyme or reason for when it works, so far as I can tell). Also, I ended up using a pressure plate bolt (iirc) for the one circuled in black, since it otherwise stuck up too high for the hard pipe.

Tom M'Guinn

Oh, and I trust you drilled that white plastic housing for the turbo thermostat...

Darwantae951

Yep, housing has been drilled. I have no problems with the upper coolant neck being fully seated, but I will look into using a PP bolt in that black circle. I was looking at that a few days ago and was wondering if it would work. I reference your thread quite a bit!