I was in no hurry and took my time while installing the kit. Here are a few pics with some of the prep I did during installation. Although the manifold and turbo units come pre-assembled, I took it apart to check everything.
This shows the plenum roof of the cast turbo manifold. A small flow directing wedge helps guide exhaust gases to the turbine.
I opted to port match the exhaust elbow to the turbo's chamber for best flow characteristcs. In this picture you can faintly see the areas where I used a black marker to show where I had to remove material to match the turbo outlet [below].
This is how it looked afterwards.
Oil pan fitting installed and turbo unit mounted to the engine [below].
Oil pressure and coolant lines connected. At Wes' suggestion, I teed the turbo cooling lines into the factory GA throttle valve cooling hoses. It was simple and it worked out very nicely. I had to flip the lower radiator upside down to clear the flexible turbo intake pipe.
I modified the supplied 2" downpipe to mate to my existing 2" mandrel bent system.
I sourced the 3" MAF adapter and cone filter on ebay. Cost: $18.95 shipped.
