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I’ve been really happy with my paint choice for this engine so far. In the past I’ve just used engine paint enamels, and I have always been disappointed with the durability of them…..they look nice on the stand, but then during installation or assembly something gets bumped and BAM, a scratch or...

Yup, I had a brace on the past one and will have a brace for this version as well. There is definitely a lot of stress on the brace because it broke the casting boss on my turbo in the past, so now I have the brace going right to one of the 4 main mounting bolts.

That flange design is the same as the flange on my existing turbo header and it doesn't impede the GPs at all. Studs could be a problem because with the GPs installed, the header gets lowered down past the GPs and studs might could get in the way of that. Good thoughts though!

Last night I started cleaning up the inside of the driver side manifold. I was working on the collector and I wasn’t happy with how the #1 tube merged. I had put a radius there when fabricating the header, but the final result wasn’t great and unfortunately ended with a right angle for the...

I’m sure you will make something bitchin.

It certainly is odd how they machine this surface of the head.

Yeah, when Chris asked about flexes, that was a “DUH” moment for me - especially since the crossover is going to be stainless. That’s why these threads are the best - you smart guys catch me before I make a mistake.

Here are some pics. This flange is one I had made for me locally that was a copy of the ones you can get online. It could use a little touch up with a grinder to get it to align properly.

I hadn't planned on it, but now that you're mentioning it, yeah, that would be a good idea.

Yes, I can definitely get you some better shots of that for you. I should be able to this evening. I don't see any reason why dual crossovers couldn't be done. I was mindful of the firing order on the turbo side, making sure 2&4 were on one half of the turbine and 6&8 were on the other side...

Pretty different. I didn’t like how number 5 cylinder was done on the Hummer headers, plus I wanted v-band flanges and I wanted to control the routing of the crossover, so for those reasons I decided to make my own. Ironically, I also don’t love how I did number 5 on mine, ha.

I got the driver side header put together. For some reason it took almost as long as the turbo side, even with 2 less tubes. I think I’ll have less to clean up on the inside of it though. Next up is the crossover.

Good eye. I’m running dual road draft tubes.

I did some looking at how low the upper radiator hose runs and quickly realized the fuel filter was going to be a problem. Luckily I already had to run some 6mm spacers under the AC compressor so the Sanden compressor would clear the bracket, so I was able to move the bracket under the...

The turbo header is done until it’s time to paint. I added more weld to all of the seams, which isn’t as pretty, but that allowed me to safely clean up the inside of all of the tube mergers. I used carbide burrs to clean everything up. I also added bungs for the pyro and drive pressure gauges.

Last night I swapped the pulleys on the AD244 alternators to the correct pulleys for 88-95 so my tach will read correctly. I measured for a belt once those were on and found a cheap 119.5” belt on eBay I’m going to start with.

Definitely possible, but it still wigs me out getting something inside the lines. It would look very nice though indeed.

I should share one more thing I did this weekend since I think it’s going to be best for me to keep the thread up to date as I make progress and then do a catch-up post on the engine build portion later. I didn’t want to put crappy looking injection lines on my freshly painted engine and I...

Thanks, Chris! That's a generous offer......well the accommodations part..........not so sure about the slave labor part 😉

It will connect to that V-band there in the middle. I should be working on the driver side header and new crossover pipe soon.