The welder wasn't able to make it to tack up the exhaust manifold.
Oil cooler was moved & is to b mounted horizontally (it was in the vertical position all along). It will now be in front of the radiator so it will now receive the draft from the radiator wen the fan is running.
The thermostat housing was modified to with an inlet & an outlet ports to allow coolant to flow to the turbo. I had neglected to run water to the turbo all along as i just don't like the sight of the extra hoses in the engine bay, but i guess good sense prevailed & they're ran now.
Also, this gave me the opportunity to install a thermostat as i forgot i didn't install one some time ago. A quality looking Ebay boost gauge ::) was installed. It goes up to 30 psi & has Peak & Warning features.
New EV1 injector connectors were installed as the original Mitsubishi ones had all the clips broken so they had to be held with silicone. It worked but i never felt comfortable with it.
Aluminum studs were installed onto the tappets cover for securing the coil packs. Steel studs were "welded" to the aluminum tappets cover sometime ago but one of them gave up the ghost some time after & the others would soon do the same. An aluminum bar was ordered online (less than $6 USD delivered to the local post office). It was then cut, threaded & welded in place of the older steel ones. by the way, approx. half of the rod is left over.
New 27" x 7" x 2.5" intercooler has been installed. Also, intercooler piping has been revised for shorter routing, one piece on the hot as well as cold side as well as the hot side piping diameter was changed from 2.25" to 2".
MAC solenoid to be installed tomorrow to facilitate ECU controlled boost as well as boost by gear.
A boost leak test some months ago revealed a few leaks as well as two 12 mm bolt holes in the back of the compressor housing where the stock actuator was bolted onto. The bolt holes went straight thru into the compressor housing [blackeye]. Car was tuned, driven all along without knowing this. & here i was thinkin that the turbo just had an extra sweet spooling sound. [sneaky]
Will update soon.