Part 8

STOP! If you are running aftermarket springs/retainers in your head, read on. At least in my case, the BC springs/retainers are a bit larger than stock so the ARP washer won't go all the way down when the stud is in the head. So, before you put the head on, drop the arp washer in each respective slot. You can see clearly here why this needs to be done prior to putting the head on. I used a screwdriver to point and slide the washers on, it's much easier than trying to eyeball or needle nose them into position.





Ok, now that the washers are in, I sprayed the headgakset about 4 layers worth on each side.




Now carefully slide the head on, watch the washers so they don't get pushed out by the headstud!!



I cleaned the CAS and put a new Oring on.



OFH:
Pretty straight forward, clean both surfaces, new teflon, a bit of black RTV, and copper spray.




2g mounting bracket:


Here's "the cut" you have to make to modify the 2g bracket to accomondate the 1g water pump.




Install the timing idler pulley with red loctite to 35 ft/lb, finger tighten the timing tensioner pulley on.




Waterpipe:
I used hylomar on the actual water pump housing and a new Oring for the pipe. This is an NT water pipe, no water provisions.



Here's the bolt everyone complains about when the turbo is on. Just take a swivel socket or a gear wrench to get at it. In this case, it's right there




hmm.. Just had to take a step back: