Project Zero Day - 2g Holset GST (AWD Swapped)

AFPR:
So after 7 years I finally decided to install an adjustable fuel pressure
regulator. I was interested to see how far my FP 255 pump could go so I
activated the pump via Link and increased the pressure up to about 70psi.
Assuming a linear increase with respect to boost pressure, I'm thinking this
should hold me over until about 27, maybe 30psi of boost. I didn't push it much
further than that, I just wanted to see if I could at least get to 70psi.

Pulley Gremlin:
So over the course of owning my dsm, I've always noticed that I would lose power
whenever turning on my AC, and I mean a very noticable loss of power. Recently,
I've also been hearing a squeeking noise whenever I turned on the AC. So I
chaulked it off as the compressor is taking a sh**.
However, during the AFPR install I noticed something out of the corner of my
eye. An old piece of rag was wedged in between the AC compressor pulley...?!?
How long has that been there for? After I removed it, there was a night and day
difference in overall driveability, I couldn't believe this. No more loss of
power, no more squeek.

Wastegate update:
I'm still having wastegate/boost control issues, which I suspect my ebay pos
gate to be the culprit (moreso the unknown spring pressures), so I also took the
dive and bought a tial mvr 44mm. Great...now I want the damn tial blow-off
valve. The wg is coming in tomorrow, should have it installed by the weekend and
rock-solid boost control. I can't wait to get back to WOT tuning and take this
baby to the track.

I'll edit this post with pics. More updates to come...

Here's an update of what I've been up to in the last few months:
My dsm is also my daily driver, and I'm slowly getting her ready for some track time coming up. That said, socal was hit with a nice heat wave and the coolant temps shifted my focus slightly. I realized I needed some additional cooling especially if I wanted to use the AC to/from work.

Slim fan:
I've been running the factory radiator fan on the passenger side since my Hx40 install, but the external gate didn't give me enough clearance for the factory AC fan. I picked up a 12" SPAL slim fan from summitracing and installed it using the radiator zip tie things, which are working out pretty good. I soldered the factory connector to the slim fan, so now it's plug and play with the factory harness.

ECU repair:
I initially intened to wire up the fans to have Link control them based on coolant temps alone via the programable FPS output. Me, being the dumbass that I am, didn't realize you need a relay to separate the current draw from the ecu...and yeah I fried the ecu driver which also controls the electronic boost solenoid...bye-bye boost control, not that I had very much control with my pos ebay wastegate...Anyway, sent the ecu in for repair and the boys from ecmtuning had it back to me in no time.

I temporary ditched the Link controlled fans idea (I'll save it for later) and just wired it up to the factory plug. Now I can use the AC