Ludachris said:

Oh so close... stick with it.

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thats what i gotta tell myself everyday i dont know how others sell it i couldnt id just pay someone to finish it who knows what they are doing so i can finally enjoy it after so long i wouldnt be to mad i did 100% of the work still. i learned alot. had some fun. appreciate it tho ima get there! ill be posting vid of it boosting i promise it!

Anfurnyy said:

Mine just always had a small leak on the timing. Side of the pan. And then it just got worse to the point where it was making literal puddles. These would work pretty well if there was a steel core in them, I think. But I just went back to RTV and haven't had any issues since. It's definitely a pain to pull it but worth it to me.

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yeah thats why i went with the silicon in the first place not having to deal with the rtv

Better protection for the oil hoses if the fittings on the cooler are facing up.

Justin DuBois said:

Better protection for the oil hoses if the fittings on the cooler are facing up.

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yes sir will do something to protect them.

well men and more men. it does run. i still gotta put the belts on, coolant, hit it with a timing light. a boost leak test and then see what happens. although when it was running it was still smoking out the exhaust. and the turbo is still leaking barley but its there brand new turbo btw. hopefully ill figure it out, if i have to replace that turbo gasket that hopefully isnt to hard.

well well well boys and men. somethings good but somethings not. the compression is great now. least i didnt f*** up my first set of rings and honing. but the f***er is still leaking. so i did some research and found out about the back hole for the balance shaft i dont have anymore and i put a fitting in it and ran it to the cheap catch can i had laying around, now either the catch can isnt good enough or i still have way to much crank case pressure. when i was idled it didnt leak or comeout the exhaust but as soon as i took it for a drive it started smoking hella, so i think im going to do the weld a fitting on the front and run both to a catch can hopefully that works to relieve all this stupid pressure i have. in the meantime i got some other things done.

That last photo made me smile.

guess what i gottttttt out with the old in with the new pretty stuff. 3inch downpipe with cat extension from CCDESIGNS to pare to the 3inch thermal research and development exhaust hopefully it sounds good.
new oem throttle body gaskets
trying to go so fast had to get a hood latch so theres 3 points that hold the hood down not just the pins dont want it to fly up ever.
studded the valve cover
just gotta rip the front apart again to weld the an fitting on to run to a catch can that should be here sunday.

Always love new goodies for the whip.

well men and more men, it went pretty well. this was alot more then i thought it was going to be, but got it all apart fitting welded to the front new gaskets cleaned everything up and started putting it all back together. now unfortunately i have stock alternator setup and its getting in the way of the fitting. it was a 50/50 shot on if it would fit i tried a 45’ one too but that wouldnt fit at all. so im probably just going to run hardline in that section then mate it to the 12an hose. got the 4 port catch can big mf. i did try to start it but it started leaking from the dumbass oil cooler line thats been on here since i bought it i tried to clean it but no bueno so ill probably just end up replacing it. but while i did run it for all of 15 secs. in that 15 secs it wasnt leaking from the turbo. hopefully when i run the line and go for a drive i wont smoke everything out so close but so far from tuning! if it doesnt stop completely im ready to just tune the mf! i did also look into the jays alternator relocation kit but who wants to take there intake out to take out the alternator.

is this where the hood latch cable is supposed to go into the cab? i tried everything i could and could not find a damn answer on where tf it routes. it seems to work even if it aint so no biggie.

decided to try to bend the an fitting and wow it worked beautifully. got the line made and routed.
i havnt still been able to drive it the valve cover is pissing out oil like a siv. new one will be here tomorrow. throw it on and take it for a drive!
but now i got some good signs i think its going to work. the turbo wasnt leaking while i had it idling the afr used to be stuck at like 25 plus and drop out to 30 and as soon as i did the lines it dropped to around 18. i also didnt see it smoking out the exhaust like it usually does. hopefully it drives cuz i still gotta put on the new exhaust

To be honest, as long as it isn't binding, you should be good to go. If you can avoid tight bends and moving parts (obviously) as much as possible then routing really doesnt matter.