Finally started putting my rebuilt hifi turbo back on. Turbo Lab did a great job on the wastegate flapper mod. I can't wait to try it out.
I decided to try and fill the .5mm gap between the hot side and the ddp by gluing hi-temp gasket material to the mating points. I used 2000F exhaust putty as the glue and a cut up egr gasket off of a Jeep engine. As long as it doesn't burn away I think it'll be perfect. It completely sealed the gap when installed from what I can see.
Sorry for the blurry pics, but I dropped my camera phone an it royally screwed up the auto-focus sensor.
Also fabbed a new coolant bypass line since I switched from a wet to dry bearing housing. Then I redid the oil drain line to make sure there were absolutely no kinks in it at all.
Now all that's left is to install this beautifully polished cover and the wastegate actuator and this baby is back in business! Beeeotch!!!