Exhaust Manifold

I am making progress on the manifold.  I decided to go with a log style do to the limited room available.  It exits towards the front of the engine and will place the turbo at the right front corner of the car.  Since the body of the turbo is so large I had to remove the power steering reservoir bracket as well as the one for the headlight motor.  I guess that means I'm converting to fixed headlights.  I don't mind really as I was pondering that move to get rid of more weight.  I'm planning to use a full 3" exhaust from the turbo back and its looking like I will have the room.  The exhaust will sort of travel over the manifold while the wastegate pipe travels under the manifold reconnecting just above the starter.  All of the guestimations have been accurate so far.  If the success holds out I may have the time to get the manifold all assembled by the weekend. 

Motor mounts finished

I finished up the motor mounts today and I think they came out pretty nice.  The actual isolation pad is made from polyurethane.  I figured that the weight of the motor would compress them some so I tried to compensate by hanging the motor a little higher than I wanted it to actually be.  After completing the mounts and lowering the engine into the car they didn't compress like I thought they would.  I have 1 inch of clearance on the p/s of the engine for the oil pan, but I'm worried that the hood isn't going to close now.  I really wanted the exterior of the car to remain unchanged.   I could probably have some of the isomounts shaved off at a machine shop and still use the current engine mounts. 
I also cut the reservoir off of the donor oil pan to make way for a 944 like sump.  Since I have a weeks vacation starting soon I should wrap that project up pretty quickly.
One last note is that I have located a HY35 and it is en route, so we'll get to see if that will fit under the hood also.  If rumors are correct I should be able to hit my horsepower goal of roughly 400bhp.  It will be months before we learn the reality of the situation though.  As there is much to complete first.  I will post pics of my mounts soon and the turbo when it arrives.

K24 Turbo

The car I bought came with an extra K24 Turbo. Either one will need rebuilding if the cores are good. I haven't taken them apart for inspection yet, but I'm debating on whether I should replace them with a different unit from the get go. Low rpm boost will be very important to me, but the car will run to red line all the time also. I think this topic will take a lot of research. I'm wondering how many hp the stock turbo is good for and what its spool characteristics are. I've got a couple of places to ask, but if anyone has been down this road, drop me a line. I will post the information that I come up with.