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I guess this will reduce the heat in the engine bay quite a lot.
However, I remember there was someone on MSF (phate?) who started to advise against using these blankets because they were making the exhaust housing to crack... This is why I didn't order one of these blankets for myself any more. Do you happen to know if that is a particular case only for some of the turbos? ...because I imagine you'd already know about this if it was really the case...

I know the KO4's are prone to cracking even without a blanket. This ATP housing is quite thick. I don't have any concerns.

I finally pried myself away from the keyboard long enough to get the cylinder head on.

Ceramic coated CP pistons and ARP studs:



Cylinder head:



Spiffy new Cometic gasket:



Helllooooo in there. Is there anybody home home home. Ported intake ports:




More to come soon hopefully.

All ready to close the front cover.

Darrell Cox Racing VVT actuator and new timing chain installed:



My handy dandy MZR DISI timing tool in place

You are close! I'll go through a similar process at the end of january.

Btw, what head studs are you using and how much are you torquing them to make use of that cometic head gasket?

ARP studs torqued to 20, 40, 60, rest overnight then 72 ft-lbf final with moly assembly lube on the threads.

That's what I did last time and I did not have any head gasket issues with loads > 3.5

Waiting on some odds and ends that did not come with the overhaul gasket kit.

Injectors are in:



Front cover is on, crank pulley is timed, and the water pump is on:

I finally had some free time.

Engine is closed up. Manifold is wrapped. New compressor wheel is on. Waiting on some -AN fittings to plumb the turbo.

Nice thread!

Almost there.