well we both broke ours in properly. it DID last a good while but not long enough and it deteriorated with just some moderate beating. i just prefer a clutchmasters or an act.

 

Here is some more shots from last night, tonight if we are lucky the car might start!!!!

 

looks very clean, congrats

 

Thanks, here are some shots from tonight...

 

neato

 

You need these or you are gonna have to put your clutch fan back on.
Blowby sucked in by intake with no catch can?
Stalling and idle surge will be a nuisance with the maf that close to the turbo.
Looks great other than that.

 

Yes, Yes, Yes.
If you still have the black oil separator can, I'd reinstall it. This will cut down on the ammount of oil buildup you'll see in the intake pipe. Of course, once we did a new headgasket on my brother's car absolutely nothing comes out of the front valvecover port. So, you might be fine, but just watch for it.
A single 45* is a recipe for disaster(ous idle and decel). One 90* of total bend and 10" of pipe is about the minimum to make it work well. The last setup I did was over 235* of total bend and 15". You'll probably need a tiny (apexi) filter to make this happen.

Everything looks great! What couplers and clamps are those? Where'd you get those belts?

 

actually, about the intake pipe, just drive it and see. The easy solution for you would be to swap that 45* pipe for a 90* one and point it directly at the wheel well. Don't cut the ends short. Then, change that coupler on the mafs for a 90* one. This will give you about 50% more pipe length and plenty of bends. You should have enough room with the filter you already have.

 

I have an oil catch can I used before but I wanted to try and go without it this time. If everyone really says I need it then I guess I should put it on.
Those are the fans I want but I ran the car with the single fan this way before and had no issues. I will be upgrading to those very soon.

As far as the MAF is concerned I think I am far enough away from the turbo but we will have to see. Without getting more pipping I can not extend the MAF any further away.

Thanks for all the comments

 

The clamps are all from Turbonetics, they came with the turbo kit when I bought it last year.
The belts came from XAT and I am happy I went with them. I am also happy to say my car does have full functioning A/C (Or did before I started this rebuild ha ha, we will see once I am finished).

I will take a look at your comments and see what I can do to make those changes.