Slick, thanks for the tip. So how does the stock setup work? My turbo just has 1 oil feed line, and 1 drain line... are there other connections/tuneables on the stock turbo? What's an ALDA?

Calling all insomniacs.

So if noone can fix this old RayJay, I'm thinking I might try to pull the guts out of it, seal up the two sides somehow and use it as a through-way for exhaust and intake gasses. I'm just not sure if the intake and exhaust manifolds are stock, and if they're not, I could have a bear of a time reverting back to normal aspiration. The exhaust pipe comes straight up from the underbody, and it's flange faces straight forward (sound stock?).

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