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I appreciate the comments but am far from a trailblazer in this endeavor. I just followed the path many have done before while I spent my time, energy and money with turbocharging. I don't think that time was wasted either, it has been educational. Others have documented their experience and I have done the same combining it with a bit of improvement (IMHO) in the basic LN3. I tried to be as honest as possible with my mistakes and successes with the purpose of encouraging more experimenting. At the risk of repeating myself, much of the time spent during this thread could be eliminated by simply installing a complete running donor engine. With that in mind, only the heater hoses, power steering pressure and return, and possibly the upper radiator hose need be modified. Even the original air inlet hose can be stretched over the late model L27 Series 1, which is what I have done. The EGR does need to be eliminated due to the location blocking the upper dogbone mount, but that's about it. All of the wiring harness just plugs in as the original, with the possible exception of rerouting some items. The fuel lines do need to be modified which I did with short lengths of fuel injection hose and crimp type clamps. Even the exhaust will bolt on in the original location at the rear of the engine, plus the manifolds from the S/C donor are more streamlined without that pesky rear restriction. I am pretty certain, a Series 2 engine could be substituted instead, just operate it using the Series 1 sensors and system, Daniel would know for certain.