Well I dropped the head off for the valve work, I'm going to ring and bearing a stock bottom end (just to make sure the thing will work) and to answer a few questions, I do have room to wrap the intake and exhaust with thermo wrap, and yes the intake and exhaust is welded, the brazing you see on the flange is added for support and to cure any chance of leaking, the brazing on the inside of the intake is there because I had a small pin hole when I pressure tested it and got tired of trying to weld up the pin hole, I have to finish up the waste gate flange then the intake is off to the coaters for thermo-coating, maybe in a month or so I'll know how it runs, Walt