I'll plus one making sure your very clear with the chasers boys. There quality of work is fine etc, but we had a little drama when we had our rally subaru tuned they kept switching it off straight after dyno pulls. Ended up cracking the turbine housing.
Don't know how they go with haltecs, but they do really well with motec's.

Very very odd.

havent posted progress of the build for a while. the top end is ready now. the crank has been machined for the 3s rods, everything is balanced, just need the bottom end assembled and everything should fit back together relatively easy until the engine is back in the car.

Very nice Pat! So we'll be seeing it on the road soon?

those are wurth exhaust nuts. use them everyday so id dissagree with them loosening james.

theyve been reliable in all cars we use them on.

Looks great Pat, those purple cam gears are totally hot right now The run in will be the most painful as you'll have to nanny it around, probably with a rev limited, hehe. But soon enough you'll be doing track days and having a blast

Do as you wish, I've used three of the very same sets on my 4 bolt down pipe flange. Each time they came loose very quickly.

Admittedly the downpipe flange would see more vibration then the manifold flange.

I ended up going back to stainless conelock nuts with nordlock washers on the downpipe connection.

Anyway, this is just my experience.

Thanks Darren.

I'll monitor the situation with the exhaust nuts and let you know Tot if they dont work out