Here are the latest pics:

In the second and last pic you can see the modified water pipe(lower).










My mechanic got the engine running I was not there when it was fired up so I got no vid... :(

But apparently it's making a noise and he suspects it's a few locked lifters. I did reuse the old stock one's so he's going to check them today to make sure... So I may be looking for new lifter soon, 2.4 one's are the way to go so if anyone has a set let me know in case I need them....