yea, that would be option 3 in the photos, im thinking slo2g is correct, to pull it off, i need to ditch the Vband and weld a 90 on there. keep in mint, as you can see from the top view, the turbo isnt parallel to the block its pitched twords it, so i need a little more then 9o degrees.

It seems a 1/2 is outa the question. looking at some neon guys with the 2.4 Swap boosted, they seem to have a mixed bag, some (more then 50%) who had it over heated, some were ok. i think option 3 ere i come..however, if it gets more compact from loosing the vband, i may be able to clock it pointing above the rad. keeps me away from heat and hood will still fit. but wont know till i try it. off to find a cast AL elbow.