[JustJeff]

Yes the procedure for priming the oil system was a PITA and I ended up with lots and lots of oil on the garage floor.

I've pulled the EGI fuse in the past for flooding, but didn't do it for start up. I was actually expecting the engine to turn a few times without firing up.

Right now I'm monitoriing oil pressure with the OEM gauge. It read like normal the whole time. If I held the RPMS up the pressure raised if i let it down it dropped. I forget what the second to the highest mark on the gauge reads (80 or 90) but it hovered around there and then when the RPMs dropped down to near 0 pressure would drop to around 30ish.

I do have aftermarket gauges, all electronic. I've got Prosport Water and Oil Temp, and their Premium for Oil Pressure...the one with the warning. I also have a Greddy v2 boost gauge. I have not setup the pressure gauge yet so it simply beeps at me. I was trying to set it while monitoring everything else, but had too much going on. All the other aftermarket gauges did not seem to be working. I've got the Prosports all wired into common wires for everything but their sensors. Common ground for all 3, common lighting, ACC, etc.

I don't own an IR temp gun, but the oil filter got hot enough that I wish that I did.

It was getting late in the night so I didn't have time to really mess with much of anything. I checked for leaks and didn't find anything and at that point it was 10:30.

I was getting CEL blinking but didn't even have time to pull the code.

Tonight after work I'll try and get all these issues ironed out.