9/20/24: obtained engine. the engine was not strapped to the pallet very tight which is disappointing, but after getting it out of the truck and on the stand I cant really find anything that is majorly damaged. even looking at the exhaust header bolts which are usually pretty rusty, the ones on this engine were very clean and not rusty at all. the turbo is middle of the road with some corrosion in the compressor housing from water and a very very very small amount of shaft play. the spark plugs look good and there were no sparkles in the oil that came out of the filter but the oil was red which does not actually mean anything but its noticeable. 9/24/24 took all the old timing kit off the engine and installed the new one, I timed the engine too (one notch counter clockwise on the exhaust cam gears to mimic non avcs) also installed the plenum gaskets and the intake gaskets. Was going to do the cylinder 4 cooling mod but I didn't actually have the extra hose I needed. I ordered a new...