After many swear words and lots of spilled coolant, I finally changed out the turbo for the one I got from Chad. And guess what? STILL NO DICE
I wan't to give up at this point, considering I have been working on the car more than I can enjoy it...and Its still not finished.
But that would be too easy. I guess the next step is to try to fix the leaking injector seals (air, not fuel leak). Only other thing I can think of besides that is a massive pre-turbo exhaust leak
Any other ideas? I mean, even with a boost leak, I feel like I would be able to see target boost (6 psi) at SOME point, if even for a split second. But the needle never goes above about 1 or 2 psi. The gauge isn't broke either. Butt dyno also confirms it is barely making any boost.