While I had half the car apart already I decided to remedy the oh so annoying coolant passage o-rings that I'd put off for months:
Turbo off
LIM off, lets see what we're workin with....
And here is the cause of all this strife.....Classy
Better
More awfulness
Better, not show quality, but no one well ever see this once its together
New gasket, new o-rings and enough RTV to ensure I won't be doing this again
What I DID have to do though was find some oil meter pump lines, since the ones going to the LIM were broken off during the course of this repair....one more thing on the list.