Alright, I effed up. I just noticed today that I had left a single exhaust manifold gasket on cyl 4, no wonder cyl 3 wouldn't seal. Instead of pulling manifold, turbo, etc., I simply notched out the bolt holes on three port gaskets, loosened manifold, and skid them in place. No leak now!
I've got a slight exhaust rattle where the muffler is hitting the shock at times, I'll deal with that tomorrow. I also need to address the brakes. I replaced some bad lines, but they still feel a bit spongy. I'll try a full bleed and see where that gets me.
I've been having a power steering issue since I bought the car, when it is cold, I have no power assist until the car, and steering fluid warm up. I think the rack is my problem, as the pump doesn't seem to be making any noise, and it works great with warm fluid. I did replace with VW fluid.
I had the windshield replaced and will soon tackle the headliner. Once I've got that done, I should be finished with the cosmetics.
Now on to the running... The malone tune is excellent, the car has never run so smooth, powerful, or smoke free. I make 25 psi before 2000 rpms, then it settles to 22 psi. I've played with the IQ adaption, originally setting to 3.5, but adjusting to 2.8 to see if I could get any smoke. Even under wot in 4th at full boost, I've got no smoke, which leads me to believe I have room for the bigger injectors I've been thinking about. I was going to go with Hflox Warp 4, but have been told they are no longer in production, so I think I will order PP 764's from Kerma, balanced, pop-tested, and set up stage 1. These should be a nice improvement over my VEG .205's and should give me the extra fuel to take advantage of my extra boost. The exhaust is fairly quiet, no drone, but it does have the turbo whistle at idle. I can make almost 10 psi, by revving the car in neutral.