removed my old turbo now putting new stock twins on and realized there is a gap on one or the other side of my drain connections and just difficult in general to even get on. any tips to get these on?

 

The gap on the front turbo oil return is normal. If you notice, there's a "scrunchy" section in the pipe for flexing and the 2 bolts that hold that pipe to the extension on the front cover are just really long.

You have 2 options: unbolt the pipe from the front cover and attach it to the pipe coming off the turbo then bolt the 2 to the front cover

Or

Mount the twins like normal, snug down 1 or 2 Mount point and then push the pipe towards the one on the front cover. It's meant to flex. The tricky part here is that you don't cross thread the bolts. Its really easy to do. Just be careful and feel for it. If you replaced the twins on your own then you definitely have enough sense to know if the bolt is cross threading or going in crooked

 

The 2 drain lines only will go in the proper place/orientation. Make sure you have them correct.

It's best to bolt the drain lines to the turbos, install, then install the bolts/nuts connecting those lines to the rear iron and front cover.

If you have specific spots that you need help on post pics

Dale