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Tell me what you guys would do in this situation...
You bust your knuckles till 3am the night before a track event. You align the car, you get all your tyres mounted, you change the diff oil, engine oil, and double check all vacuum lines and such, especially going to the wastegate.
Car is tip top.
You go to the track and you crack your manifold and your 350rwhp at 1.1 bar setup is now (negative) -4,000,000 rwhp at 10,000 rpm. You have NO POWER WHAT SO EVER. Sure, when you limp your car back home or to the shop, you can wait for an hour till everything cools down, take apart your whole turbo setup, haul it all off the car and investigate where the leak is on the manifold, weld it up, put it all back on, new gaskets and silicone, and then hope it won't happen again? Except you patched up real good the crack or pin hole, and next event, the crack just moves to the edge of the weld.
Its a flaw in design, material, AND craftsmanship. Re-welding only adresses the issue of craftsmanship. The material and design STILL SUCKS!
Anyways, all you fucking street "racers" powered by hopes and dreams can theorize and pray all you want, i've been there and done that, not gonna make the same mistake twice! I suggest a bottom-mount turbo for daily driving activities. Use the stock manifold, less to worry about and less attention if you get your hood popped. If you are hell bent on getting a top-mount setup i think its really the way to go to make 350+. But you SHOULD buy all the GOOD QUALITY PARTS!!!!
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