Always Breaking Something

So I've been gone for the last 4 weeks and I wanted to put out a little update on what's been going on with Seolhyun. Shortly before I left, I attempted to go in and fix the boost leak I had at the charge pipe turbo connection but ended up making it worse. Really wishing this turbo used a silicone coupler system as opposed to a two-bolt flange design. Anyhow, one of the bolts that holds the charge pipe on ended being cross-threaded, and I broke the bolt in the process of trying to get the charge pipe bolted down. We tried a few different extraction methods to remove it, included welding nuts to it, external extractor, etc. No luck with any of that, so the next step would be to remove the turbo altogether so that I can put some decent tooling on it, whether it be drilling, reverse bit, and/or vice grips. Not a lot of room to work with the turbo mounted in such a low position and so close to the radiator. At this point, I'm waiting for someone on the market to make a replacement turbo for a least invasive upgrade. If I'm going to go through the hassle of removing the stock turbo, I figured that I might as well upgrade it. RD Engineering is working on a stock frame, upgraded internals turbo right now that is supposed to be pushing the stock longblock upwards of 400hp. That's the product I'm most interested in right now. Whenever that hits the market and I'm able to get my hands on it, I'll be sure to put out an update on my mindset for everything. Until then, I think I will slap some more RTV Copper on it so that I can get a better seal with my one-bolt flange. The car drives, but it knocks like crazy when under boost.