Update: I just finished putting on the '06-'07 TMIC and Scott's TD04. This was kinda a pain in the rear, but compared to the rest of the car so far it was easy ;-)
I had to relocate the ignitor chip (easy) and the coolant tank (annoying). This involved some creative work with stock aluminum from the Home Depot to make brackets, and I think it's going to be OK but I don't like the way I had to attach the tank to them, so I may redo this in the future.
Setting up the TMIC geometry was pretty time-consuming, in fact, it took all day and 2 trips into town. Fortunately, morgank set me up with an old aftermarket silicone STi Y-pipe that enabled me to use part of the stock '06 pipe and a little 2" exhaust pipe to get it all to line up. I just cut the bends I needed out of his old pipe and spliced things together so they fit well.
All the vacuum and water hose re-routing was interesting as well, since I did not have a huge supply of different fittings or pre-formed elbows, but it all looks OK. I need to change out one water line that I would like to route differently when I get a longer piece, and my adapter/reducer for the BPV is hokey. Other than that it's OK.
Now I just need to drive it a little more than up and down the hill here, and also figure out how to evaluate for boost leaks.
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