I've been having some fun with a boost leak.
First, there was this:
Then there was this (and this is after I tried to repair it by squeezing it back together a bit):
After replacing both hoseclamps on the throttle-body hose and removing the gaskets on either end of it, the boost leak seems to have gone (I've got an AVO throttle body hose coming regardless).
I also ordered the pigeon pair of Kobe Motorsport intake hoses, the MAF hose is fitted thus far, I'll fit the turbo intake hose at a not-too-distant time:
I've found getting the intercooler on and off to be a PITA, to be honest. Worse, there appear to be a pair of breather hoses for the automatic transmission just under the TMIC, and the bracket they're mounted to has buggered a few of the fins on the back of the intercooler. I'm wondering just how necessary it is that they sit in exactly the position they sit in, because frankly, I'll be taking the TMIC off a few times yet before I'm done (I'm seriously considering doing the turbo upgrade and downpipe upgrade myself), and I'm tiring of hearing fins bend and having to pull the TMIC off again, straighten the fins, and fit it again. Maybe I'll just go with a FMIC kit and be done with it...