Yeah...I heard the horror stories, but I got a good deal and decided to take my chances. I'm still in the process of the install, but so far everything is great. The thing that pushed me over the edge to purchase it was an anti-SSAC rant by someone whose name starts with "D" and ends in "awkins."
Anyway, the unit looks nice. The welds are okay. The porting job is good enough. It comes with a generous hardware kit, including new studs and all fasteners and gaskets that could be required.
It is dimensionally identical to the original elbow and cat. The test fit on my Gen3 went fine, not contacting anything and matching up with the stock b-pipe. I coated the inside with some lithium grease and used low pressure compressed air to actuate the wastegate fully. I then removed the DP to check for marks from the WG, indicating that it was striking the pipe...it wasn't. (Of course I cleaned it back out.)
So far, so good. I'm installing it in conjunction with a Tanabe B pipe, so I'll report on my findings soon.
Pics of the pipe. Notice that it comes with a port for the gen3 EGT sensor and an extra port for a wideband:
Test fit pics:
