Yea that makes sense if the flapper was taken off. Was this car driven at all previous to you owning it? If so, aporoximately how many miles were on the car/turbo setup and how much boost did he run?
The reason I ask is with a t3/t4 and an ineffecient wastegate design, it must have been producing some pretty strong numbers. I can't help but think this car gives us some strong information on the durability of our 2.5's.
Edit: His post says 9 psi, wouldn't that be comfortably over 300 whp on a stock 2.5?