Well it WAS easier for me than going BW because I only had to drive 5 minutes to my buddy's house to pick it up lmao but I fully agree with you there. Once you're on a non-stock flange, it's all essentially the same amount of work to switch turbos. I feel like a lot of people like staying inside the box within this platform.
I haven't been on the dyno yet but this thing just about makes me poop my pants when I do a pull now lol it comes in at around the same RPM at the GT35 but comes in much harder. We're running less spark and less boost and it's raping the tires like never before.