Detuning... my EU spec has 326hp and the racing has 333hp? Then, if I also look at tuners versions of cars you can order brand new... AC Schnitzer, Manhart, Lightweight, Tuningwerk, Versus, etc., none of them replaces the charge pipe... Wouldn't you think that if this was as weak of a link as those who offers charge pipes wants it to be, then all of these guys would change it? I mean, we're talking cars with more than 400hp here and I can't imagine anyone of them selling a brand new car with such a weak link in it. That would be a shot to the head... or am I, and the guys above, missing something here? I think that what was created as a demand from the suppliers of charge pipes for the n54 was carried forward as they needed to see their business continue for the n55. Scaring people is the easiest thing in the world.
Enjoy this video, up till it all ends in a crash, of a guy with a stock charge pipe. If any one should blow one it is him and his pals... they all use stock though.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GWhSYQuoEBo