Updates.
250 out for a few bits yesterday.
First job was to fit a Properfekt recirc valve. I had fitted a blanking plate before mapping and had noted the car flashing up spanner light for a split second on high rpm throttle lift/throttle close, hitting rev limiter when throttle closed. Basically the spanner light/check injection flagged so briefly, i had to record the dials on my rayban meta glasses to freeze the frame to see what was going on.
I datalogged the car as it was with blanking plate a while ago and noted when throttle close at high rpm (5500rpm+), the pre throttle boost sensor would spike 3050mbar for a split second which triggered DF0004. As it was intermittent, spanner/eml did not store permanently so was only lingering in the background.
Datalog below showing gas pedal position zero (light blue) but 3054mbar spike on boost sensor (red trace).
After emails with Chris it was agreed that it could be due to no recirc fitted/blanking plate, with the boost spiking pre throttle body with throttle closed, with hard cut rev limiter also having an antilag kind of effect. Chris said he usually sees around 2500mbar spike with throttle close on the stock 15t turbo.
So with this in mind i looked at options, intially i was going to refit oem but decided to give the Properfekt recirc a try. Its supplied with 2x springs so i put the harder one in to suit increased boost.
Fitted, forgot to take pics but its buried in the turbo area.
Took it out for a datalog after fitting, and the recirc has indeed fixed the problem. No massive spike on pre throttle boost sensor on high rpm lift or rev limiter.
Comparing old logs vs new. 2x laptops sorts the men out from the boys 
Eml issue is now resolved (with extensive high speed testing yesterday, the car goes like f**k too) added bonus the recirc actually sounds pretty decent with compressor surge at low rpm and quiet at high rpm, much better than oem recirc noise. Being honest, i prefer the reliability of blanking plate but with the higher 1.5-1.6 bar boost levels on a small ish turbo, its prob a good idea having a recirc.
Anyway with that done and boxed off i got onto the next job. The underbonnet sound deadening had suffered on the corner and was a bit floppy and looked shite.
I made enquiries about buying a new one from ren but NLA, so only option was 2nd hand. Found a good used replacement in U-pull it ages ago, used trim tool to remove the push fasteners that hold it to the bonnet and it fell to bits so no good/fail. With this fail in mind when the next good one came up, i then drilled the heads off the fittings to remove it intact. I removed the fittings with trim tool sacrificing the original mat, and fitted the good used one.
Much better, im sure you will agree.
Ive been meaning to wash it for weeks and with weather changing took advantage of a dry day.
Used my Di vessel to rinse. The bodywork is unreal nick for a 15 year old car.
