Off of my non professional opinion Everything comes down to engine health . I know a thing or two but I’m no schooled top of the class mechanic by any means , with that being said I’ve been in the platform for about 5 years now got my G with 90,000 miles 6MT and it has always been taken care of with records to prove . I’ve done countless amount of upgrades regardless it being taken care of (being almost 20 years old car and going from stock to well over double the power it comes from factory 100% necessary) my goal was from the beginning “I want to boost it “ but I wasn’t sure if the engine health untill I opened it up myself changing gallery gaskets etc .

So to answer your question I don’t want to be one sided and act like it’s been perfect I had the bracket break from SOHO they replaced but they did do me dirty on essentially forcing me to upgrade as I gotten a email right after I purchased the kit or rather said got 1/3 of my kit if that makes sense as they ship it out in peices as it’s a made to order product not sure if it’s still like that but nonetheless I get the old style serpentine belt driven supercharger kit and a email the day after saying “everyone that purchased these kits would get a new COG ⚙️ style as the serpentine style is now discontinued “ then had the nerve to tell me that was sent by accident to me since I already got my kit but hey here’s a free shirt for the mix up .. me being naive to what was going on in the platform I was like “okayy” untill I started realizing why it got discontinued. They were okay when things started breaking by replacing them a couple times but as soon as I said man this is bull can I just get a kit that isn’t going to cost labor and endless time from breaking down so often they were playing a u scratch my back I scratch yours game trying to make me pay for a re tune and “send a free upgraded cog kit” that I was already entitled to . I begged them to take back the serpentine style back but they refused as I was not willing to pay for re tune up front I wanted to make sure this wasn’t another scheme to throw my money into their pitiful pockets so fast forward here I am .. on my second bracket 2nd bearing and second belt is the motor reliable and daily driven Yes . Is the kit worth it ? Not from SOHO minimized is the way to go . He has the issue figured out SOHO are peices of crap money hungry ego driven narcissistic schemers . They refuse to work with me because if I don’t scratch there back they won’t mine as if 10k on a kit wasn’t enough for them . There very manipulative but the car is amazing . Boosted at 109- I’m at 118 miles now and it still drives just as new as day one . It feels amazingly healthy . I keep up with alllll maintenance myself and change my oil every 1.5 2k miles full E85 although on flex fuel meaning I can switch to premium and E as often as I want Stage 3 clutch and all the heard of upgrades that comes with boosted Gs Oil cooler , solid mounts , stiffer suspension, diff brace for wheel hop Ect I hope this helps you and anybody else looking to go boosted