I would not V-band both sides of the pipe coming out of the turbo feeding the intercooler. You need some wiggle room, and that's why you might be breaking your welds. Just my opinion.
Were running a v band off the charger to a flex bellow with a boot off the intercooler.
Not done yet. Waiting on manifold. Lyn is the one who suggested this setup, I couldn't find a fancy vibrant clamp that I thought would work for me.
I checked these out in Vibrants booth at PRI show in Indy. Really nice piece and seemed to allow quite a bit of movement.
So why not go all the way with them? No more popped boots, and you already know how they work. I will agree on them being a pain to assemble though.