[Raptor]

No, alleviate the weight suspended from the manifold and you will solve a lot of the problems. Trying to rig up some shell to make the manifold stronger is only a large complicated mess which would be unsuccessful anyway and take 5 times as long to do. Support the turbo from the front of the block, why is that so hard to understand Tom? The answer is somewhat simple in this case as is the problem. Not something to try overengineering.