A few points in my humble opinion;
1. I absolutely agree we should protect the investment that companies make in new ideas / designs etc but that does mean we would be paying more to some countries - but then others would be paying us for the privilege. There is another way of thinking about this; rather than whingeing about theft of ideas (which has been going on since the dawn of time) just build better or price-match the fakes out of business - its what the film industry are doing with with on-line digital films.
2. Forge don't offer a replacement i/c - or at least I couldn't find one on their website or from their dealers - only the twintercooler. THS decided to close for business when I needed the replacement and I'm not paying £900 for something that at £500 is [arguably] over-specified for my needs anyway.
3. Apart from the issues I mentioned previously the quality of the core and actual welding is very good - and appears british
4. I've now had the Stg 2 engine and Stg 1 DSG fitted - wow its like having a new car! Chuffed to bits.