yes its a tial wastegate. i paid over $600 for this ewg setup shit. i was actually going to raise the price to $250 today, but chuck already txtd me as its 150, so i didnt wanna be a dick and raise it since he wanted it at that price. so ewg is gone...so far i still have the stock turbo and hks cbe. and yes i had my internal wastegate welded but i replaced it