On the mk6 CBAB(???) 2.0l CR engine, the turbo is above the line of the exhaust ports (upside down from the way its shown in your picture).
Also, the stop screw on the actuator is for the vanes open (e.g. not boosting) position, and if you set it wrongly, on some turbo's the vanes can actually foul on the turbine wheel! The ECU modulates the vacuum via the N75 valve to the actuator, which controls the position of the vanes away from the stop. You wont get a certain amount of boost for a given vane position - the boost created will depend on the exhaust flow and heat, and that varies with rev's, load, fuel, and ofcourse vane position which is just changing the angle of incidence of the exhaust gasses with the turbine.
Not wanting to sound like a know it all - I just have rebuilt a couple of VNT's now and I don't want to see you ruin your new turbo
All you need to run more boost is for the ECU to ask for it, so to speak - the turbo can make more boost than you need without adjusting the stop screw. Indeed, if the vanes were fixed in the 'closed' or 'boosting' positon, and you started the car, even free revving it you could probably make 40-50psi.... who knows if the turbo would break or the head would lift, or a conrod would bend, though.
BTW - your exhaust is really nice.
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