Thanks for the reply.
Purchased a turbo intake hardpipe kit with MAF connection & pod filter, will fit in 3months once the dealer warranty expires. Was a pretty good deal, hopefully it fits alright out of the box.
I'm leaning towards the IE tunebox down the track as you can easily revert back to stock or upgrade the tune if I were to upgrade the dump pipe, but will research more...
Will try SB1010 Speedbleeders in the meantime. Need to save up for a towbar kit next.