Little update, my bearing went out on my turbo, which was probably the issue the entire time. Not sure why it would intermittently work. Thinking about giving AV another shot.
Found out my boost gauge was not zeroed out on the Impuse kit and was reading almost two lbs low all season, but now can confirm I rode a good chunk of season at almost 9lbs boost at less than 7000' in temps up to -13c and no problems or knock codes running strait av gas..