i never had the pleasure or lack of, dealing with dsc, their proximity to me wasn't good for shipping stuff. sometimes the posting at the FE forum can be less than open minded.(and i'm trying to be nice) . i would imagine any manufacturer has had their fair share of quality problems, its the repeated ones and the failure to make good on them separates the good from the bad.
i must say a distributor hole that far off would get my panties in a real bunch.
i'm a get it done kinda guy and if i was close to a dealer that did that to me i might show an all new mounting method for a FE manifold.