I have not opened ring gap. As of now, the whole head and bottom end are completely stock. I have read about opening ring gap before but was hoping that with the relatively low boost numbers I was expecting, it wouldn't be an issue.
I do expect at some point to likely do a bottom end rebuild and likely some head upgrades, but was hoping to leave that for a project for a future winter. I did recently start gathering some parts as I got a set of forged pistons that were part of a group buy over on the slant six site.