Help me choose a turbo setup!

[jrohner]

I want to upgrade to a Holset HX35/H1C. I've heard they are amazing. Around 3500rpm spool and 500awhp. Get one at a junkyard cheap and buy a dsm bolton housing for a couple hundred. The sleeper look of the 16G will be gone with how huge the Holset compressor housing looks, but oh well.

My E3 16G did 370 on the dd, and 414 on the dynojet. Never dyno tuned. I'm sure mine would break 400 on the dd dyno if I ported my turbo so it could hold a couple more psi of boost, installed adjustable cam gears, and maybe a half hour on the dyno.

I have about the same or less cranking compression than my 1g's have had, stock 2g IM, ported 2G exhaust manifold, 22-23 psi at peak power (5600-5700 rpms).